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 492 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. 120. LANDSCAPE AND ANIMALS. Sm. 35. On the left is a river. In the distance, beyond the stream, is a village with trees and cattle. In the water in front are two cows ; behind the cow to the right, a third stands on the bank. Nearer the front are two sheep and a lamb on the bank. In front, to the right, lies a cow ; behind it to the left is a goat. On a knoll in the right middle distance is a cottage near a willow, with horses, cows, and sheep. At the foot of the knoll sits an angler ; a man lies at his side. Fine clouds in the spacious sky. The picture still reminds one strongly of the painter's early work. A "very beautiful production" (Sm.). [Compare 222.] Signed in full in the right centre, and dated 1664 ; canvas, 20 inches by 28 inches. Etched by Denon (Sm.) ; and engraved by Varin, as " Lever du Soleil " (" Sunrise ") in the Muse'e Frartfais. Sale. Jakob van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 12, 1719 (610 florins). In the Lubbeling collection, Amsterdam according to the Randon de Boisset sale-catalogue, but not mentioned by Hoet. Sales. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 8, 1777, No. 136 (20,000 francs, Millon d'Aibly) see Ch. Blanc, i. 359. Comte de Vaudreuil, Paris, November 24, 1784, No. 65 (19,910 francs) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 100. In the collection of Louis XVI., King of France. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2596 (valued by the experts in 1816 at 30,000 francs). 121. Cattle at Pasture, with an Angler. Sm. 127. A broken and varied landscape, with an old oak in the centre foreground. Near the oak are a grey horse, three cows two of which are lying down and two sheep, which are also reposing. On the right a man, seated on the bank of a river, extends his hand towards his companion, who is in the water fishing. On the left a grey horse drinks at a pool ; a cow stands near in the shade of a bank. A cool evening. Signed, and dated 1663 ; canvas, 20^ inches by 28 inches. In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, 1834 (Sm.) ; bought as a whole in 1878 by the Rothschilds. Probably in the collection of the late Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. i2ia. Landscape with a River and Anglers. In front are two anglers. On the farther bank is a cottage, near which a woman spreads out linen. Panel, 5^ inches by uj inches. Sale. Van Schorel, Antwerp, June 7, 1774, No. 115. 121 b. Landscape with Two Anglers. The anglers sit in front beside a still pool, on which are ducks. A traveller on foot ; several cottages amid trees. Canvas, 14^ inches by i6| inches. Sale. Pieter Gets and others, Amsterdam, January 31, 1791, No. 4 (15 florins, Fouquet). 122. A WOMAN SPINNING. Sm. 150. In the left centre of