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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 507 Engraved by Dupreel in the Muse'e Napotion. In the collection of" Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 446) ; he had purchased it from Jaques de Roore (for 510 florins) according to his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 341. Sale. Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 335), No. 328 (1030 florins). In the collection of the hereditary Stadtholder, The Hague, 1770 (Terw. 719) ; taken away by the French in 1795. In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2628. 787. A BATTLE BETWEEN IMPERIAL AND TURKISH TROOPS. Sm. 346; M. 49. In the centre two Austrian cavalry officers armed with pistols attack a Turk and a negro who defend themselves with a curved sword and a pike. In the fore- ground lie a dead Austrian and a wounded Turk who grasps his sword with one hand and a standard with the other. On the right an Austrian trumpeter gallops away for help. On the left the Austrian infantry force the Ottoman cavalry to retreat. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 1 8^ inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 49, in 1745, as "La Defaite des Sarrasins." In the collection of Crozat de Tugny, Paris, 1745. Sm. identifies this as the Lormier picture noted above (786). In the collection of Count Brtlhl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1020. 788. A BATTLE BETWEEN POLISH AND TURKISH CAVALRY. Sm. I. In the foreground a Polish horseman strikes a Turk with his lance and unhorses him. Near them, a Turkish officer with sword and shield attacks a Pole who strikes him with a hammer. On the left the Polish cavalry, with trumpet sounding, attack the Turks. The trumpeter at the head rushes on the enemy who are fording a river in front. At the foot of a distant hill is a burning castle. This picture is in the style of the large battle-piece at The Hague (746). It has been much damaged, and is not worth exhibiting. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram, and dated 1656 ; canvas, 42 inches by 52^ inches. Sale. Pieter de Klok, Amsterdam, April 23, 1744 (Hoet, ii. 134), No. 62 (760 florins). In the collection of Count Brtlhl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1021. 788*. A Battle between Tartars and Germans. A Tartar on a grey horse is prominent. Signed ; canvas, 22 inches by 27 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 4, 1785, No. 65 (40 florins, Motte). 788^. A Battle between Austrians and Turks. Canvas, 19 inches by 26 inches. Sale. J. C. Werther, Amsterdam, April 25, 1792, No. 181.