Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/513

 xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 499 In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, Glasgow ; bought as a whole by the city in May 1856. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1035. 140. CATTLE IN A WOOD. Sm. 144. In a woodland pasture a yellowish-brown cow lies in the right foreground near a big tree, the upper part of which is cut off by the frame. Behind the tree a grey horse, which is neighing, stands facing left. Near the group are two sheep and a ram. In the centre is a kid. Farther to the left are a cow grazing and three sheep. In the left middle distance, in shadow, a woman sits on a bank, nursing her child ; beside her is a herdsman with a stick. Near them are a grey cow and two lambs. In the distance is a wood, with a vista of a plain in the centre. " A gem of the most precious quality " (Sm.). Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1663 ; panel, n inches by 14 inches. Sale. Floris Drabbe, Leyden, April I, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 77), No. 19 (250 florins). In the collection of William Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 445); in his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 324. Sales. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 334), No. 313 (400 florins). P. L. de Neufville, The Hague, July 19, 1765 (Terw. 476), No. 102 (655 florins). In the collection of William V., Stadtholder (Terw. 716). In the Louvre, Paris, 1795-1815. In the Royal Gallery, The Hague, 1910 catalogue, No. 197 ; it was there in 1834 (Sm., who valued it at 367 : ios.). 141. A PASTORAL SCENE, WITH A WOMAN HUSH- ING HER CHILD. Sm. 25, and Suppl. 22. An Italian landscape. Trees fill the whole middle distance, except that in the right centre there is a vista of hills. In the centre, a herdsman lies on a sarcophagus adorned with reliefs. He converses with a woman seated on the ground to the left, nursing her child. Nearer the front are two cows, one lying down and the other standing, with sheep and goats. In the left foreground are a dog drinking at a stream and a frog. Finely rendered, attractive in colour, and excellently preserved. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1667 ; canvas, I2| inches by i6| inches. Sales. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1776, No. 161* (1002 francs) said to be on panel. M. Zachary, London, 1828 (525, bought in). George Morant, London, 1832 (^225). In the collection of Henry Bevan, London, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Sir Edward J. Dean Paul, London, June 27, 1896. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1896, No. 48. In the collection of Julius Otto Gottschald, Leipzig, 1901 catalogue, No. 39 ; bequeathed to the town in 1903. In the Leipzig Town Museum.