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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 397 Engraved by Moyreau, No. 15, as " L'Ecurie." Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 8. Sale. (Probably) Comtesse de Verrue, Paris, March 27, 1737, No. 102 (2500 francs, with pendant). Purchased for Dresden in 1749 by Le Leu, who is said to have bought it from the collection of the Comtesse de Verrue, Paris. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1424 (Sm. in 1829 valued it at 420). 483. A HORSEMAN IN THE INN-YARD. In the centre of a courtyard enclosed at the back by a wall and on the right by a building with a large closed doorway, a cavalier on a grey horse gallops to the right. Here, but nearer the front, stands a man in his shirt sleeves with his back to the spectator. He holds a child on his right shoulder, in front of a pedlar. To the right two children play with a cask, at which a dog jumps up. In the left foreground two boys are fighting. Behind them, a man in a cloak waits for a horse which an ostler leads from the door in the back wall. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram, and dated 1649 panel 13 inches by 14 J inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. A3 50. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1427. 484. A LITTLE STABLE- YARD. On the left a carter leads in his horse. Within the yard stand three horses ; the left is a pack-horse, the centre one is a grey. To the right is a man with a wheelbarrow. Bode contests the authenticity of this picture ; Woermann and Von Seidlitz regard it as an original. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 10^ inches by 14 inches. Mentioned by Bode in Von Zahn, vi. 206, and by Seidlitz in Repertorium, xvi. 379. Acquired for Dresden by Raschke from Antwerp in 1710 with 485. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. 6464. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1459. 485. THE STABLE-YARD WITH TRAVELLERS. In the centre travellers, among them a lady, ride in. Within, on the left, are three horses and a foal j in the middle a horseman pulls on his boots while a boy holds his red cloak. Farther right is a horseman in a blue coat ; on the extreme right is a grey horse at a manger. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram j panel, n| inches by 15 inches. Acquired for Dresden from Antwerp in 1710, with 484. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. A5o6. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1460. 486. THE STABLE. In a stable are three horses, a brown and two greys, tied to a rack on the left. The front horse wears a collar. In the centre foreground two dogs are fighting. On the right an ostler with a pail stands at the trough of a pump. Beside him is a maid-servant