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 xvi PAULUS POTTER 597 Sales. Due de Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (2602 francs, Constantin) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 162. F. J. O. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 1811, No. A. 66. In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1859 catalogue, No. 260 ; destroyed in the fire of 1864. 14*. A Bellowing Ox. In the Von Landauer collection, Stuttgart, 1862 (Parthey, ii. 285). b. An Ox in a Meadow. [Possibly identical with n^.J 8 inches by io| inches. Sales. Vicomte de Jessaint, Paris, April 15, 1853. B. de S, Paris, May 4, 1865, No. 192. 15. TWO COWS AT PASTURE. W. 68. One cow lies on a bank, seen in profile almost facing right ; the other cow stands to the left, farther back, seen almost in full face. Both are brown. In the dis- tance is a far-stretching pasture. The treatment of the sky is superficial. The cows, too, seem at a first glance to be unusual in style. But the picture is certainly genuine. Signed in full, and dated 1648 j panel, 8| inches by n| inches. A copy is in the Holstein collection, Holsteinborg, Denmark. Acquired from Magnus Bergs in 1739. In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 296. 15*7. Two Oxen. Sale. Amsterdam, April 20, 1701 (Hoet, i. 63), No. 34 (6 florins). 15^. Two Cows. Sale. Jonas Witsen, Amsterdam, March 23, 1717 (Hoet, i. 208), No. 59 (8 florins 10). 1 6. Two Cows. One is black and white, the other red and white. They lie in a meadow, chewing the cud. [Pendant to 142^.] One of the pendants is signed, and dated 1642. Sale. Gaillard de Gagny, Paris, March 29, 1762, No. 20. i6a. A Cow standing and a Cow lying down. In a meadow. Panel, 13 inches by n^ inches. Sale. Jacob Spex, The Hague, May 21, 1777, No. 55 (100 florins). 17. Two Cows. On a hill. A black cow stands ; a red spotted cow lies down. In the distance is a church tower. Signed, and dated 1651 j panel, 15 J inches by 14 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 318 (no florins, Fouquet). ija. Two Cows. One lying down, and the other standing, near a tree in the foreground of a pasture. In the distance are other cattle and a village. Panel, 4^ inches by 6 inches.