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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 365 384^. Horsemen resting. 13 inches by 14 inches. Sale. London, May 28, 1903, No. 27. 385. Travellers resting on the Road. Several persons halt round a poor little wooden hut. One man lets his pack-ass drink at a stream, in which, to the right, a man is bathing his feet. Farther right a person kneels to get water, while another man stands drinking out of a mug. On the road to the right a cripple crawls on all fours. Behind him are other figures and a man riding away on an ass. In the left middle distance a road runs beside a cliff ; along it comes a loaded waggon. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 17^ inches by 25 inches. Sale. Jos. Monchen and others, Amsterdam, April 30, 1907, No. 202 (950 florins). 386. HORSES AND ASSES GOING DOWN A DEFILE. A fine genuine picture of the early period. Signed on the right at foot ; panel, Q| inches by 1 1 inches. In the Basel Museum, 1898 catalogue, No. 136. 387. THE GREY HORSE IN THE GROTTO. In a romantic rocky defile, an unsaddled grey horse stands in profile to the right. In front of it a man and a woman rest on the ground. A shepherd with his dog stands near; another man comes down the road on the right. This is a work of the transition period, but still retains much of the early style. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 18 inches by 14^ inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. A 688. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1415. 388. TRAVELLERS IN A GROTTO. A gentleman on a piebald horse holds the horse of a lady in black silk who has dismounted. Another horseman rides away in the distance. Beyond are hills. This is probably an early work, but not very good, though genuine. Signed in the centre at foot with the full monogram ; panel, II inches by 8 inches. From the collection of Count BrUhl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1008. 389. TWO HORSEMEN RESTING AMID RUINS.- Between them is a countrywoman with a child. Signed with the full monogram; canvas on panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. In the gallery of Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna, 1885 catalogue, No. 605. 389*. Figures and Horses in a Grotto. Sale. D'Orvielle, Amsterdam, July 15, 1705, No. 35 (105 florins).