i 4 AELBERT CUYP SECT. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner with the monogram A. C. ; panel, 14 inches by 18^ inches. In the collection of Dr. August Fischer, Breslau. Now in the Breslau Museum, Fischer bequest, No. 338. 23. PRINCE FREDERICK HENRY AT THE SIEGE OF BREDA (1637). In the background to the left are the town buildings with the church tower. In the right foreground, the Prince trots forward on a cream-coloured horse, followed at some distance by two officers on horseback. In the middle distance to the left are numerous figures near some tents. In front of these to the right four men carry a litter on their shoulders ; these figures appear to be later additions. On the road to the right a peasant with a stick stands to watch the officers. The siege of Breda took place when Cuyp was seventeen. As this picture appears to belong to his mature period, it was painted from memory, or else it was an imaginative composition. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, A. Cuyp f. ; panel 14^ inches by 20 inches. An exact replica, of somewhat smaller size, is in the collection of the Earl of Northbrook (24). Sales. Brussels, September 16, 1814. Vicomte de Buisseret, Brussels, April 29, 1891, No. 25. Huybrechts, Antwerp, May 12, 1902, No. 75 (10,600 francs, Hallijn for the Queen of Holland). Now in the collection of the Queen of Holland, The Hague. 24. PRINCE FREDERICK HENRY AT THE SIEGE OF BREDA. Sm. 265. The same composition as 23. "A clever picture of the master " (Sm.). Signed on the left ; panel, 12^ inches by i6 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 187). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1872, No. 162 ; 1889, No. 73, and 1903, No. 76. Sales. (Possibly) Casp. van Citters, Rotterdam, July I, 1811, No. 7. Charles Brind, London, May 10, 1849; it belonged to him in 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of Thomas Baring, London, who lent it for exhibition in 1872. In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 45. 25. PRINCE FREDERICK HENRY AT THE SIEGE OF BREDA. Sm. 145 and Suppl. 24. The composition is almost identical with 23 and 24. But here the Prince rides a darker horse. Again, there is one flag on the front tent, and another on the third tent, whereas in the other pictures both flags are on the front tent j and this tent also bears a garland on a cross-bar, which is wanting in the other pictures. [Pendant to 523.] Panel, 12 inches by i6 inches. Sale. Marquess of Bute, London, 1822 (63). In the collection of Lord Penrhyn, Penrhyn Castle.
