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 472 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. in hunting dress is about to mount his grey horse and makes a laughing remark to the lady. A servant and a huntsman fasten the dead stag on a bay horse. Behind the lady, a huntsman with a broad brown plumed hat mounts his horse. In the foreground is a dwarf, with his back to the spectator, dressed in a red jacket, yellow stockings, and yellow-and-blue breeches ; he carries a hawk and holds a hound in leash. Two hounds drink at a clear brook flowing round the base of a hill ; a huntsman with another hound in leash descends the slope. Near the horse with the stag lies a man-servant asleep, near three tired hounds ; his gun is under his arm, his bag and flask are at his feet. Farther away five figures, grooms and huntsmen, are coming out of the wood, with six fine hounds coupled together. [Probably identical with 683.] Canvas, about 24 inches by 30^ inches. In the Smeth van Alphen collection, according to the Fesch sale catalogue, and therefore probably identical with 683. Sale. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 254. 694. Huntsmen resting. In a hilly landscape a stream flows on the right ; it is crossed by the arch of an old ruined bridge. Two huntsmen and a lady halt. A tired hound lies down near a dead hare, and two hounds in leash. Very warm and vigorous in tone. Canvas, 15 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Riddcr de Coninck de Merken, Ghent, August 4, 1856, No. 44. 695. A Hawking Party halting at a River. Sm. Suppl. 258. Along the road to a stream on the right come a drover, a laden mule, and a countryman on an ass. Two countrywomen sit at the corner of the road ; farther away is a young girl carrying a basket and leading a child. A monk with a long beard stands still while his companion sits down to fasten his sandals. By the river-side is a lady in grey on a horse ; beside her a man with hawk on wrist rides a chestnut. A groom on foot waters his horse. A countrywoman brings a pail of water, while another carries a bundle of linen on her head to the stream. In the middle distance are other washerwomen. A ferry-boat approaches the river-bank. In the distance are hills and a ruined castle. " An early production " (Sm.). Canvas, 27^ inches by 32 inches. In the collection of P. van Doncker, Brussels, 1798. In the collection of Van Saceghem, Ghent, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. Van Saceghem of Ghent, Brussels, June 2, 1851, No. 82 (17,600 francs, Rothschild). Th. Patureau, Paris, April 20, 1857, No. 46. 695*. Halt after the Chase. Panel, 21 1 inches by 26 inches. In the Holland collection, Brunswick, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 804). 695^. Huntsmen halting. [Pendant to 573*.] Canvas, 12 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Rotterdam, October 28, 1867, No. 24 pendant to No. 23.