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 552 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 902. A Vedette. On a little island. In the distance is seen a fight at a bridge. It is attributed to Pieter Wouwerman, but is either by Philips or a copy after him. Canvas, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the Fpurnier collection, 1814. In the Nantes Museum, 1876 catalogue, No. 533. 903. Uhlan Vedettes. Sm. 385 and Suppl. 173. In the foreground of a landscape is a solitary hill ; to the right are high rocky hills, receding into the distance. In the centre are a horseman with his head turned away and a man on foot with a gun over his shoulder. Three of their comrades mount the hill under the rocks. At the roadside in front sits a traveller, with a bundle and stick at one side of him and a dog at the other. "Painted in the artist's first manner" (Sm.). Panel, about 15 inches by 17 inches. Engraved by Aliamet as " Garde avance de Hulans." In the collection of Count Brtthl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1842 (Sm., who valued it at 189) ; it is no longer there. 904. TRAVELLERS ATTACKED BY ROBBERS AT A FORD. Sm. 368 ; M. 88. In the left foreground of a barren land- scape two loaded waggons and travellers ford a river to the right. A grey horse has broken the traces of the nearer waggon and rears up with fright at the robbers who attack it. Behind it a man kneels before a robber. Another robber galloping in the right foreground fires a pistol at a man on foot, who returns his fire. On the river-bank lie three dead men. Signed half-way to the left with the full monogram ; panel, 13^ inches by 19 inches. Mentioned by Bode in Von Zahn (vi. 206). Engraved by Moyreau, No. 88, as "Devalisement d'fiquipage." In Guarienti's Dresden inventory (before 1753), No. 393, as "in the style of Wouwerman." Also described by Hubner as " not an original " ; yet it is genuine, as Bode noted in 1873. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1462. 905. ROBBERS ATTACKING A MARKET-CART. Sm. in. In the centre of a hilly landscape a market-cart drawn by a grey horse and a bay horse is attacked by robbers. The driver in the front of the cart defends himself with a knife against two robbers on the left. A woman in the cart strikes out with a yoke at the head of another robber who climbs on the cart. To the right, in front, a young peasant on horseback, facing the spectator, threatens with the butt-end of his whip two other robbers ; one, with a wooden leg, grasps the bridle of his horse ; the other man rushes forward with a knife, holding up his left arm to ward off the blow. In the left foreground a beggar woman with a child on her back bends down to pick up a stone. Behind her a country woman runs forward in fright. In the middle distance a beggar crawls forward