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 vii AELBERT CUYP 69 SCAPE. In a landscape with rocks on the right, a flock of sheep are resting near a tree on the slope almost in the centre. Farther away are a cow and a herdsman. To the left is a rather dark distant view, with a ruin and three cows near a placid stream. In the foreground are three shepherds, and a shepherdess, who converses with a countryman under a tree. There are other sheep and figures. Canvas, 19! by 29 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. no). In the collection of James Morrison, London. 205. FIVE COWS AND A BULL BY A RIVER. Sm. 223. The animals are grouped on the side of the high bank of a river which fills the left half of the picture. The bull, almost black, lies a little away from the cows in the centre foreground. A pale-yellow cow is also lying down, but the other four stand up. The sky is overcast, with faint sunshine. "Painted in the artist's broad and vigorous manner" (Sm.), like its pendant (393). Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 163). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1877, No. 78, and 1891, No. 81. Sale. Lord Radstock, London, May 12, 1826. In the collection of Abraham Robarts, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of A. J. Robarts, London. 206. A HERD OF COWS WITH A HERDSMAN ON A RIVER-BANK. Sm. 149, and Suppl. 55. On the right, near the centre, six cows are lying on the gently sloping bank of a river, which winds away into the plain towards the left. A seventh cow, black and white spotted, stands on the right in profile to the right, with its head up. On the river-bank to the left, the herdboy in red, wearing a large hat, and having his back to the spectator, sits holding a stick as if he were angling. On the opposite bank, to the extreme left, are a house and a windmill. It is a fine summer evening. An excellent work. Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel, 24^ inches by 35^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 336) ; W. Burger, Tresors d* Art en Angleterre, p. 271; and Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 446. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 712 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1903, No. 87. Sale. R. Bernal, London, 1824 (313 : 195., M. Zachary). Sold by Zachary to Frederick Perkins, before 1834 (Sm.). Sales. Comte de Perregaux, Paris, December 8, 1841, No. 6 (18,000 francs or, according to Sm., 21,000 francs plus 5 per cent, for Baron Delessert). (Perhaps) Paul Perrier, Paris, 1843. Baron F. Delessert, Paris, March 15, 1869, No. 17 (92,000 francs). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1894, No. 6. In the collection of Rodolphe Kann, Paris. In the collection of George Salting, London, who exhibited it in 1903. 207. CATTLE ON A RIVER-BANK. Under two trees in the