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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 423 child in red whom a man holds on a low stone wall at the side of a stair- case. In the background is a man with a staff ; farther right a man on horseback blows a hunting-horn. Still farther right, in front, a groom holds a grey horse facing left, while a cavalier mounts. Other figures on horseback or on foot are going away. On the left a stone vase with flowers stands on a wall, above which rise the trees in the park. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 1 6 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, Suppl. 513. In the collection of the Duke of Portland, Welbeck Abbey, 1894 catalogue, No. 236. 554*. The Departure. Sale. Adriaen van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 7, 1706 (Hoet, i. 87), No. 5 (650 florins). 554^. Departure of a Hunting Party. 36 inches by 43 inches. Sale. Johan van der Hulk, Dordrecht, April 23, 1720 (Hoet, i. 248), No. 7 (315 florins). 554<r. Starting for the Chase. 1 8 inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Jacomo de Wit, Antwerp, May 15, 1741 (Hoet, i. 40), No. in (300 florins). 554^. Departure of the Hawking Party. 1 6 inches by 21 inches. Sales. Ewout van Dishoek, The Hague, June 9, 1745 (Hoet, ii. 174), No. 92 (130 florins, bought in). (Ew. van Dishoek), Amsterdam, November 6, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 277), No. 10 (150 florins, Frank). 554*. Landscape with Cavaliers and Ladies going to Hunt. 13 inches by 18 inches. Sale. G. Clifford, Amsterdam, November 4, 1760, No. 5 (81 florins). 555. Departure of the Hawking Party. Sm. 47 ; M. 87. In the centre foreground are a lady and gentleman on horseback. The lady, facing the spectator, holds a fan before her face. The gentleman to the right rides a prancing grey horse, facing right. Between them, and farther back, another lady on horseback, facing the spectator, holds a parasol over her head. To the right of this group a groom kneels beside two dogs ; a beggar stands near. Three riders water their horses in a moat on the extreme right ; two are in the moat, while the third halts on the bank and lets his horse, which is in profile to the right, drink the water. A bridge crosses the moat to a mansion on the right ; the park- wall is in the centre of the middle distance. Two huntsmen ride across the bridge j a lady with a hawk has just crossed it. In the middle distance is a fountain with a figure blowing into two pipes from which