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 522 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. the edge of a wood beside a river to the left a detachment of cavalry halt. In the centre are four horsemen. One aims a pistol at a bird j another loads a pistol ; the third has dismounted. In the left background is a group of soldiers, some seated, others lying under a tree and playing cards. Two of their comrades rest in front near a broolc flowing from a rock. To the right, farther away, is a sentry. An early work in spite of the full monogram ; in a finely modulated brownish tone. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, i8 inches by 25 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1025. 824. SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH. A hilly landscape with trees and a ruined bridge. In the centre are three armed riders ; one of them carries a banner and another waters his horse at the river. Behind them a man, sitting on the horse, drives a baggage- waggon. Near him is a sutler's wife with a child and a dog. To the right are other figures. [Most probably identical with 833.] Signed ; canvas, 2o inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 220. In the collection of the late Baron Ferdinand von Rothschild, Waddesdon Manor. 824/7. A Detachment of Soldiers. Sale. Jonas Witsen, Amsterdam, March 23, 1717 (Hoet, i. 204), No. 3 (155 florins). 825. Halt on the March. In the foreground two officers and a woman warm themselves at a fire. Near them a trooper holds a saddled piebald horse. A cripple asks an alms. Behind is a baggage- waggon. Beyond is a hill with soldiers reposing, and tents. Panel, io inches by 14^ inches. Sale. L. de Moni, Leyden, April 13, 1772, No. 122 (150 florins, De Rooij). 825/7. Soldiers reposing. In the centre foreground of a hilly landscape troopers and soldiers are reposing. To the left stands a trooper beside two horses ; to the right are three horses near trees. In the middle distance are horses and a waggon descending a hill. Canvas, 14^ inches by 12^ inches. Sale. J. M. Quinkhart, Amsterdam, March 15, 1773, No. 29 (35 florins). 825^. Soldiers halting on the Road. In the foreground of a hilly landscape three troopers lie playing dice ; one stands by looking on. To the right beside a tree-trunk are saddled pack-horses and figures. Farther back come a horseman and a soldier with a gun ; behind them a laden horse and cart come through a defile. An old castle stands amid trees on a hill. [Possibly identical with 828.] Panel, 13^ inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 10, 1785, No. 370.