Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/511

 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 495 On the left a Pole on foot strikes a fallen Swede with his sword ; near him is a trumpeter. In the right foreground a wounded Swedish ensign holds his sword. In the distance a battalion of Swedish infantry with banner and drum moves forward hastily to the rescue. The colouring is heavy and the shadows are black. If it is genuine, it has been overcleaned and repainted. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 24 inches by 41 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1022. 761. AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS. Sm. 387 and Suppl. 174. In the centre a man on a black horse fires his pistol at an adversary who falls wounded from his grey horse. Near them, another horseman cuts with his sword at a soldier who has fallen with his horse beside his wounded comrade. Not far away, a trumpeter is galloping. On the left, horsemen and foot-soldiers receive with musketry fire the attack of hostile cavalry which debouches from a little wood at the foot of a hill crowned by a windmill. In the right distance a trooper defends himself against several foot-soldiers. This is not a bad picture of its kind. Canvas, 25 inches by 35 inches. Engraved by Le Bas, in 1774, as "Attaque de Troupes Legeres." In the collection of Comte Baudouin, Paris, 1774. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1023 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 762. AN ATTACK ON A FORTRESS. Sm. Suppl. 81. Infantry and cavalry are trying to take by storm a half-destroyed fortress in the background, whose guns are firing. The interior is in flames, and dense clouds of smoke darken the sky. In the right foreground a detach- ment of cavalry, including two officers and two ensigns, gallop towards the fortress. One man, wearing a red sash and blue plume, rides a white horse with a brown patch ; beside him is a man in yellow, on a grev horse. A good little picture. Signed in the centre at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 7 inches by 9! inches. In the Crozat collection, Paris. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1024 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at jioo). 763. A CAVALRY FIGHT. In the centre foreground a mounted officer fires his musket at a soldier who falls to the left. On the right a soldier's horse falls ; another man fires a pistol at him. In the middle distance are numerous other figures. On the left is a mounted trumpeter. In the distance is a hill-fort. Signed with a doubtful monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 14! inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 800). Sale. Count Schonborn of Pommersfelden, Paris, May 17, 1867, No. 139 (bought in).