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 394 MEINDERT HOBBEMA SECT. woman walk in the open space, where three children are at play. On the road, which leads into a reedy pool in front, comes a hunting party ; a man, with hawk on wrist, and a lady ride, with three dogs in front, and behind them two huntsmen, each with two dogs. A fine summer day. A very fine work. The figures were ascribed to Lingelbach by Sm., whose ascription was probably correct. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1667 ; canvas, 31 inches by 41 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1879, No. 84. In the collection of Henry Windsor, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of A. Vansittart ; presented by him in 1876 to the Fitz- william Museum. In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1902 catalogue, No. 49. 119. Landscape with a Broad Road and a Sportsman. Sm. Suppl. 26. On a broad road in the centre, a sportsman with a gun on his shoulder, and a peasant with a dog, come forward past a clump of lofty trees. A third man is at the end of the road, where it bends to the right. Here the view is bounded by trees, amid which is seen part of a cottage. On the right are two cottages amid trees ; at the half-door of the farther cottage is a woman. On the left is a meadow enclosed by bushes and palings, and bounded by a thick grove of high trees. Near the road in front are a tree-stump and four logs. A summer day. " This capital pro- duction may be classed among the master's best works " (Sm.). Signed ; canvas, about 36 inches by 50 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1840. Then in the collection of the Earl of Feversham, Duncombe Park, where it is still, unless it has perished in one of the fires that have occurred at this house. 120. A Wooded Landscape with Cottages and a Sportsman. Sm. 64. A winding road leads through a wood. On the left is a cottage overshadowed by a clump of nine oak and other trees. A woman stands at the door conversing with a man. Geese and poultry feed in front. In the centre another cottage stands amid trees. Across a little meadow is a third cottage, and a fourth stands on a hillock at the side, nearer the front. On the road are a horseman and a man on foot, followed by six dogs, and preceded by a falconer carrying a hoop of hawks. At the roadside are two wood-cutters. Two boys and a girl play with a little boat at a pond. A woman with a child at her back walks in the centre foreground. The figures, according to Sm., are by Lingelbach. An "excellent picture" (Sm.). [Pendant to 121.] Signed in full, and dated 1665 ; canvas, 34 inches by 47 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1834. In the Fiseau collection, Amsterdam. In the collection of Ellis Agar, London. In the collection of the Marquess of Westminster, London, 1820 catalogue, No. 114. Presumably in the collection of the Duke of Westminster, London ; but not described in the 1888 catalogue. 121. LANDSCAPE WITH A HIGH-ROAD OVER A