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 47 2 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. fountain, on a bank to the right, at which a woman on a mule and a shepherd boy have halted. A dog drinks at the basin. To the left are two sheep and a ram. Farther down the path are a herdsman with a staff and a woman with a basket on her head, with a dog running near them. Before them come five cows, eight sheep, and two goats. In the left distance are a river with a ferry-boat and high hills with three peaks. An old tree with scanty foliage towers up from the roadside towards the left. Not a work of the first rank, but probably genuine. The figure on the mule is especially typical ; so too are the first two cows and the goat. The other figures, like the treatment of the foliage, are not convincing. The catalogue remarks that the landscape is said to be by Pijnacker, but that is obviously wrong. 6ia is almost certainly a replica. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1668 not 1665, as in the catalogue ; canvas, 27 inches by 34! inches. In the collection of Dietr. Schmid, Amsterdam. In the collection of G. Winkler, Leipzig, 1768 catalogue, No. 558 ; bought from him by Speck von Sternburg (for 1200 taler). In the collection of Freiherr Speck von Sternburg, Ltitzschena, 1889 catalogue, No. 163. 53. LANDSCAPE WITH A PEASANT, COWS AND SHEEP IN FRONT. Sm. 134. To the left are old ruins ; on the right, farther back, is a little chapel, near which a woman rides a mule. Beside her is a man on foot. An excellent picture. Signed in full in the centre at foot ; panel, i inches by io| inches. Sale. Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804 (4800 francs, Delaroche) ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 222. In the collection of Le Noir-Dubreuil, who sold it to Eguard (for 10,000 francs). In the collection of Valedau, Paris, 1834 (Sm.) ; bequeathed to Montpellier in 1836. In the Montpellier Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 791. 54. A HERD OF CATTLE. Sm. 118. A herdsman drives cattle to the right along a road. There are more than a dozen cows. Three of them are in sunlight, the rest in shadow. A bull on the left has leapt upon a cow ; the herdsman pushes him away. To the left is a half- withered tree with two leafy branches. Beyond it is a meadow. To the right, in the middle distance, is a solitary clump of trees. In the right distance is a town. Dull sky with clouds. [Cf. 228.] Signed in full on the left, behind the herdsman, and dated 1660; canvas, 40^ inches by 50^ inches. Engraved by Prestel. In the Zweibrticken Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 487 ; it was there in 1834 (Sm.). 55- A MOUNTED HERDSMAN WITH CATTLE AT A FOUNTAIN. Sm. 78. A replica of 50 (Cambridge). The principal -ences between that picture and this, apart from their sizes, appear to