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 xvi PAULUS POTTER 593 Sales. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. ill (7450 francs, Le Brun) see Ch. Blanc, i. 359. Lord Rendlesham, London, June 20, 1806 (.455). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 68 ; it was in the Royal collection in 1834 (Sm.). 6. TWO HUNTSMEN OUTSIDE AN INN. See Sm. 25 ; W. 95. The picture corresponds almost exactly to 5. But the two hounds in the foreground are omitted, and a hound is introduced at the feet of the old man by the door, to whom the hostess, carrying a little child on her arm, offers a jug. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1650 ; panel, 21 1 inches by 1 6 inches. A chalk drawing for the picture was in the Weigel collection, Leipzig, sold at Stuttgart, May 15, 1883. According to the St. Petersburg catalogue, it was formerly in the possession of The Hague dealer W. Lormier, but it is probably not identical with any of the four pictures named in this collection by Hoet (ii. 435). It was not the picture of the Randon de Boisset sale, which is identical with 5. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1053 ; it was there in 1834 (Sm.). 7. HALTING AT THE INN. Sm. 3 ; W. 72. On the left, in front of an inn with a steeply pitched roof which is only visible in part, a young and well-dressed cavalier sits at a rough wooden table, seen almost in full face. He wears a red coat and high dark leather boots : in his right hand he holds a white clay pipe. The hostess standing beside him lays her right hand on his shoulder, and offers him a glass of wine. Be- hind the table to the left is another young man, probably a groom, with a pewter pot in his right hand. He looks at the couple, and holds his left hand to his mouth to suppress a smile at the coquetry of the woman who is no longer young. On the table lie the cavalier's plumed hat, an earthen- ware charcoal pot, and a paper of tobacco. Between his feet stands a covered stoneware jug. On the right, close to the hostess, stands his grey horse. In front are four hounds j two greyhounds are lying down. Two other greyhounds are on a road in the right middle distance. Beyond them a bay horse draws a four-wheeled waggon to the left. In the right distance are trees and a ruined tower. On the right, behind the inn, are tall trees. The picture has been enlarged on the left by another hand, in order to bring the figures more into the centre, but this addition is now under the frame. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1650 ; panel, i8 inches by i8| inches or, without the addition, 17! inches by 14^ inches. Engraved by Niquet and Filhol in the Musee Napoleon. Sales. Jaques Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722, No. 171 (180 florins). L. de Neufville, Amsterdam, June 19, 1765, No. 74 (735 florins). In the Schloss, Ludwigslust, 1792. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 841. VOL. IV 2 Q