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 426 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 563. Departure of the Hawking Party. Sm. 199. A party of ladies and gentlemen, with attendants and dogs, go out hawking. Sale. Baron Nagel, London, March 21, 1795 (252). 563*7. Cavaliers and Ladies on Horseback and on Foot. In front of a house adorned with statues and other objects. Signed, Ph. Wouwerman ; canvas, 27 inches by 23 inches. Sale.]. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 386 (13 florins. 564. Huntsmen preparing for the Chase. Sm. 217. "Said to be one of the artist's finest works " (Sm.). [Pendant to 711.] Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 293, and there said to have come from the collection of the Comtesse de Verrue, Paris. Engraved by Moyreau, but the print cannot be identified as the description is inadequate. Sale. Bryan, London, May 17, 1798, No. 50 (97 : 135.). 565. Starting for the Chase. Near a large house, two horses, a grey and a bay, stand in the light. A cavalier stands ready to receive a lady whom another man has escorted down the steps, and to help her to mount the bay horse, which has a fine saddle. A man throws food from his hat to the dogs with whom a dwarf is playing. A person standing with others on the steps holds out a hunting pouch to another man. At one side near the front a man on a bay horse blows a horn ; near him is a falconer with dogs. This part of the picture is dark in tone, and imparts a strong effect to the fine landscape. Canvas, 17^ inches by 27 inches. Sales. J. W. Barchman Wuytiers, Utrecht, September 17, 1792, No. 62 (1575 florins, Carseboom). C. van Hardenberg, Utrecht, September 20, 1802, No. 95 (1450 florins, bought in). 565*7. Riders setting out Sale. Heathcote, London, 1805 (246 : 155., Dormer). 565^. Riders setting out. Sale. Lord Warwick, London, 1806 (183 : 155., Trotter). 566. Departure of the Hawking Party. On the right is a mansion with numerous huntsmen in front. A cavalier and a lady come down the steps, followed by a pack of hounds and a negro with hawk on wrist. Below, numerous dogs are being fed ; two of them drink near a fountain. At the foot of the staircase two men hold two saddled horses, a bay and a grey. Behind the grey is a falconer with two dogs, one of whom leaps up at him. Opposite the terrace of the mansion a man on a bay horse with a white mane blows a horn. Farther away, at the foot of two tall trees, two huntsmen are tying up their shoes. At the end of the terrace, to the left, are two huntsmen ; one is mounted and has two dogs in front of him, while the other carries hawks. Canvas, 2i inches by 32 inches.