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 474 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. 13 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 21), No. 126 (275 florins). 58. Landscape with Cattle. Sm. 28. On the left a reddish cow is grazing ; near it is a ram. Farther away a herdsman with a stick drives forward two rams and a white ox. In the same plane are several rams, a woman on a laden mule and a man on foot with a dog. To the left is a fine landscape with a range of high hills, on which are ruins, houses, grottoes, and vaults amid trees. In the distance are hills in fine sunlight. Canvas, 17 inches by 23 inches. Sale. N. Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 207 (1005 florins, Delfos). 59. A Pack-Mule. Sm. 51. A mule laden with panniers, covered with a red cloth. Canvas, 12^ inches by 14! inches. Sale. Coders and D, Paris, February 9, 1789 (1500 francs). 60. A Mounted Herdsman with Cattle in a Landscape. In the foreground of a hilly landscape is a little stream in which a mounted herdsman halts to converse with a woman who stands near. Close to them are two oxen, one of which is drinking, with a kid and some sheep. In the distance cattle are grazing. There are two beggars, to one of whom a woman on an ass gives an alms. Canvas, 21 inches by 18 inches. Either identical with 51 (Buckingham Palace) or with one of the copies there mentioned, or else another replica. Sale. J. J. de Bruyn, Amsterdam, September 12, 1798, No. 54 (405 florins, Labouchere). 61. Landscape with Cattle. In the middle of a hilly landscape with trees at the side stands a reddish ox. In front are a shepherd with sheep, a woman riding on an ass, and cattle. Signed ; panel, 9 inches by io inches. Sales. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 283 (54 florins). Macalester Loup, The Hague, August 20, 1806, No. 39 (72 florins). 6ia. A Wooded and Hilly Landscape with Cattle and Herdsmen. At a fountain on a hill to the right are a woman on an ass and a man on foot. A herdsman and a woman with oxen, cows, and sheep come down the hill. Near it is a clear stream, on which is a boat with figures. A hilly background. Bright sunshine. Almost certainly a replica of 52. Canvas, 25! inches by 34 inches. Sales. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 284 (340 florins). Jurriaans, Amsterdam, August 28, 1817, No. 68 (900 florins, Roos).