Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/560

 544 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. the left, in front of the tent, a trumpeter sounds a call. Behind him to the right is an ensign with a standard. In front of them a soldier, seen from the back, kneels on the ground, drinking from a tall glass. Beside him to the right stands a boy with a jug. To the left of this group a mounted soldier, facing the spectator, smiles and waves his hat. To the left of him are a soldier in a helmet and a dog. At the back is the camp. In the right foreground a woman with a child on one arm and a basket on the other approaches with a child at her side. [Pendant to 866.] Panel, 15 inches by 20 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 78, as " Le Depart des Cavaliers." Then in the Lebrun collection, Paris. Sales. Marquis Thomas de Pange, Paris, March 5, 1781 (4651 francs). Montribloud, Paris, February 9, 1784 (8000 francs, with pendant). Claude Tolozan, Paris, February 23, 1801 (3625 francs). In the collection of Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., Oakhill, 1829 (Sm.). Sale. Sir Simon Clarke, London, May 8, 1840 (435 : 153., Nieuwenhuys). 88 1. Horse-Soldiers halting at a Sutler's Booth. Sm. Suppl. 69. The chief group includes three cavaliers on horseback and a fourth dismounted. One cavalier on a prancing grey horse holds a glass. A trumpeter in red on a chestnut horse sounds a call. A third horseman has his back to the spectator. The dismounted man stands behind the trumpeter holding his horse. In front two children play with dogs and chickens. On the other side are two sportsmen and a cavalier on a white horse accompanied by a man on foot. [Pendant to 929.] Panel, 14 inches by i6 inches. Sale. Dubois, Paris, December 7, 1840 (8450 francs). 882. Soldiers gambling at a Sutler's Tent Sm. 132 and Suppl. 44. In the foreground of a hilly landscape three soldiers and a sportsman are gambling on a drum-head. The sportsman has a dog and a gun at his side. One soldier stands behind his grey horse, beyond which are two others. On the left are a woman with a child and a man. On the right a horseman rides towards a horse and waggon. Tents and soldiers are on a distant hill. "This excellent picture was painted in the artist's latter period " (Sm.). [Pendant to 685.] Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite", ii. 295. Sales. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 91 (5000 francs, with pendant). Duclos, Paris, November 1 8, 1812 (4980 francs). In the collection of the Earl of Beverley, 1842 (Sm.) ; bought as a whole by the dealers, Sm., June 1851 (for 3000). In the collection of Thomas Baring. 883. Horse-Soldiers halting at a Sutler's Tent. Sm. Suppl. 204. A soldier in a steel helmet and a buff coat rides a prancing grey horse, seen in profile. A mounted trumpeter, facing the spectator, leans his trumpet on the holster. A third man, dismounted, embraces a girl