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 538 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 228. In the collection of C. D. Borden, New York. 867. HALT OF CAVALIERS AT A TENT. Sm. 376 and Suppl. 167. Before a tent on the right are three horsemen. One stands beside his horse, with his hand on the saddle, and looks round with a smile at his comrades. One of these, with a trumpet behind him, rides a dark horse ; the other holds an empty jug. Near the tent-door a man sits on a basket, with his arm round the waist of a girl holding a beer-jug. Near them stands a beggar-boy with hat in hand. In the left middle distance are a man with a pack-mule and a horseman. Panel, 13 inches by 15^ inches. Engraved by Visscher. In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2631 ; it was there in 1829 (Sm., who valued it at .262 : ios.). 868. A CAMP, WITH FOUR HORSEMEN AT A SUTLER'S BOOTH. To the left is a sutler's booth, with a flag flying. At the entrance hang a pewter pot and two garlands. Behind this tent is another, of more elegant appearance, with a white flag. Four horsemen halt at the first tent ; a woman with her hands on her hips stands at the door. One horseman drinks from a pewter pot. Another adjusts his stirrup. A third has dismounted to tighten his saddle-girths. The fourth blows a trumpet. Near this group a dog drinks at a stream. At the back a man leads a horse laden with trusses of straw to a camp lying in the plain. [Compare 874.] Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 19 inches by 16 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1027. 869. A CAMP, WITH AN OFFICER AND LADY AT A SUTLER'S BOOTH. Sm. Suppl. 57. To the left is a tent ; over the entrance are a coloured flag, a garland, and a long pole from which hang twigs and a pewter pot. A lady and an officer on roan horses halt. A young woman fills a glass for the officer. Near him stands a boy holding a dog which barks at the riders. Farther back to the right a soldier in a helmet sits on the ground. A trumpeter stands beside his grey horse, sounding a call. At the back soldiers water their horses in a river. On the farther bank, under the walls of a fortress, a camp is pitched. In better preservation than the pendant (599), but somewhat too blue in tone. Like the pendant, it was formerly attributed to Pieter Wouwerman. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, i6J inches by 14 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1047 (Sm. valued it in 1842 at 300). 870. HORSE-SOLDIERS AT A SUTLER'S BOOTH. Sm. Suppl. 58 j M. 86. On the right are two tents. The one at the back