Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/602

 5 88 PAULUS POTTER SECT. Domestic animals, 125-159. a. Sheep, 125-126. b. Goats, 126*7-127. c. Pigs, 128-130. d. Dogs, 131-134*-. e. Sheep and pigs, 134**. f. Dogs and a cat, 135. g. An ass, a rabbit, goats, 136-136^. h. Horses, 137-159. i. Horses at pasture, 137-146*-. ii. Horses at the watering-place, 147-148. iii. Horses and sheep, 1481?. iv. Horses, dogs, and other animals, 149-149^. v. A man on horseback, 150-152^. vi. A horse-race, 153. vii. Horses at a smithy, 154. viii. Horses and figures outside a stable or house, 155-159. Beasts of the chase, and hunting scenes, 160-167*7. a. Hunting-scenes, 160-164. b. Wild animals in a landscape, 165-167. c. Birds in a landscape, 167*7. VII. STABLE INTERIORS, A. A cowshed, i6jb-jf. B. A sheepfold, 168. C. A pigsty, 169-171. D. A stable, 172. E. Undescribed, 172*7-172*?. VIII. ANIMAL STUDIES, 173-177*-. IX. MISCELLANEOUS, ijjd-ijje. X. PICTURES UNDESCRIBED, jjf-ijjm. CATALOGUE RAISONNE i. ABRAHAM SETTING OUT FOR CANAAN. In the left foreground of a hilly landscape the aged Abraham kneels, facing right. He has a long white beard ; his arms are outstretched, and he raises his head to look at the sky, where a ray of sunlight breaks from the clouds. Near him to the left are three children with a goat ; farther away a woman rides an ass ; beyond, the caravan follows in a long line, with women, children, servants, cattle and baggage. In the right foreground, near Abraham, lies a red and white spotted cow, looking at the spectator. A stream fills the right side ; it forms a waterfall in the middle distance ; it is crossed by a bridge beyond. In the left distance the ground rises to an imposing hill, surmounted by a ruin. This is Potter's earliest dated picture