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 376 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. girl at a well. In the centre the host with a beer-jug stands in front of a horseman who raises his glass. On the right two children sail a little boat in a puddle. Signed on the left at foot with the late monogram ; panel, 16 inches by 19 inches. Purchased in 1749 by Le Leu from the Crozat collection, Paris according to the Dresden catalogue. In Guarienti's inventory, before 1753, No. 1642. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1438. 422. FIVE HORSEMEN HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. ii and Suppl. 4; M. n. Five horsemen armed with swords and guns halt at an inn to the left. The house is overgrown with creepers and has a tree with scanty foliage in front. Two of the men have dismounted. One stoops to the right to tie up his boot. The other sits on the left at the inn door and draws the maid-servant on to his knee. His grey horse stands in profile to the left in the centre foreground, and eats from a manger. Near the road to the right is a stream, in which a boy is bathing : four other boys are undressing. In the middle distance, a waggon with two horses comes from the left towards the right fore- ground. Beyond stretches a plain with rows of trees ; to the right is a castle. A low range of hills in the distance closes the view. At the inn door stands a woman with a child in her arms. There are two figures on the roof. [Pendant to 699.] Signed in the left centre at foot with the full monogram ; copper, 7 inches by 10 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 1 1, as "Le Cabaret." Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 357. An old copy is in the Dijon Museum, 1883 catalogue, No. 187. Sales. Comtesse de Verrue, Paris, March 27, 1737 (3775 francs, with pendant). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 90 (7800 francs, with pendant). Due de Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (12,000 francs, with pendant). Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834 (exhibited for private sale, at 300, but not sold). Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 52 (4987 francs). In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 cata- logue, No. 310. 423. HALTING AT THE INN. In the centre a saddled grey horse stands in profile to the left. A groom holds it by the bridle. Another man kneels on the ground in front. Behind, to the right near a tree, a horseman converses with the host, who stands at the inn door. Here are three women, a little girl and a boy holding a dog's paw. In the left middle distance a gentleman and a lady go away. A waggon full of jovial peasants comes along the road. To the left of it is a view of a flat valley. Signed with the full monogram. In the collection of Leopold Favre, Geneva.