Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/486

 470 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. holding a grey horse. Beyond these is a third sportsman, with two hares on his shoulder. [Compare 426 and 661.] Panel, n inches by u inches. Engraved by Boece as " Cabaretier des Chasseurs." In the collection of Count Brtlhl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1 842 (Sm.) ; but no longer there. 688. A Halt of Huntsmen. Sm. 273 and 274, and Suppl. 100. To the left of a hilly landscape is a ruined arch with the statue of a warrior on a pedestal. In the foreground sits a lady in blue ; a gentleman at her side offers her a cup. Behind them a page holds a bay horse and a fine grey horse. Near them are two dogs and a dead stag. Near them are two huntsmen, one seated on the ground, the other riding a bay horse. A huntsman fills a bottle at a fountain adorned with sea-horses on the extreme left. An "exquisite little gem" (Sm.). Panel, 13 inches by 19 inches. Sale. (Probably) W. Willett, London, 1813 (149 : 2s.). In the collection of W. D. Acraman, Bristol, 1829 (Sm.). Sale. George Morant, London, 1832 (330 : 155., Henry Bevan). 689. A Hunting Party resting near a Fountain. Sm. 117 and Suppl. 41 ; M. 64. Near a fountain on the right are a lady on a bay horse and a gentleman on a grey, seen from the back. Between them stands a page who pours out wine, a glass of which the gentleman holds. A huntsman draws water from the fountain, at which two dogs are drinking. Beside it are two women, one of whom has a pitcher on her head. In the centre foreground is a group of five boys, four of whom are lying down. Panel, 14^ inches by 20 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 64, as " La Fontaine des Tritons." In the collection of the Marquis d'Argenson, 1750. Sales. De la Prade, Paris, April 19, 1776 (3000 francs). De Clesne, Paris, December 4, 1786 (6150 francs). J. Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, July i, 1833, No. 88 (6000 florins, Van Idsinga) ; it was in the Goll collection, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at .500). Sold by Nieuwenhuys to Labouchere (S77 ' ! os.). 690. A Halt of Huntsmen. Sm. Suppl. 88. On rising ground in front of a spacious wooded landscape with a river a hunting party halts. A lady in yellow sits on the right, attended by two cavaliers ; one man, in a red jacket, lies at her feet ; the other on the right bends to hold a glass which a page fills. Near them are three dogs and hunting imple- ments. In a second group a horseman waters his grey horse at the stream, and a servant on a bay horse leads another whose rider has dis- mounted. On the farther side of the stream in the shade of a wood are two huntsmen resting and a third with dogs. Farther away a sportsman fires at a bird in a tree. "This carefully finished picture presents the appearance of a cool evening " (Sm).