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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 511 7936. A Battle. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 227, 276. Sales. Charles Alexandra de Calonne, London, March 23, 1795, No. 72 (22 : is.). Bryan, London, May 17, 1798, No. 22. 793^. A Battle. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 75. Sale. W. Hamilton, London, March 27, 1801, No. 52 (28 : 75., Williamson). 793^. A Battle. A rich composition in a silvery-grey tone. Canvas, 17 inches by 22| inches. Sale. Rotterdam, April 25, 1817, No. 128. 793-?. A Battle. In the style of Pieter van Laer. Canvas, 29 inches by 45 inches. Sales. Michiel van Hooken and Theodor Hartsoeker, The Hague, May I, 1742 (Hoet, ii. 54), No. 2 (56^ florins). (Probably) J. A. Snijers, Antwerp, April 27, 1818, No. 68 (66 florins). 793/ A Hand-to- Hand Encounter in a Battle. Sale. Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 186. 793^. Before the Battle. A great force of cavalry and infantry are drawn up on a broad plain before the high walls of a fortified town. In the foreground an ensign mounting his horse looks back at a woman who is hushing an infant. Signed ; canvas, 24 inches by 28J inches. Sale. St. Remy zur Biesen and others, Cologne, December 9, 1892, No. 215. 793/z. A Battle. 1 8 inches by 24 inches. Sale. L. H. Hicks and others, London, December 20, 1905, No. 93. 794. PEASANTS REPULSING PLUNDERERS. Sm. 246. Soldiers have plundered a village in the middle distance. In front peasants are capturing them. An officer, half-naked, stands with his arms tied beside another prisoner. On the right a man has dressed himself in the officer's red uniform, which is too large for him ; another man laughs at the sight. In front a soldier is robbing a man lying on the ground. On the right stands the saddled piebald horse of the prisoner, in profile to the left. A corpse lies beneath it ; at the side is a dead horse. Beyond these are two more horses and a peasant. In the left foreground two soldiers take off" an officer captive. A horseman with a pistol is attacked by a man with a sword. In the middle distance foot- soldiers fire at horsemen who gallop off". There are many other groups of combatants. [Pendant to 80 1.] Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 24 inches by 31 inches.