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 386 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 448. Travellers halting at an Inn. Sm. 155. Amongst the various persons are a woman holding a child by the hand and another getting fodder for a horse tied to a rack. Another man holds a horse by the bridle. A woman looks out at the inn window. To the left sit two persons. [Identical with 477, according to Beurnonville sale cata- logue.] Canvas, 17 inches by 20 inches. Sales. Abbe" de Gevigney, Paris, December I, 1779 (1404 francs). Dubois, Paris, March 31, 1784 (1402 francs). 448*. A Halting-Place in a Landscape. Two horses are feeding at a manger. Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sale. J. C. Werther, Amsterdam, April 25, 1792, No. 182. 448^. Horsemen at an Inn. In front of a country inn a horseman halts to drink. The hostess stands before him. Near the house are tall trees. At the back is a huntsman on horseback with dogs. Panel, 13 inches by 10 inches. Sale. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 1 6, 1797, No. 306 (67 florins). 449. Two Horse Soldiers at an Inn. Sm. 42 and 235. To the right is an inn, before which are two horse soldiers with other figures. The nearer soldier on a white horse drinks from a jug. The other, facing the spectator, has a trumpet in his hand ; a young woman sits behind him. Two dogs play in front. On the opposite side travellers are grouped round a fire, over which hangs a pot. [Pendant to 987.] Panel, u inches by 15^ inches or 20 inches by 23^ inches, accord- ing to Art Sales. Engraved by Baquoy as "Le Voyageur Allemand." Sales. De Selle, Paris, February 19, 1761 (2450 francs, with pendant). Due de la Valliere, Paris, 1781 (4101 francs, with pendant). John Purling, London, 1801 (220 : ios., Birch). 450. Horsemen halting at an Inn. Sm. 153; M. 89. To the left is a vine-clad house ; beside it is a large tree with a pigeon-cot in it. In the foreground, before the house, are two sportsmen on horseback and two on foot. The nearer of the mounted men has his back to the spectator ; the other blows a horn. One of the men on foot caresses a woman with ducks. The other stoops to couple some dogs. On the other side, near the house, stands a man drinking out of a narrow-necked jug ; behind him is a woman with a child in her arms. Panel, 13 inches by 14^ inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 89, as " La Marchande de Canards," when in the Damcry collection. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trifor de la Curiosite", ii. 4. In the Damery collection. Sales. J. B. de Troy and others, Paris, April 9, 1764, No. 57 (800 francs). Peters, Paris, March 9, 1779 (1213 francs). Marquis de Changran, Paris, February 21, 1780 (noo francs).