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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 427 Sales. H. Croese, Amsterdam, September 18, 1811, No. 104 (1740 florins, ^ Gerbet). H. Croese, Amsterdam, July 20, 1812, No. 77 (1379 florins, Nieuwenhuys). 566*7. A Company starting for the Chase. Ladies and gentle- men, with huntsmen, dogs, and other accessories. Sale. Amsterdam, April 14, 1813, No. 15 (19 florins, E. Numan). 567. Departure of the Hawking Party. In the centre fore- ground halts a cavalier on a reddish-brown horse ; he has a hawk on his left wrist, and holds his hat in his right hand. A lady on a bay horse rides behind him. A groom with two dogs in leash goes in front. Another groom is about to mount a grey horse. A man lets two dogs drink at a stream flowing from the left. In the distance are an old castle, fine trees, and other rich detail. Canvas, 21 J inches by 25^ inches. Sale. The dowager Boreel, Amsterdam, September 23, 1814, No. 22. 568. A Hawking Party taking leave of their Hostess. Sm. 10 and Suppl. 3 ; M. 1 6. Huntsmen with seven horses before a mansion. In the centre is a fine white spotted horse, on which a woman holds a child. Behind her a cavalier is about to mount another horse. Farther right, to the back, two horses drink at a fountain. To the left, in front of the steps leading to t^he mansion, a cavalier takes leave of a lady. Near them, but more to the front, is a dwarf with hawk on wrist. A page pours out ra glass of wine for a cavalier ; a man blows a horn as a signal for departure. On the other side are a man with a basket of poultry on his arm and a woman with a basket of flowers on her head. [Pendant to 481 and to looi.] Panel, 20^ inches by 26^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 8, 356-57, and ii. 88. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 1 6, as "Fe'tes et Adieux des Chasseurs." Sales. Comtesse de Verrue, Paris, March 27, 1737, No. 102 (2500 francs, with pendant, 481). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 89 (10,660 francs with pendant 1001 Poullain). Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780, No. 120 in the 1781 catalogue of the collection (12,100 francs, Dulac). In the collection of the Marechal de Noailles, 1781. Sales. De Montribloud, Paris, February 9, 1784 (7452 francs, with pendant 713). Lord Gwydir, London, March 10, 1829 (714 : 93., Richard Foster). Sold after 1829 by Richard Foster to Henry Bevan (1000). 569. A Hawking Party prepared for the Chase. Sm. Suppl. 1 1 8. On the right is a mansion, down the steps of which come a lady and a gentleman. A negro and two other servants stand on the terrace. A hawking party with horses and dogs wait for the couple. One man stands beside a grey horse ; another, on a roan horse, blows his horn. Near him is a falconer with hawk on wrist. Two other attendants,