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 xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 491 at the edge of the picture. Among the trees are other figures. The attribution, as the catalogue states, is doubtful. In any case the picture is important and recalls 80 (Berlin). It might be a good copy after Potter. Canvas, 29 inches by 26^ inches. In the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 1900 catalogue, No. 874. 117*. A Roman Market-Place with many Cattle and Figures. 13! inches by i6 inches. In the collection of Jacob Halfwassenaar, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, iii. 466). njb. Landscape with a Cattle-Market. Sale. Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 172. 118. HAY-MAKING (or, The Harvest Field). Sm. 54. A waggon loaded with hay and drawn by two horses stands in the centre of a field. In front is a group of haymakers four men and two women who have just had a meal. One man lies on a heap of hay. An older man with pipe in mouth watches with amusement a lad, who in embracing a woman has upset a tub on which was a dish of ham. Four other labourers are at work in the distance. Warm evening light. The figures are good and rich in colour. The picture dates from the artist's ripest time, about 1665. Sm. says that "it is impossible to commend too highly this excellent production of art," and Waagen concurs. Canvas, 12 inches by 14 J inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1819. Sales. Marin, Paris, March 22, 1790 (6500 francs). Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (9900 francs) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 196. Sereville, Paris, 1811 (10,001 francs). Prince de Talleyrand, Paris, July 7, 1817 (sold privately). In the collection of Alexander Baring, London, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 108) ; bought as a whole in 1907 by the London dealers Agnew and others. 119. LANDSCAPE WITH AN ANGLER. Sm. 29. The angler, with bare feet, sits facing right at the foot of a tree in the centre. A cow standing behind him drinks at the stream which flows away to the distance. Behind the tree another cow in profile to the right is lowing. In front to the left, in full sunlight, are two sheep one with its head resting on the other's back and a lamb. In shadow to the left are other sheep, and a thatched hut amid trees. On the right, farther back, a goat stands near a willow. On the farther bank of the stream to the right are trees and cottages. Autumn tints. The cows are red or black. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1664 ; canvas on panel, 14 inches by i6| inches. Sales. N. Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 208 (890 florins, Delfos). Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804 (4200 francs). In the collection of the Marquis de Montault, Normandy ; bought from it in Paris. In the collection of J. Hage, Nivaa, 1908 catalogue, No. 65.