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 642 PAULUS POTTER SECT. The nearest cow is seen from the back. A second cow on the right is in profile to the right. A third cow stands behind the second cow, upon whose back it rests its head. The fourth cow is farther away. In the centre of the middle distance, in the shade of two trees, two herdsmen dance to the sound of a pipe played by a third man standing on the left. A woman on the right and a dog on the left watch the dancers. On the left, nearer the front, two sheep lie in front of a hut. An ass, seen three- quarters left from the back, stands at the right-hand corner of this hut upon the road illumined by the sun, which is low in the sky. In the right distance are hills. Signed, and dated 1649 j panel, 15 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Block (?), February 26, 1744. In the collection of Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 435) ; in his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 222 ; sold to Count Lijnden, March 9, 1758 (for 185 florins). Sale. Helsleuter (Van Eyl Sluyter ?), Paris, January 25, 1802 (4403 francs). In the collection of William Smith ; sold privately (Sm.). Sale. Lapeyriere, Paris, April 19, 1825 (8950 francs). In the Pellapra collection, Paris, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of Prince Chimay. Sale. George Holmes and others, London, April 25, 1903, No. 64 (2835, Lawrie). In the possession of the London dealers Dowdeswell. In the collection of John Walter, Bearwood. 120. CATTLE, WITH A WOMAN AND A PIPING HERDSMAN. In the left centre lies a cow facing three-quarters right. Another cow stands behind, almost in profile to the left. In the right centre stand a goat and a sheep ; a ram, a goat, and a cow are lying down. Beyond, on the slope of a hill, sits a woman in profile to the left. Beside her is a piping herdsman. In the right foreground is a dead tree. In the centre of the middle distance are several trees. On the left is a view of a river valley. An early work. Signed on the left at foot ; a broad picture. In the Mauthner collection. In the collection of Georg Rath, Budapest, 1906 collection, No. 166. 121. Cows and Sheep with a Piping Herdsman. See W. 29. The animals are along a road in the shade of trees near a stream. On the left a herdsman sits on a hill playing the pipe. Beside him are his dog and a ram. Signed, and dated 1646 ; panel, 18 inches by 24 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 316 (200 florins, Delfos). 122. Cattle with a Piping Herdsman. In a fine landscape a herdsman sits on a low bank under two trees near a wood. He is playing the pipe. Around him are cows, sheep, and goats about sixteen in all with a dog. In the distance is wooded country with houses, travellers on foot, and horsemen. Canvas, 42 inches by 40^ inches.