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 xvi PAULUS POTTER 595 10. EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF DIDERIK TULP (1624-82). Sm. 85 ; W. 14. The man is seen in profile to the left on a galloping dappled grey horse. He is beardless, wears a long curled peruke, and turns his head to the spectator. His costume consists of a yellow jacket with quilted sleeves, a cuirass with an orange scarf across it, breeches and shoes of buff-leather. From his bandolier hangs a sword. The saddle is red. On the right, behind the horse, is a tree, round which is fastened the man's coat-of-arms with his device " Chacun a son tour.' Under it is the following inscription : Diderik Tulp, Ridder Baronnet, Meester-Knaap van Holland en West Friesland, Schepen en Collonel van de Burgerije der Stadt Amsterdam, Bewindhebber van de Oost-Indische Compagnie. Geboren den 6 Junij 1624, Overladen den 6. Maart 1682, in Amsterdam. In the distance extends a flat landscape through which a river winds. On the bank in the centre, underneath the horse's body, is seen a peasant following his plough towards the left distance. On the left edge of the picture is the country-house of Kleeve. Diderik Tulp was the brother- in-law of the burgomaster Jan Six. Signed in full on the tree to the right, and dated 1653 ; canvas, 124 inches by 109! inches. The picture came through Diderik Tulp's eldest daughter Esther Elizabeth, who married Jan van den Bembde, to their daughter Anna Elizabeth, and through her, who married Jan Six in 1728, into the possession of the Six family. In the collection of J. Six, Amsterdam. 11. A RED OX STANDING. W. 101. The ox stands in a pasture, almost in profile to the left. In the distance are little cottages amid trees ; to the right is a church steeple. The subject recalls the country round Rijswijk. The old Hermitage catalogues stated that it was signed and dated 1648, but this is not the case. Bode rightly pointed out that it was probably painted in 1651 at earliest. Panel, 8| inches by n inches. In the collection of Count Briihl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1057. 1 10. A Young Bull. Sale. Amsterdam, May 6, 1729 (Hoet, i. 338), No. 23 (4 florins 15). lib. A Red Cow. In a pasture, standing before a fence. 13 inches by 19^ inches. Sale. Samuel van Huls, The Hague, September 3, 1737 (Hoet, i. 483), No. 59 (60 florins). lie. A Cow. In a landscape. Sale. Amsterdam, October 10, 1742 (Hoet, ii. 69), No. 53 (10 florins). lid. An Ox. Standing in front of a hedge. A village in the distance. Panel, 9^ inches by ii inches.