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 594 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 1024*. Merry Company. Sale. Amsterdam, March 31, 1706 (Hoet, i. 86), No. 6 (125 florins). 1024^. A Crowd of Peasants making Merry. In a landscape. [Probably identical with 1020.] 28 inches by 42^ inches. Sale. Jaques Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722 (Hoet, i. 276), No. 103 (470 florins). 1025. A Village Fair. Sm. 115. Thirty-seven figures, including a woman with three children in front. An early work, in the style of Pieter van Laer. Canvas, 24 inches by 28 inches. Sale. Comte Du Barry, Paris, November 21, 1744 (1002 francs). A picture corresponding in details to the above was in the Sale. Abb6 de Gevigney, Paris, December I, 1799 (n6o francs). 10250. A Merry Party. In front of an old building. Canvas, 12 inches by 15 inches. Sale. J. C. Werther, Amsterdam, April 25, 1792, No. 187. 1026. A Fair. Sm. 278. "Near the castle of Bentheim on the river Elbe," according to Sm. Sale. De la Hante, London, 1814 (315, Foster). 10260. A Village Festival. An important picture with fifty figures. Sale. Brussels, August i, 1842, No. 114. io26. A Dancing Party. In the Booth collection, Glendon Hall, 1854 (Waagen, iii. 462). 1027. Conjurers at a Village Fair. On a stage to the left conjurers perform their tricks before a crowd. A peasant sits on a grey horse with his child behind him. In front a man in red, seen from the back, holds in his left hand a long stick with rats hanging from it. Peasants with their children. A gentleman and a lady in a saffron-coloured dress, followed by a page carrying his master's sword. There are many other figures. In the centre, on a bridge leading to the village, come horsemen and peasants. In the right middle distance are the village and the fair- ground. A fine cloudy sky. Signed to the right at foot with the monogram ; panel, i8 inches by 26 inches. Sales. Bleuland, Utrecht, May 6, 1839, No. 414 (1218 florins). Dr. Munnicks van Cleef of Utrecht, Paris, April 4, 1864, No. 104 (3700 francs). 1028. CONJURERS. Beside a high road leading into the distance is a stone building on the extreme right; conjurers perform on a stage in front. Among the spectators is a man on a grey horse with his back to the spectator ; to the left a woman leading a child comes forward. Farther away are cavaliers and others. Beyond is a coach with two grey horses ;