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 370 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. In the Kassel Palace, 1783 inventory, No. 91. At the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 356 (old No. 239). 401. THE MARKET CART. A bare hilly landscape, with a cottage behind a knoll and a church tower in the distance. In the fore- ground a man in a cart speaks to a woman. On the road are peasants, horsemen, and dogs. On a distant hill is a gallows with a corpse hanging from it. This was formerly ascribed to Pieter Wouwerman. Waagen, who corrected this error and assigned it to Philips, called it "a good and warmly coloured picture of his ' first manner.' " Signed with the full monogram, not quite in the usual form, but genuine; panel, n inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 458). In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, Glasgow, bought by the city in May 1856. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1103 (old No. 544). 402. THE HALT OF TRAVELLERS. A dark landscape. In the foreground two men, a woman and child, with a dog and fowl, rest near a pollard tree. To the left a white horse and a chestnut horse are grazing. To the right is a pack-ass. A work of the late period ; the sky has been much repainted. Signed with the monogram ; panel, u inches by 14^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 288). In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, Glasgow, bought by the city in May 1856. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1105 (old No. 546). 403. RETURNING FROM MARKET. Sm. 77 and Suppl. 31. In the foreground is a cart with a grey horse. The driver, dressed in red with a sort of white Hussar cap, sits sideways on the horse. In the cart is a woman with a large brass milk-can and a poultry-basket. A woman with a child at her breast sits in front of a little bush by the road- side to the left. Near her are a package and a basket. A dog is in front of the horse. A good picture. Panel, ii inches by 10 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trbor de la Curiositi, i. 165, 251, 356-7 ; and by Waagen, ii. 202. Engraved by R. Strange and by Hervey. Eihibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1900, No. 36. In the Le Noir collection. Sales. La Live de Jully, Paris, March 1770 (1200 francs). Grammont, Paris, January 1 6, 1775 (2180 francs). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 93 (2890 francs, Paillet). Clesne, Paris, December 4, 1786 (5400 francs). Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834 (priced at .400 but not sold). Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 49 (7066 francs). In the collection of Charles Heusch, London, 1842 (Sm.) Probably the picture in the collection of Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, London.