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 4 i8 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. one of which is a piebald ; near them lies a dead stag. In front a cavalier teases a lady's lap-dog with his hawk. He is surrounded by the company. Two ladies decorate a man's head with a garland as he lies on the ground. A very dark picture of the mature period. Panel, 20 inches by 25^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 262. In the Lormier collection, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 446); he had bought it from Jan Peter Snijers, Antwerp (for 514 florins), according to his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 337. Sales. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 335), No. 324 (900 florins, Captain Baillie for Sir James Lowther). Amsterdam, September 17, 1766 (Terw. 578), No. 73 (1145 florins); it is particularly noted that this is the same picture as No. 324 of the Lormier sale. In the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, No. 235 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 540. Departure of a Hawking Party. To the right is the park wall of a mansion. A lady sits on a grey horse in profile to the left, and holds a little child which stretches out its arms to the nurse standing near. To the right, behind the lady, a gentleman mounts his horse. A peacock sits on the balustrade of the steps leading to the mansion door. To the left, in front of the lady, are a page with two greyhounds and a cripple. Behind them is a large fountain with a figure of Neptune : a gentleman drinks water from the brim of his hat. To the left, in front of the fountain, a gentleman waters his horse. He holds his hat in his right hand and turns his head to the left, where a lady with a hawk on her left wrist rides away. A falconer on foot precedes her. In the left foreground is a dog. Broad in proportion to its height. In the Prado, Madrid. 541. Landscape with a Party riding to the Chase. The hilly landscape extends into the far distance, where there are houses near a large bay. In the left foreground a lady and a cavalier with mounted grooms and dogs ride away up a hill, on the top of which are trees. In front, in shadow, is a horseman with his back to the spectator, holding another horse by the bridle. Behind him comes a coach, with a lady looking out of the window ; it is cut off to the left, near the window, by the frame. In the centre foreground a cavalier on a grey horse rides into a stream from which two fishermen farther back draw a net. A boat is on the water. To the right of the trees on the hill is a cow in profile to the right. A ruin is on another hill-top in the middle distance. Broad in proportion to its height. In the Prado, Madrid. 542. HORSEMEN SETTING OUT. A genuine but dark picture. Signed on the left at foot with the monogram ; canvas, 2i inches by 26 inches.