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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 463 Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 19 inches by 25^ inches. In the Electoral Gallery, Munich. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 508 (Sm. valued it in 1842 at 420). 665. HUNTSMEN AND HORSEMEN HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. 423. On the left is a door, with a ladder up to it. In front stands a man, who lets his horse feed at a manger. Behind him another man drinks from an earthenware bottle. On the right is a woman on horseback followed by a groom and a peasant with a pack on his shoulders. In front are three dogs. This is an example of the brownish early period of the master. It has a fine warm tone but is not of special importance. Signed with the early monogram; panel, 14 inches by 13! inches. Engraved in the Musee Napoleon, according to Sm. ; but this is not men- tioned in the Louvre catalogue. In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2630 (valued by the experts in 1816 at 2600 francs). 666. HALT OF A HAWKING PARTY. On the right a lady in yellow and red sits on her horse. To the left and farther back is a mounted huntsman with hawk on wrist. In front, almost in the centre, is a piebald horse j its rider has dismounted to adjust his stirrup. A yellow dog lies on the ground in front ; two others drink at a stream on the left. At the back a huntsman and a lady come riding one after the other ; a fourth man leads his horse to the stream in the middle dis- tance. On a high bank across the stream stands a cow in profile to the right ; a peasant leans against a tree. In the distance is a hilly landscape. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13^ inches by 15^ inches. In the collection of H. A. J. Munro of Novar. In the Crews collection. In the collection of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1896, No. 53. In the collection of S. De Jonge, Paris. 667. HUNTSMEN HALTING AT AN INN. At the door of a picturesque inn on a river-bank, some huntsmen have halted. One man has dismounted from a piebald horse with a purple saddle and holds its bridle while he drinks from a stoneware jug. Another man on a dark- grey horse offers a glass of wine to a young lady on a grey horse. A page holds the dogs in leash. The maid-servant rejects a man's embraces. An old countrywoman carries a basket. Hens are picking near empty casks. Behind the inn-wall are the trees of a park. On the right comes a horse- man leading a horse that carries the dead stag. A huntsman with a gun waters his dappled horse at the stream, which is crossed by a bridge in the middle distance. An example of the master's maturity ; it is light- grey in tone. Canvas, 26 inches by 32^ inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 807).