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 458 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Signed on the left with the full monogram ; panel, i8 inches by inches. A drawing by Wouwerman, identical in composition, was engraved by W. Ryland, 1765. In the Dresden inventory, 1722, A 449. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1432. 650. HUNTSMAN HALTING AT AN INN AMONGST ROCKS. A deep ravine is bounded to the left, in front, by a perpen- dicular cliff, and to the right by an inn in a hollow. A flight of steps leads up in the centre. On the road in front is a grey horse j its rider has dismounted to look after his hounds. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 25^ inches by 21 inches. First mentioned in the Dresden catalogue of 1817. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1435. 651. A HUNTING PARTY. On a hill in front, a gentleman in red and a lady in blue stand beside their horses, which are held by a groom, near whom is another man with hounds. On the right are a horseman with a horn and a boy with a gun and hounds. On the edge of the hill a boy lies watching two of the party who wade through a stream on the left. A castle stands amidst trees on a hill to the left. Panel, 24 inches by 35 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1889, No. 113. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House. 652. A HAWKING PARTY HALTING AT A COUNTRY HOUSE. Sm. 445. A hawking party halts before the terrace of a country house. In the centre a man in yellow on a grey horse, with his back to the spectator, takes off his hat to a gentleman in grey on the right, who with one hand offers him a glass of wine and with the other holds a restive grey horse. On the right a groom kneels to loosen the collar of a hound. Behind him a lady on horseback adjusts her veil. In the corner comes a second groom. Behind them is the wall of a terrace adorned with sculptures and a statue ; above it is the front of the house. Three ladies sit on the terrace, watching the huntsmen. On the left, a rider waters his bay horse at a fountain adorned with dolphins. A page in blue holds two hounds ; behind him a falconer walks away. In the left distance is a wide plain bounded by hills. The colours have darkened, so that the picture no longer creates an agreeable impression. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 16 inches by 20 inches. Engraved by Wachsmuth. Sale. Amsterdam, November 6, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 277), No. 10 (150 florins). In the Royal collection at the Palace of Loo. In the collection of the Stadtholder William V. (Terw. 719). In the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, 1907 catalogue, No. 216 ; it was there in 1829 (Sm.).