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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 481 Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 7 or 8. In the Vienna Academy, 1900 catalogue, No. 837, is a picture of the same size, which agrees in description and is probably a copy of the above ; the catalogue questions its authenticity. Sale. Comtesse de Verrue, Paris, March 27, 1737, No. 79 (2502 francs, with pendant, De Lassay). According to Sm., it was in the Sales. C. Wittert van Valkenburg, Rotterdam, April II, 1731 (875 florins, separately) but it cannot be safely identified with any picture in the sale catalogue. Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763, No. 326 (1200 florins)- but that number must be identified with 714. De Montribloud, Paris, February 9, 1785 (7452 francs, with pendant, 568). Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (2520 francs). In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, exhibited for private sale in London, 1834 ; bought by Henry Bevan (for 350). 714. After the Stag Hunt. Sm. 55 and 209, and Suppl. 78 ; M. i. About eight ladies and gentlemen, most of them dismounted, halt in front of a mansion to the left. Under an archway a table is laid for a meal. In front of it sits an old man in an arm-chair. Near him lie stags, hares, and other game. [Compare 705, 708, 713.] Panel, 18 inches by 24 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. i, as " Le Retour de Chasse et Curee " ; and in the Orleans Gallery (Galerie du Palais Royal, 1786-1808). Sale. Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 335), No. 326 (1200 florins). Lormier had bought it from Jaques de Roore, Amsterdam, in or before 1752 (for 725 florins) see his store- room catalogue of December 1754, No. 338, and Hoet (ii. 446). In the collection of the Due d'Orleans, 1795 (valued at ^210, according to Sm.). Sale. Van der Gucht, London, 1796 (145 : 193.). In the collection of Christopher Bullen, Liverpool, 1842 (Sm.) ; he bought it in Ireland, 1828 (for 525). 715. A Cavalier and a Lady in Red on a Grey Horse. They return from hawking. Sale. John P. Anderson, London, May 15, 1847 (182 : 143., Clarke). 716. Return of a Hawking Party. Sm. 334 and Suppl. 136 ; M. 30. A hawking party halts before a country house on the right ; near it is a large fountain adorned with a statue, beside a group of trees. In the centre stand two horses facing right. In front of them a page kneels beside a hound. Behind them a gentleman assists a lady to dismount. To the left another gentleman on foot takes a hawk from a lady on horse- back. In the left foreground is a falconer with hounds. In the middle distance a woman comes forward with a flat basket ; another woman behind her brings a poultry-basket. In the distance is a deep wooded valley. To the right on a terrace above the entrance to the house is a musical party. Panel, 18 inches by 24 inches. VOL. II 21