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 502 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. 149. A Piping Herdsman with Cattle. A herdsman, leaning against a tree, plays the flute while watching two cows, one of whom lies down. Near them are two sheep and a goat. Signed in the centre at foot ; panel, 20 inches by 18 inches. Sale. M. Neven, Cologne, March 17, 1879, No - 222 - 150. A PIPING HERDSMAN WITH CATTLE. A hilly landscape with a stream. In the centre is a sheep. To the left is a red cow, on whose neck leans a piping herdsman. To the right is a man on a bay horse, with a riding-whip in his left hand ; he points with his right hand to the distance. Signed in full ; 13 inches by i6| inches. In the collection of George Morant, Intwood Hall. Sale. London, May 27, 1897, No. 174 (94 : ios.). 151. Landscape with a Herdsman driving an Ox and blow- ing a Horn.- With three other peasants. Signed, and dated 1655 (the date is improbable); I2| inches by 17^ inches. Sale. Baron de Hirsch, London, February 6, 1897, No. 60. 152. THE HUNT. Sm. Suppl. 15. From an open gate, leading to a country-house on the left, comes a huntsman with hounds. On the road are a bay horse and a grey horse with a red saddle, each held by a groom. On the ground to the right sits a boy dressed in red, with a bluish-grey jacket, who fastens a hound's collar. Another hound in the left foreground sniffs at a bone. In the centre, farther back, is a clump of trees ; the green foliage has turned a vivid blue. " Exquisitely finished " (Sm.). Signed in full to the left on the bridge near the fence, and dated 1669 ; canvas, 23! inches by 29^ inches. Bought from the dealer Nieuwenhuys in 1834 by Van ^ er Hoop. In the Van der Hoop collection, 1842 (Sm.) ; bequeathed to Amsterdam in 1854, and lent by the town in 1885 to the Rijksmuseum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1908 catalogue, No. 2447. 1520. Starting for the Chase. In the centre is a grey horse. A lady rides a dun horse. To the right is a man with hounds. To the left is a horseman in red. A good picture, with very finely drawn figures. It is ascribed to Wouwerman, but might be by A. van de Velde. It reminds one also to some extent of Jan Blom and Berckheyde. Unfortun- ately it hangs too high to be properly examined. 1 6 inches by 18 inches. In the Lorin Museum, Bourg, 1875 catalogue, No. 115. 153. THE STAG-HUNT. Sm. Suppl. i. In an oak-wood a marshy meadow forms a glade. On the left are a stag and a hind, who are being chased from right to left by a pack of hounds, with whom a huntsman carrying a hunting-spear tries to keep pace. On the right and in the distance the hunt come riding out of the dense wood ; among them