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 vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 461 man, who is about to cut up a stag. Xo the left a man on a dun horse, seen from the back, blows a horn. Nearer the house another man on a bay horse holds a glass of wine, which he has taken from a young woman who stands beside him with a jug in her hand. Behind her is a little boy. A man in red sits on the ground in front. Three men look after the hounds. On the opposite side come a falconer and a man on a grey horse with another walking beside him. Near them a shepherd leans on his staff ; a flock of sheep rest at the foot of two trees. A " capital picture " (Sm.). Signed with the full monogram ; canvas, 22| inches by 33^ inches. Engraved by T. Major as " The Death of the Stag." Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 480). In the Aved collection, Paris, 1753 sold November 24, 1766. In the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London, Richter's 1884 catalogue, No. 194 ; it was there in 1829 (Sm., who valued it at .525). 659. A HAWKING PARTY HALTING. Sm. 215 ; M. 38. A hilly landscape with a stream on the left, and a clump of trees on a little hill in the centre. A hawking party have halted. A cavalier and a lady have dismounted ; their horses, of which one is a grey, are held by two pages. The lady sits on the ground ; the cavalier stands on the left before her, raising his hat with one hand and with the other taking an orange which a negress offers for sale, and handing it to the lady. On the left a groom fills a jug at the stream ; a dog is drinking near him. Along the road to the right come riding a cavalier with hawk on wrist, and a lady. An old man, hat in hand, follows them slowly. Two dogs run beside them ; another dog sits nearer the front. In the left distance is a wide landscape. A very fine work in a light silvery tone. Signed with the full monogram j canvas, 21 inches by 31^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 343). Engraved by Moyreau, No. 38, as "Petite Chasse a 1'Oiseau." In the collection of the Due d'Orleans, 1739. Sale. Izaat Hoogenbergh, Amsterdam, April 10, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 81), No. 10 (555 florins). In the collection of the Chevalier d'Orleans, 1779, according to the Dulwich catalogue. Sale. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 303 (1800 florins, Van Santvoort). In the collection of Noel Desenfans, London. In the collection of Sir P. F. Bourgeois, London. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 78 (Sm. valued it in 1829 at ^630). 660. SPORTSMEN HALTING. On a road are five men. One is mounted. Another loads his gun. Two others are tending their dogs. On a river to the right is a little boat. On the farther bank are houses. An early work, according to the catalogue. [Possibly identical with 677^.] Signed with a doubtful monogram ; panel, 1 1 inches by 14 inches. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 193.