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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 465 black horse, seen from the back, blows a horn. Near him is a boy with hat in hand, also with his back to the spectator ; around him are the hounds, one of which leaps up at him. A lady is among the riders. Two cavaliers ride into the water ; one, with hawk on wrist, rides a bay horse, the other a brown-spotted grey. On the right a stone arched bridge leads across the stream to the entrance of a ruin. Under the bridge is a boat, with two boys bathing near it. A boy sits on a balustrade of the bridge. A woman with a bundle on her back and a child at her side walks past. Canvas, 16 inches by 22| inches. Bought for Vienna in 1786 from the collection of Count Nostitz, Prague. In the Imperial Picture Gallery, Vienna, 1907 catalogue, No. 1351. 671*7. A Hunting Party resting. Sm. 406. A picturesque land- scape with a large house built on a ruin. A hunting party, mounted or on foot, halt for refreshment. Near them a peasant is hewing wood. On the opposite side a man waters a grey horse at a stream near a bridge. There are in all six horses, fifteen figures, six dogs, and several fowls. Sm. thought it "a capital picture." But Th. von Frimmel regards it as the work of Van Falens. Panel, about 27 inches by 32 inches. Mentioned by Th. von Frimmel, Blatter fur Gemaldekunde, iv. 162. In the collection of Prince Metternich, Vienna; it was there in 1829 (Sm.). It is now exhibited on loan in the Imperial Picture Gallery, Vienna. 672. LANDSCAPE WITH HUNTSMEN REPOSING. On the left are hills ; on the right is a distant view. A very fine and richly-coloured picture of the transition from the early to the mature period. Signed on the right at foot. In the collection of Count Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna, No. 118. 673. A HUNTING PARTY HALTING AT A COTTAGE. [Pendant to No. 132 of the collection of 1873.] Signed with the full monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 130. In the collection of Albert von Rothschild, Vienna. 6730. Huntsmen resting. 1 8 inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Jacomo de Wit, Antwerp, May 15, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 40), No. 112 (280 florins). 673^. Huntsmen taking Refreshment. [Pendant to 63^.] 17 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Jacomo de Wit, Antwerp, May 15, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 41), No. 115 (258 florins). 673^:. Huntsmen resting. 14 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Jacomo de Wit, Antwerp, May 15, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 41), No. 120 (285 florins). VOL. II 2 H