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 xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 395 COMMON. Sm. 65. A high-road leads over a common, with cottages amid trees at either side. The nearest cottage is on the right. Beside it is a row of lofty elms and other trees, extending to a second cottage, at the half-door of which a woman converses with a man. Farther away are two other cottages, partly hidden by trees, beyond which is a cornfield. On the left are two cottages ; the roof only of one is seen above the trees. On the right sit a man and a woman ; a boy stands near. On the road, a lady and a gentleman approach a traveller seated on a log at the roadside. Farther away, two boys play with a little boat at a pond. In the distance, on the road, are a man on a bay horse and a falconer on foot carrying a hoop of hawks. Sunlight and shadow. An " excellent picture " (Sm.). [Pendant to 120.] Signed in full ; canvas, 34 inches by 47 inches. Engraved by Mason. 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. 109. In the collection of the Duke of Westminster, London, 1888 catalogue, No. 39. i2ia. Landscape with Figures and Horses: a Hunting Party. Sale. Amsterdam, September 16, 1739, No. 63 (13 florins). 122. A Wooded Landscape with Cornfields, and a Man Hawking. Sm. 50. A falconer comes along a side road. Other figures. Panel, 24^ inches by 32 inches. Sales. J. A. Brentano, Amsterdam, May 13, 1822, No. 143 (500 florins). F. J. Mensart and others, Amsterdam, September 2, 1824, No. 71 (525 florins, Heris). I22tf. Landscape with a Stag-Hunt. Dense clumps of trees near a cottage by a stream. A stag-hunt. Canvas, 38^ inches by 32 inches or probably the reverse. Sale. Willmet and others, Amsterdam, January 25, 1836, No. 82. 123. A Wooded Landscape with Huntsmen. In the right fore- ground is a wood, in which three great trees and a willow-stump are noticeable. Towards the centre are tilled fields ; in the distance is a plain with cottages and gardens. On the left is a dense thicket, past which goes a fenced road. In front a lady and gentleman, returning from the chase, halt at a pool. The man has dismounted to attend to his dogs. The woman is asked for alms by a beggar. Canvas, 10 inches by 12 inches. Sale. J. G. Riedinger, Cologne, May I, 1841, No. 28. 124. Landscape with a Hunting Party and a Shepherd with his Flock. In the left foreground, under trees on a hill, is a hunting