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 xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 567 of the picture and stretch away into the distance. A gentleman comes from the right with a lady on a dun horse, followed by a falconer. The gentleman speaks to a manservant, hat in hand, who points to the shore. Numerous figures are on the shore, which extends to the left distance. In front and behind the horse is a pack of hounds. Above the dunes rise some roofs and a church tower. [Possibly identical with 358.] Panel, 10 inches by 14 inches. Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 127 (1575 francs, De Four). 367*7. The Shore at Scheveningen. With many figures. Canvas, 23^ inches by 32 inches. Sale. Faber, Stuttgart, April 28, 1870, No. 114. 368. A WINTER LANDSCAPE. Sm. 142. On a frozen canal a richly caparisoned grey horse draws a sledge to the right. In the sledge are three gentlemen and a lady ; the coachman walks at the side. In the left foreground are skaters. In the right foreground a boy puts on his skates. Another boy stands near, holding a stick. Beyond, two men play golf or hockey. In the right distance are cottages. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1665 or 1663 the new Antwerp catalogue gives the date as 1662, and Sm. as 1668 ; panel, 12 inches by 15^ inches. In the Van Saceghem collection, Ghent, 1834 (Sm., who valued it at 210). Sales. Th. Patureau, Paris, April 20, 1857. Vicomte du Bus de Gisignies, Brussels, May 9, 1882 (10,450 francs, for the Antwerp Museum). In the Antwerp Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 733. 369. WINTER PASTIMES ON THE TOWN -DITCH. Sm. 121. At the corner of the high town wall to the right is a house with a stepped gable. The frozen town-ditch fills the right half of the picture and bends round to the right, with a bridge across it in the dis- tance. The bank to the left is lined with trees, with a haystack or shed among them. On the ice are many figures. In the centre foreground a young man takes off his skates. Behind him and a little to the right stands a boy, looking at another boy on a small sledge on the extreme right. In the left foreground, on the bank, stand two men with a dog ; farther back stand a lady and a gentleman, whom a man with a boy offers to push in a hand-sleigh. In the right middle distance a man and a woman skate forward. Between them and the wall a sledge with a richly harnessed dark horse goes to the left, past the corner of the wall. In the distance are numerous other figures. Cloudy sky. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1665 or 1669 ; canvas on panel, 13 inches by 16 inches. In the De la Bouexiere collection, Paris, from which it was bought in 1754 by Le Leu for Dresden. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1659. 370. FROST SCENE. Srn. 31. A broad expanse of ice. In