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 vii AELBERT CUYP 57 164. VIEW ON THE MAAS AT DORDRECHT. Sm. 187, 1 88, and Suppl. 52. The mirror-like Maas fills the whole foreground. In the background of the left half are the church and houses of Dordrecht, with sailing-ships near the shore and a big barge with sails furled lying at anchor. In the background of the right half is the low-lying opposite bank of the Maas. There are fishing-boats under sail, and farther right a raft of timber with three men and a barge. " Of the most esteemed quality" (Sm.). [Compare 274 and 631.] The picture was formerly divided in two halves, as described by Sm. in 1834. The portions were reunited by the London dealer Brown, 1841. Canvas, 27! inches by 74^ inches. Etched by P. J. Arendzen. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 202) and by Hofstede de Groot, Nollandsche Kunst in Engelsche f^erzamelingen. A copy of the right half is in the Rijksmuseum, 1907 catalogue, No. 747 ; see Six and Bredius, Bulletin of the Dutch Antiquarian Society, 1900, pp. 154 and 201. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1887, No. 75 ; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1900, No. 31. Sale. Lady Stuart, London, 1841 (.1102 : los. and .1522 : los. for the left and right halves respectively, Brown). Sold by Brown to James Holford, 1841-2 (Sm.). In the collection of Major J. L. Holford, London. 165. VIEW OF DORDRECHT FROM THE RIVER. Almost the same composition as 164, but there are no reeds in the foreground and the lighting is rather different. The clouds are not painted in Cuyp's usual style. A very good picture. Signed in full on the raft to the right ; canvas, 38^ inches by 52^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1903, No. 94. In the collection of Lord Iveagh, London. 166. THE OLD DORDRECHT FERRY- HOUSE. In winter, with sportsmen and dead birds in the foreground. In front to the left is a group of dead birds a swan, an eagle, a duck, and two smaller birds at the foot of three tree-trunks. Behind them stands a sportsman, seen in profile to the right, who is shooting at some wild duck flying high up on the right ; his dog is behind him. In the middle distance on the right is a frozen river on which five men are driving to the right in a sleigh, meeting two sportsmen with a dog. Behind them on the farther bank is the old ferry-house of Dordrecht, which occurs also in 167. On the ice to the left of it are many figures with horses and sleighs. Signed ; canvas, 46^ inches by 66| inches. In the possession of the London dealer Buttery, who bought it from Lord Algernon Percy of Guy's Cliff. Sale. Lawrie and Co., London, January 28, 1905, No. 79 (.2310, Sulley). In the possession of the London dealers Sulley and Co.