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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 367 third is a bay. Two women with infants, a man with a pack-ass, and another man smoking, form a group in the centre. On the extreme left two persons lie sleeping on a heap of hay. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (3099 francs). In the collection of Thomas Emmerson, 1826 (who paid jz8o for it). Sales. T. Emmerson, London, 1829 (199 : ios.). B. Narischkine, Paris, April 5, 1883, No. 42 (4900 francs). 392*7. A Narrow Rocky Pass over High Mountains. Men are busy loading an ass and a horse. Dated 1650 ; panel, 9^ inches by 14 inches. Sale. Isenburg and others, Frankfort-on-Main, October 3, 1898, No. 292. 392^. Horsemen halting near Ruins. Panel, 16 inches by 21 inches. Sale. London, June I, 1900, No. 22. 392^. Horses near Ruins. i8| inches by 28 inches. Sale. Younge and others, London, November 22, 1902, No. 50. 393. Travellers resting in a Ruin. Herdsmen and cattle- drivers halt in the interior of a ruin. To the left lie sheep. In the centre a harnessed grey horse eats out of a manger. Farther back is a heavily laden bay horse, near which the driver is busy. A herdwoman, with an infant in her arms, speaks to a herdsman seated on the ground. Through an archway is seen a landscape. A second herdwoman, leading a child, approaches the archway. Golden evening light. Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; panel, 15 inches by 1 6 inches. Sale. The brothers Bourgeois, Cologne, October 27, 1904, No. 102. 393^. Travellers resting near a Ruin. Sale. S. W. Lawley and others, London, March 19, 1906, No. 50. 393^. A Horseman, Peasants, and Horses near an Old Ruin. 19 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Marchioness of Londonderry and others, London, February 23, 1907, No. 142. 394. A Cavern. Sm. 497. In the cavern are a grey horse and a man standing behind it with his hand on the horse's neck. Described by Sm. from a mezzotint by Verkolje. 395. THE HALT ON THE ROAD NEAR A STREAM. A horseman has dismounted to speak to a washerwoman who stands in the water carrying a bundle of linen. Behind them three persons are reclining.