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 vii AELBERT CUYP 63 In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1905, No. 6. Now in America. 180. A COW AND OX IN A MEADOW NEAR A FARM. Sm. 165 and Suppl. 25. A red ox stands near a stable in profile to the left. Beside it a black cow is lying down. In the immediate foreground are three pigeons. To the right are a farmhouse and a hayrick. To the left is a view over a meadow, with two cows lying down, towards a village. Evening. [Pendant to 763.] [Compare 752.] Signed on the chimney of the farmhouse A. C. ; panel, 15^ inches by 22 inches. Sales. M. van Coehoorn, Amsterdam, October 19, 1801, No. 15 (no florins, Spaan). (Possibly) G. Muller, Amsterdam, April 2, 1827, No. 18 (550 florins, J. de Vries) the catalogue entry is apparently imperfect. A. W. C. Baron Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, September 5, 1851, No. ii (2500 florins, Brondgeest) ; it was in this collection, 1834-42 (Sm.). In the Van der Hoop collection, Amsterdam. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Van der Hoop bequest, 1907 catalogue, No. 746. 181. A SHEPHERDESS AND HER FLOCK. To the left, in a hilly landscape, a young shepherdess sits on the ground. She is facing right, and turns her head to the spectator. She wears a brown skirt, red jacket, white collar, and a large straw hat, and holds a crook in her right hand. On the right, a little in front of her, lies her dog. The sheep are grazing partly on a gentle slope in the right foreground, partly in the left middle distance. In the centre foreground are large-leaved plants. In the distance rises a church tower. Canvas, 28^ inches by 39 inches. Sale. C. Sedelmeyer, Paris, May 25, 1907, No. 26 (4000 francs, Goud- stikker). In the possession of the Amsterdam dealer Goudstikker. 182. THE PASTURE. On the right, a shepherd, shepherdess, and two boys are resting under a tree. A dog sleeps in front of them, and numerous goats and sheep are resting, while cattle stand at the back. A peasant is ploughing on high ground in the distance. Near the shore of a river fishermen are at work in two boats. A work of Cuyp's middle period, and one of the best pictures by him in Germany. Signed, in the right-hand bottom corner on a stone, A. Cuyp ; panel, 38 inches by 69^ inches. In the Mannheim Gallery. In the Augsburg Museum, 1899 catalogue, No. 638. 183. COWS IN A PASTURE BY A RIVER. Sm. 248. In the foreground four cows are lying down. On rising ground to the left are two men and a girl ; one man, holding a long stick, is seated, and the other stands holding some rods. It is a fine warm evening. A good picture.