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 47 6 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. In the extreme right foreground, by the roadside, is a beggar with his wife, to whom the man on the grey calls out. Some of the numerous hounds drink at the stream. In the left middle distance is a country house in a park. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram in upright Roman letters ; canvas, 25 inches by 32 inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 802) as a "Departure for the Chase," the title under which it was formerly catalogued. Engraved in the Musee Napoleon. In the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 15 ; and in the 1783 inventory, No. 66. At the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Picture Gallery, Kassel, 1903 catalogue, No. 341 (old No. 314). 702. RETURNING FROM THE CHASE. In front of a fine country mansion, a cavalier offers a young lady some game. In the centre is a lady on horseback, with a hawk on her wrist and a little dog on the saddle. A horseman blows the trumpet. There are various other persons, servants, huntsmen, and hounds. In the distance are a river and hills. Signed with the early monogram ; panel, 15^ inches by 22^ inches. In the Trimolet Museum, Dijon, 1883 catalogue, No. 80. 703. RETURNING FROM THE CHASE. A road leads from the left foreground to the right background where there is an inn. In the left distance is a hilly landscape. A hunting party, including a lady on a grey horse, rides along the road. To the right, farther back, a rider waters his horse at a stream. Two horsemen with hunting-horns, beaters, a mule laden with game, and hounds. A cavalier and lady are dismounting in front of the inn, which has the sign of " The Swan." An early work. Signed on the right at foot in the corner with the early monogram ; panel, 17 inches by 24 inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, A 628. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1413. 704. RETURNING FROM THE CHASE. Sm. 35 ; M. 22. On the right, under the portico of a country house, a lady with a maid awaits the cavaliers returning from the chase. Nearer the front is a fountain in the baroque style with a figure of Bacchus. The huntsmen, all save one, have dismounted and are looking at the game. The cavalier in the centre holds his grey horse by the bridle, while a page pulls off his top-boots. He looks to the left where a mounted groom leads a mule laden with wild-fowl. In front of this man a groom walks with two hounds in leash. On the right two hounds drink at the fountain ; a boy catches the water in the brim of his hat. [Pendant to 535.] Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 18 inches by 25^ inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 22, as "La Fontaine de Bacchus," in 1737. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trtsor de la Curiosite, i. 49, 75.