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 vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 421 548. A HAWKING PARTY SETTING OUT. Sm. 327 and Suppl. 24 j M. 2. To the left, in front of the garden wall of a mansion, a party of mounted huntsmen are about to start. Among them is a cavalier on a grey horse with two dogs and a falconer on foot. Behind him, a rider on a piebald horse is turning round ; he is followed by a boy with a stick over his shoulder. Next come a lady on a black horse and a cavalier, with hawk on wrist, on a piebald. Near the terrace of the mansion, a groom in red holds the grey horse of a cavalier who is mounting. Near him are a groom with a pack-horse and a beggar family. A lady seated on the terrace watches the riders departing. On the steps are a little girl, a groom, and a dog. To the left, on a bank, are two peasants ; one takes off his hat to salute the cavalier at the head of the party. A genuine picture of the middle period, but dark in tone. " Painted in a broader style than usual " (Sm.). Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 22 inches by 32 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 2, as " Depart pour la Chasse au Vol." In the collection of the Marquis de Marigny. In the Crozat collection, Paris. In the Hermitage Palace, St Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1029 (Sm. valued it in 1842 at .630). 549. A LADY AND GENTLEMEN RIDING TO THE CHASE. Sm. 362 ; M. 85. On the left a wooden bridge crosses a stream. A cavalier on a grey horse and a lady on a bay have just ridden over it. Three dogs run in front j two grooms walk beside them ; a young man on horseback follows. By the roadside to the right sits a woman nursing her child. Beside her stands an old man with a long staff and a cross suspended by a long chain round his neck j he holds his hat in his right hand and salutes the riders. To the right, behind them, another man with a stick sits with his back to the spectators, on the edge of the river which broadens into a lake in the middle distance. From the left stretches a high ridge, on which are a large round tower and some cottages built against it. In front of these are a horseman and two per- sons on foot. To the left, on the opposite bank of the river, and on both sides of the road crossing the bridge, are large trees. The landscape on the left is very fine ; so, too, are the little figures. [Pendant to 707.] Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 12 inches by 1 6 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 85, in 1758, as " Petite Partie de Chasse " ; and by Le Bas in 1757. Sale. Crozat, Baron de Thiers, Paris, 1755. In the Hermitage Palace, St Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1031. 550. HUNTSMEN STARTING FROM THE INN. Sm. 358 ; M. 81. To the left, in front of an inn, at the foot of a ruined castle, two huntsmen, the one on a grey, the other with hawk on wrist on a chestnut horse, are about to ride through a ford on the right. Near them is an angler, with his back to the spectator. At the inn-door are the hostess and three travellers ; one stands, another lies down, the third