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 xvi PAULUS POTTER 643 Sate. X. de Burtin, Brussels, July 21, 1819, No. 130 (38 francs) ; see note to 1 1 8. i22a. A Herdsman blowing his Horn. He stands beside a bull in a field. Panel, 8| inches by io| inches. In the Schloss, Schwerin, 1836 (Parthey, ii. 284) ; but not now in the Schwerin Museum. 123. Cattle with a Piping Herdsman. Sm. u ; W. ii. 5. In the centre foreground lie two spotted oxen. Behind to the left a third ox grazes in profile to the right. On the right, farther away, a fourth ox, seen from the back in a three-quarter view, stands in front of a hurdle and raises its head as if lowing. Between this ox and the others the herdsman lies on the ground playing the pipe. To the left lie two goats. In the middle distance cattle are grazing. The pasture is bounded in the left distance by a wood, and in the centre by a long row of trees. In the right distance is a house amid trees. Fine cloudy sky. Panel, 16 inches by 2o| inches. Sales. Van Eversdijck, The Hague, May 28, 1766 (Terw. 533), No. 69 (599 florins). Thomas Schwencke, The Hague, October 6, 1767 (Terw. 644), No. i (401 florins). Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 137 (355 florins). In the La Tournelle collection, Paris, 1834. 124. Cattle with Musical Herdsmen. A herdsman and a woman sit on a hill, tending three cows, two sheep, and two goats. The man plays the pipe ; the woman sings from a paper in her hand. On the right is a tree. In the left distance a peasant ploughs with a team of oxen. A view of a river landscape. Signed in full. Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 65. Then in the collection of Dr. E. Posonyi, Vienna. 125. THE SHEPHERD'S HUT. W. 2. Near a picturesque hut a shepherd sits, resting his head on his hand, at the foot of a tree. In front are some sheep and a calf. An unimportant and unattractive picture. Signed in full on a stone to the left, and dated 1645 ; panel, 9! inches by 12 inches. Engraved by C. Ploos van Amstel and W. Unger. In the collection of A. L. van Heteren, The Hague, bought as a whole in 1809 for the Museum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1910 catalogue, No. 1909. 125*7. A Flock of Sheep. Sale. Philips de Flines, Amsterdam, April 20, 1700 (Hoet, i. 56), No. 48 (42 florins). . Two Sheep in a Meadow.