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 xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 503 is a lady on horseback. In front of the riders the hounds plunge through the bracken and the pools. Huntsmen follow on foot ; one of them in the right foreground holds back a great hound by a leash. [Possibly a pendant to 80 according to Bode.] Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1666 ; canvas, 26 inches by 32 inches. Sales. (Possibly) C. van Dijck, The Hague, May 10, 1713 (Hoet, i. 161), No. 20 (52 florins). Th. van Pee, The Hague, May 23, 1747, No. 22 (93 florins). Willem van Haansbergen, The Hague, June 19, 1755 (Terw. 129), No. 38 but No. 86 of the original catalogue (29 florins 10 or 9 florins 10, according to the original catalogue Wannaar). J. J. de Bruyn, Amsterdam, September 12, 1798, No. 54. (800 florins, Spaan). In the collection of Count KouchelefF-Besborodko, St. Petersburg, 1842 (Sm., who valued it at 168). Sales. Count Koucheleff-Besborodko, Paris, June 5, 1869, No. 36 (49,500 francs, Narischkine). B. Narischkine, Paris, April 5, 1883, No. 37 (21,000 francs). Acquired by the Frankfort Kunstverein in 1883 for the Institut. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 320 A. 154. THE HAWKING-PARTY. Sm. 59. By a tree on the right a man on a bay horse, seen from the back, points to the right. On the left is a lady on a grey horse, in profile to the right. Behind her is a man on a prancing chestnut horse. In the centre, farther back, is a group of three horsemen and two men on foot, one carrying a hoop of hawks and the other accompanied by eight dogs. The whole party move towards the right over a sunlit meadow, with trees to the left and in the distance. A fine summer morning. " A beautiful work, of first-rate excellence " (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1666 j panel, 19^ inches by 18 inches. Engraved by Barns (Sm.) ; etched by P. J. Arendzen. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1827. Sale. Due de Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (7021 francs, Paillet) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 163. Helsleuter (Van Eyl-Sluyter ?), Paris, 1802 (6900 francs). Lord Rendlesham, London, 1810 (308 : 143., Lord Yarmouth). In the Royal collection, London, 1834 (Sm., who valued it at 420). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 59. 155. A HUNTING-PARTY. Sm. 27. In the courtyard of a mansion is a hunting-party. The most prominent figure is that of a lady on a dark bay horse. She lashes with her whip a prancing grey horse, which is held by a groom, while the rider sits at the foot of a tree pulling up his boots. On the ground to the other side sits a huntsman holding two grey hounds in leash. Near him are two spaniels. Farther away is a lad holding a hawk on his wrist. Beyond these are two falconers with hawks and dogs. An old tree stands in the middle of the courtyard, at