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 60 AELBERT CUYP SECT. 172. RUINS OF THE HUIS TE MERWEDE (or, Cattle watering in a River). Sm. 134. The great ruins are seen in the right middle distance. In front of them are five cows, lying or standing. One cow stands in the river, which fills the whole of the left side. On the river are numerous sailing and rowing-boats. In the distance to the left lies Dordrecht. It is a very good and unusually sunny picture. One of the cows was introduced by Van Strij, according to Sm. Signed on the left-hand boat "A. cuyp " ; panel, 21 inches by 33 inches. Sale.}. F. Tuffen, London, April 1 1, 1818 (157 : ios.). In the Valedau collection, Paris, 1834 (Sm.) ; the collection was bequeathed to Montpellier in 1836. In the Montpellier Museum, Valedau bequest, 1900 catalogue, No. 666. 172*. The Castle of Mutten (Muyden?). A gentleman with attendants walks along the shore. Canvas, 43 inches by 57 inches. Sale. F. H. de Groof, Antwerp, March 20, 1854, No. 92. 173. THE CASTLE OF VALKENHOF, WITH FIGURES. A castle with a high square tower above the arched gateway fills most of the right side of the picture. Some ruins are visible over the walls, but these are not the familiar buildings of Valkenhof. To the left is a view across a stream over a plain, which resembles the country round Nym- wegen. In the foreground are a countryman in a red jacket with a basket and a gentleman on a dappled-grey horse followed by a dog. At the back, in front of the castle, are numerous other figures, one of them on horseback. On the river are a few little boats. It is evening. [Compare 174, which is almost identical.] Signed A. Cuyp ; canvas, 44^ inches by 65 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1903, No. 98. Sale. John Newington Hughes, London, April 14, 1848 (745:103., Baron Rothschild). In the collection of Mr. Alfred de Rothschild, London. 174. TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS NEAR THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE OF NYMWEGEN. Sm. 260. The ruins of the castle of Nymwegen fill a large part of the picture. A high square tower rises above the arched gateway. On a broad road in the left fore- ground are a countryman in a red jacket with a basket and a gentleman on horseback followed by a dog. Near the walls of the castle are other persons conversing ; some are seated at the back. On the river are a few little boats. There is a wide view over an open and cultivated country. It is a sultry summer evening. An excellent picture, almost identical with 173. Canvas, 45 inches by 51 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 28). In the collection of the Earl of Ashburnham, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of Lady Ashburnham, London.