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 644 PAULUS POTTER SECT. Panel, 5 inches by 6 inches. Sate. Ghent, September 23, 1777, No. 50. 126. A Flock of Sheep. In front stands a sheep which is partly shorn. In the middle distance near a cottage is a woman with six other sheep. In the distance are a village and a herd of cows grazing. Dated 1650 ; panel, "] inches by 9^ inches. Sale. X. de Burtin, Brussels, July 21, 1819, No. 129 (500 francs). 1260. Two Goats. Panel, 10 inches by n inches. Sale. Mile. Helene Herry, Antwerp, September 18, 1848, No. 20. 127. Goats in a Meadow. Sm. 32 ; W. 90. A road leads to the background. In the right foreground is a stunted willow ; to the left is a stream. In the centre, farther back, is a low hill with four goats in a meadow to the left. On the road to the right sits a herdsman with his dog. On the road in front are five goats. From the distance comes a traveller with a bundle on his back. Panel, 9^ inches by 10 inches. Engraved by L. Masquelier in the Choiseul Gallery, No. 10. Sales. Due de Choiseul, Paris, 1772 (462 francs). Prince de Conti, Paris, March 15, 1779 (930 francs). Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 66 (6000 francs). In the Suermondt collection, Aachen, 1867 (Westrheene) ; but not now in the Aachen or in the Berlin Museum. 128. PIGS BEING FED. In front a number of pigs press round the feeding-trough. In the right foreground lies a pig in profile to the left. On the left, on higher ground, are three small trees, bent to the right by storms. Beyond the pigs stands a man. Farther away is a cottage with a haystack behind it. Dark and heavy clouds in the sky. A fine picture. Signed in full on the left at top, and dated 1646 ; panel, n| inches by 9! inches. Engraved by L. Gaucherel. Sales. Lenglart of Lille, Paris, February 6, 1879. Prince Demidoff, San Donate, March 15, 1880, No. 1140. In the collection of Baron A. von Oppenheim, Cologne, 1904 catalogue, No. 32. 129. TWO HOGS. Sm. 39 ; W. 28. Two white and black spotted hogs lie on a red-brick footpath in front of a barn. Panel, 9^ inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826-27. Sales. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 320 (121 florins, Fouquet). Lambert et du Porail, Paris, March 27, 1787 (2700 francs, Calonne) according to Westrheene. In the Royal collection, London, 1834 (Sm.). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 3.