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 480 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. 80. THE COUNTRY-HOUSE AMID TREES (or, The Sleeping Herdsman). Sm. 138. The country-house stands in the centre of the middle distance, half-hidden amid trees in the evening sun- light. A fence surrounds the estate and runs diagonally across the whole width of the picture from the left foreground to the right distance. On the left, farther back, is a clump of tall trees, partly in front and partly behind the paling, which fills almost the whole of the left half of the picture. On the right, nearer the front, is another clump of trees in shadow, cut off" at the top and to the right by the frame. In front cattle graze in the open in front of the fence. In the centre distance, where the palings curve round, are two cows ; a woman milks one of them. On the left of her a 'man with a pail comes from behind a tree. In the right foreground, in shadow, lies a cow ; near her some goats graze. A herdsman lies asleep on the ground near them. In the left corner, close to the sunlit fence, two horses stand in a little pool. Near them is a cow ; farther back are two sheep. "A beautiful example" (Sm.) [Possibly a pendant to 153 (Frankfort). Compare 103 and 117.] Signed in full on the fence to the left at foot, and dated 1666 ; canvas on panel, 25 inches by 31 inches. Exhibited from 1891 to 1897 at South Kensington Museum, London, No. 8. In the collection of Philip Henry Hope, London, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of H. T. Hope, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 121). In the collection of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, Deepdene ; bought as a whole in 1898 by the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi and A. Wertheimer. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 922 G ; acquired in 1899. 8 1. THE LITTLE FARM. Cattle, sheep, and goats graze on the banks of a stream in the centre foreground, watched by a herdsman who sits conversing with another man. A cow stands in the water, drinking, in the left foreground. To the left, beyond the stream, a woman on a mule and a shepherd drive a flock of sheep to pasture. In the middle distance is a farm. Cool daylight, with light clouds in the sky. In the style of the early works ; perhaps the last dated picture of this group. A very fine example. [Cf. 333.] Signed in full on the bank in the centre foreground, and dated 1663 ; canvas, I2| inches by 14 inches. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1891, No. 91. In the collection of George Salting, London ; bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1909. In the National Gallery, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 2572. 82. THE FARM; WITH CATTLE AND FIGURES. Sm. 17. On the left is a large house with a gable and a tiled roof, with a thatched wooden stable adjoining. On the roof in front is a dovecot. At the open door stands a man holding a flat basket. Near him a woman milks a cow. To right and left of the stable are trees. A herd of cows fills the foreground. To the right are three cows, two of which are lying