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 398 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. with a child in her arms. A pack-horse is led in at the open door at the back. Signed on the right at foot with an almost entirely new monogram, under which traces of the genuine old monogram may still be seen j panel, 14^ inches by 19^ inches. Engraved in aquatint by W. Kobell. In the Stadel collection. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frank fort-on-Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 313. 487. THE ARRIVAL AT THE INN- YARD. Sm. 443. Numerous cavaliers and ladies on horseback enter a spacious inn-yard by a wide gateway to the left. In the centre is a well-dressed man on a dun horse, facing to the front, with a riding-whip in his right hand. Next, to the left, is a grey horse in profile to the right, held by a stable-boy while the rider dismounts. Behind the grey a lady in blue and a cavalier in red ride into the yard by the gateway, through which are seen some houses, an old round tower, and trees. In shadow, in the left foreground, two horses stand in profile to the right at a manger, into which an ostler is cutting bread, while a boy plays with a goat. On the right, near the man on the dun, is a dappled-grey with its head turned away j a groom has dismounted from it. Nearer the front a rearing chestnut horse is held by a groom, while its rider on the right pulls up his boots. Through an archway at the back a coach with two grey horses is driven in. In front are a dog, two cocks fighting, and a hen. [Pendant to 488.] Signed twice on the right at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 17 inches by 23^ inches. In the collection of Govert van Slingeland (not mentioned by Hoet). In the collection of the Stadtholder William V. (Terw. 719). In the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, 1907 catalogue, No. 214 (Sm. valued it in 1829 at 367 : ios.). 488. THE DEPARTURE FROM THE INN-YARD. Sm. 444. Three cavaliers and a lady are preparing to leave an inn-yard. In the centre is a grey horse in profile to the left ; a groom is saddling it, while a boy holds the bridle. A cavalier on a bay horse, to the left and facing the spectator, speaks to the boy ; a dog is in front of him. To the left, beside the cavalier, is a lady on horseback, also facing the spectator. The rider of the grey kneels down on the right to fasten his spurs. Behind him another cavalier mounts a grey, seen from the back. In the left foreground are three bay horses, one of them lying down ; farther away an ostler opens a door. In the centre are some hens. On the right, two children run after a goat. In the left background is a hay-loft, to which a man with a basket goes up ; on the right is the large arched entrance, through which comes a horseman in red leading his horse by the bridle, followed by another man on horseback. Outside it two horses are eating hay, and a peasant stands on a hay-cart putting hay into a loft. [Pendant to 487. Compare 500.] Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram j panel, 1 7 inches by 23^ inches.