Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/563

 xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 549 ment of a larger picture. Not very convincing, and in any case of slight importance. Canvas, 3^ inches by 5^ inches. In the collection of William Euing, Glasgow ; given as a whole to the city. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1036. 321*. A SHEEP AND A RAM. In the centre lies a sheep. Behind it to the right is a bleating ram. Near them is a withered tree. To the left is a grey pig. To the right are hens and pigeons. In the distance is a meadow with cattle grazing. A great white cloud in the blue sky. Signed in full on the left, and dated 1658. In the collection of J. Hage, Nivaa, 1908 catalogue, No. 63. 322. THREE SHEEP IN A LANDSCAPE. A white and a brown sheep lie down ; one of them is in shadow. The third sheep stands in front, nibbling at a bush. In the distance three men load a waggon with hay. Beyond a wood stretches across the whole width of the picture. In the left distance is a sunlit meadow with haycocks. To the right is a withered tree. White clouds in the blue sky. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1659 ; canvas, 13 J inches by n inches. In the collection of Max Kann, Paris. In the collection of K. von der Heydt, Berlin. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of loo Paintings," 1900, No. 46. In the collection of J. Hage, Nivaa, 1908 catalogue, No. 64 ; bought in Paris in 1903. 322*7. Landscape with Sheep. A herdsman reposing with a dog. In the distance is a little church. A good picture. io|- inches by 12^ inches. Sale. J. P. Wierman, Amsterdam, August 1 8, 1762 (Terw. 265), No. 79 (77 florins). 322^ and c. Two Landscapes with Trees and Hedges. In one is a goat. In the other is a newly shorn sheep with other sheep and a sleeping peasant. Good background and fine sky. Panel, 5| inches by 5^ inches. Sale. Mile. A. C. Putman, Amsterdam, August 17, 1803, No. 82 (190 florins, Roos). 322^. A Ram and a Sheep near a Tree. A lamb farther back. [Possibly identical with 320. Pendant to 322*.] Panel, 5 inches by 4^ inches. Sale. D. Versteegh, Amsterdam, November 3, 1823, No. 37 (880 florins, with pendant, Brondgeest). 322*. A Herdsman and Sheep. Beyond two sheep lying down is a herdsman near a tree. In the distance is another sheep. [Possibly identical with 327. Pendant to 322^.]