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 494 SECT. Signed ; panel. In the Baumgartner collection, Leipzig, before 1864 (Parthey, i. 706). 125. A HERDSMAN AND A WOMAN WITH A DIS- TAFF. Sm. 7. In the right foreground of a hilly and wooded land- scape a red cow stands in a pool. At the edge of a pool a mouse-coloured cow drinks. On the left a woman in a blue skirt, holding a spindle and distaff, stands 'with her back to the spectator. She looks down at a man seated on a bank beside her, who gazes up at her. In the centre a calf and three sheep are lying. Beyond them a goat lies at the foot of two trees. [Pendant to 227 ; "these pictures are of the choicest quality, but rather too sombre" (Sm.). Perhaps identical with I22a (Sm.).] Signed in full in the centre at foot, and dated 1667 ; canvas, ii inches by 15 inches. Sale. Anthoni Bierens, Amsterdam, July 20, 1747 (Hoet, ii. 198), No. 8 or 9 (500 florins, with pendant). In the collection of Jacob Bierens, Amsterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 523). In the collection of Madame de Haan-Bierens, Amsterdam, 1834 (Sm., who valued it at ^315) ; the collection was sold under the name of her father D. Bierens, at Amsterdam, November 15, 1881, and this picture was No. 22. In the collection of A. de Stuers, Paris ; it was stolen, and has disappeared. 125*7. Landscape with Cattle and a Girl washing her Feet. The girl, wearing a blue skirt, is near a brown cow, which faces left. On the right are cows and sheep. The picture is in such a bad condition that no definite opinion can be formed about it. But it seems more likely to be the work of Dirck van Bergen, though Bredius holds that it is by A. van de Velde (Oud Holland^ xxii. 1904, p. 97). [Compare 127 and 128, which are similar.] In the collection of Coste Reboulh, who bequeathed it to the museum in 1888. In the Carcassonne Museum, No. 32. 126. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE. A dog drinks at a stream in front. On the bank near it a man appears to be washing his feet. He speaks to a girl in yellowish red, with a bundle under her arm, who stands to the left of him. Behind her is a red cow turned to the left. On the right lies a sheep with two lambs. On the left an ewe suckles a lamb. Near them another sheep lies at the foot of a tall tree. In the right distance are ruins in a landscape. Somewhat dark, but a good picture. Signed in full on the tree, and dated 1671 ; canvas, 13 inches by ii inches. Two studies in red chalk, drawn in reverse, for the figure of the seated man are in the Foder collection, Amsterdam. In the Steengracht collection, The Hague. 127. IDYLLIC LANDSCAPE WITH COWS AND SHEEP RESTING. Sm. 120. A girl, seated on the bank of a stream, is washing her feet. She listens to the flute-playing of an