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 xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 463 Sales. Capello, Amsterdam, May 8, 1767 (Terw. 593), No. 72 (1075 florins) wrongly identified by Sm. with 22. Amsterdam, August 6, 1810, No. 104 (3125 florins, Josi). In the collection of Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna, 1885 catalogue, No. 689. 21*. MERCURY, ARGUS, AND IO. Replica of 20. Dated on the left 1666. In the collection of Jules Forges, Paris. 22. MERCURY, ARGUS, AND IO. Sm. 49. On the left of a fine landscape with woods and hills and many animals is a grassy knoll, on which two horses stand, with their heads towards each other, under a tree. Near them sits old Argus, wrapped in a red mantle. He watches Mercury, who, clad in a blue cloak, stands beside the cow into which lo has been transformed. The god holds her by one horn as he points with his caduceus towards a group of four cows, which move towards a clump of trees on the right. Beside lo, to the left, is a sheep. In the distance are trees; to the right is a view of hills. "An admirably finished work" (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1671 ; canvas, 30^ inches by 41 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1880, No. 72. A study for the picture is in the collection of V. de Stuers, The Hague. Sales. Catharina Backer, widow of A. de la Court van der Voort, Leyden, September 8, 1766 (Terw. 552), No. 74 (100 florins, Fouquet) the figures said to be completed by W. van Mieris. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 450 (1700 florins, Fouquet). C. A. de Calonne, London, March 23, 1795, No. 63 (147) ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 168. Sir Claude Scott, Bart., London, 1831 (.299 : 55.). In the collection of Edward H. Scott, London, 1880. Sale. S. B. Goldschmidt of Frankfort-on-Main, Vienna, March 1 1, 1907, No. 55 (3600 krone). 23. Vertumnus and Pomona. Sm. 107. In the foreground of a grove, near a mansion in the right distance, the disguised god sits at the foot of an old tree on the left. He wears a tawny-yellow vest and a red mantle and skirt. He points to the grove, as if inviting the nymph to retire there. Pomona, wearing a yellow vest and a blue mantle, sits on a low wall beside a vase, on which she leans her left arm ; in her right hand she holds a sickle. The grove is adorned with vases and statues ; in the foreground is a peacock. " A highly wrought production " (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1670 j canvas, 30 inches by 40 inches. In the collection of J. R. West, Stratford-on-Avon, 1834 (Sm.). 24. A Mine. Mentioned in the inventory of the goods of the widow of Frans Joosten de Vries, Amsterdam (who died in 1665), taken by the art-dealer Teunis Albertsz (valued at 60 florins) ; noted by A. Bredius. 25. A SMITHY WITH A GREY HORSE. In the centre foreground of an interior a dappled grey horse stands in profile to the left,