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 xvi PAULUS POTTER 605 In the Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 165. In the Kassel Academy, 1783 catalogue, No. 100. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15. In the Palace, Wilhelmshohe, Kassel, 1834 (Sm.). In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 368. 40. CATTLE IN STORMY WEATHER. Sm. 40 j W. 27. On the left, in front of a tree, a light-coloured ox stands almost in profile to the left with its head to the front. To the right of the ox stands another with dark spots, also turned to the left, but slightly foreshortened at the back. On the left, near the first ox, is a very dark cow seen from the back in an almost completely foreshortened view. Behind the first ox a fourth animal is lying down. Signed in full, and dated 1653 though Sm. says 1651 and the Higginson catalogue 1654; panel, 14^ inches by 13 inches. The Higginson catalogue identifies the picture in that collection with Sm. 40 ; but the catalogue description, taken from Sm., overlooks the dark cow standing on the left and seen from the back, and mentions only two animals standing and one lying down. Sales. Beaujon, Paris, April 25, 1787 (3900 francs). Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. ill (13,000 francs, bought in) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 396. Sebastien Erard, London, June 22, 1833 (.325 : los.). In the Durand collection according to the Higginson catalogue. Sale. Edmund Higginson, Saltmarsh Castle, June 4, 1846 1842 catalogue, No. 66 (976 : I os., Mawson for the Marquess of Hertford). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 252. 41. FOUR OXEN IN A MEADOW. Sm. 5, and Suppl. 2; W. ii. 2. On the left, near a clump of low trees, are three oxen. A whitish ox stands in profile with its head to the front. A dark ox stands beside it in a reverse position. A third is lying down beyond them. The fourth stands at a distance, seen from the back in a foreshortened view. In the distance is a farm amid trees. Signed in full, and dated 1653 ; panel, 15 inches by 18 inches but 15^ inches by 13^ inches, according to Sm. Exhibited in the Rembrandt Exhibition of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller and Company, Amsterdam, 1906, No. 105. Sales. Count van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, August 19, 1750, No. 45 (280 florins). Madame Bandeville, Paris, December 3, 1787 (4000 francs). Claude Tolozan, Paris, February 23, 1801 (4853 francs). Solirene, Paris, March 1 1, 1812 (8001 francs). In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, offered for private sale in London, 1834 (priced at .400, but not sold). Sales. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 39 (12,100 francs, Hope) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 424. Adrian Hope, London, June 30, 1894, No. 54 (.945, Sedelmeyer), In the collection of Albert Lehmann, Paris. 42. FOUR OXEN IN A MEADOW. Sm. 95 ; W. 91. In