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 634 PAULUS POTTER SECT. 106. COWS BEING DRIVEN TO PASTURE. Sm. 26; W. 81. On the left is a cottage. From the open stable door comes a black cow, lowing. The ground falls towards the right where are other cows ; two of them butt each other, while a herdsman standing behind tries to part them. Beyond the group are two willows. A tree, the leaves of which are just unfolding, stands close to the cottage. The morning sun is behind the cottage, so that the foreground is mostly in shadow, while the sunlight in the middle distance produces very fine effects, as, for instance, on the foliage of the trees. In the left foreground are two pigs, one of them lazily reclining. Beyond sits a woman holding a little boy, who shouts in his excitement and holds up a little stick as he watches the two cows fighting. The light of the rising sun is almost too hot, but this is probably due to the yellow varnish. In other respects this excellent and most carefully painted picture is very well preserved. It is closely related to 94 (Duke of Westminster). [Compare the pigs with those in 169 (Brussels), a picture of the same year.] Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1647 ; panel, 15 inches by 20 inches. Sales. J. Pompe van Meerdervoort, Soeterwoude, May 19, 1780, No. 3 (5505 florins, Van Vlaardingen). Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804 (33,600 francs, Paillet) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 221. Paris, 1811 (20,000 francs bought in, according to Sm.). In the collection of the Due d'Alberg. Bought by Count Czernin before 1834 (Sm., who gives the price as 36,000 francs). In the collection of Count Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna, No. 187. i o6a. Cows and Sheep being driven along. Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739 (Hoet, i. 576), No. 18 (150 florins). io6b. Cattle being driven along. Sale. Amsterdam, October 10, 1742 (Hoet, ii. 69), No. 47 (7 florins). io6r. Cattle being driven along. Sale. Rotterdam, June 28, 1756 (Terw. 148), No. 13 (190 florins). io6d. Cattle being driven along. i6| inches by 19 inches. Sale. Pieter Testas, Amsterdam, March 29, 1757 (Terw. 178), No. 23 (96 florins). 107. A Herd of Oxen being driven along (or, The Great Herd of Oxen). Sm. 16 ; W. ii. i. In the left foreground an old herdsman with his dog drives a herd of ten oxen before him ; the herd fills almost the whole width of the picture. In the distance are flat pastures with cattle. An open carriage and pair is followed by a horseman. Canvas, 52 inches by 78 inches. Sales. Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707 (Hoet, i. 105), No. II (455 florins). Amsterdam, April 7, 1734 (Hoet, i. 401), No. 3 (1760 florins).