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 454 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. foreground, amidst fallen trees, a wild boar stands at bay. On the right another has been caught by the hounds and surrounded by mounted huntsmen. In the middle distance a dead bear lies on its back. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 3 1 inches by 43 J inches. Engraved by Le Bas, 1741, as "Les Sangliers Forces," in the De Vaux collection. Sales. Jaques Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722 (Hoet, i. 275), No. 99 (905 florins). De Vaux, Paris, 1752 (2992 francs) according to Sm. ; but according to the Dresden catalogue it had been bought for Dresden in 1749. In the Dresden inventory of 1754, ii. 195. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1445. 639. A BEAR HUNT IN THE FOREST. Sm. Suppl. 116. A hilly and wooded landscape with a winding river on the left that flows in a gentle cascade in front. In the centre foreground a large pack of hounds and eight huntsmen three of them on horses, the left one of which is a grey attack two bears. The scene is one of wild hacking and thrusting, and the dogs and bears are inextricably intermingled. The man on a grey horse and another on a bay are trying to spear the bears, which attack a fallen huntsman. To the left, farther back, another party, including two mounted men and one on foot, with hounds attack a bear near a high rock. The man on foot aims a blow with his club. From the left, across the torrent, come two more huntsmen with a hound. In the distance a fourth bear flees from the hounds round the corner of a rock. On the right is a group of tall forest trees ; in the middle distance is a high cliff, on the top of which are some slender trees. To the left is a distant view over woods. The picture has much of the manner of Lingelbach. " This capital picture is painted in the artist's clear and most esteemed manner. A cluster of lofty trees . . . merits the highest commendation " (Sm.). Signed on the left at foot, on the bank, with the full monogram ; canvas, 31 inches by 42 inches. In the collection of the Duke of Mecklenburg, Ludwigslust, 1842 (Sm., who valued it at .840). In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 1127. 640. LANDSCAPE WITH A SPORTSMAN SHOOTING AT A BIRD. Sm. 442. On the left is a stream, bordered by trees. In the right foreground a man waters his horse. Farther away, a sportsman shoots at a bird. Other figures, with a grey horse. The figures are subordinate to the landscape. In the old catalogue the picture was wrongly assigned to Pieter Wouwerman. Panel, 13^ inches by i6| inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 448). In the Fitzwilliam collection, Cambridge, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 210). In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1898 catalogue, No. 69.