vii AELBERT CUYP I9 repairs a cask ; on the other side, two men are tasting wine in a cellar. It is painted in a loose and sketchy style, but the colouring is delicate. Signed on a cask in a cellar, " Cuyp "; copper, 18 inches by 2o inches. Bought in Paris, 1888. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 749. 39. A Cattle-Dealer (or, A Farrier). Sm. 31. A peasant stands talking with a cattle-dealer, who holds by a cord an ox of a reddish-brown colour with white patches. Near them are a large tub and some mussel- shells. A fine picture. Sm. thought it an early work. Panel, 13^ inches by 17 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 95 (237 florins, Delfos). In the collection of M. van Loon, Amsterdam, 1834 (Sm.). . A Cattle-Market. With many oxen, and people buying and selling. Panel, 23 inches by 32 inches. Sale. G. Kamermans, Rotterdam, October 3, 1825, No. 20 (200 florins, Lamme). 39/>. Cattle-Market in a Village. With many cattle and figures. Sale. Amsterdam, December 20, 1841, No. 10. 40. A HORSE- FAIR. In the centre a trainer bestrides a grey horse which rears up with its head to the left. To the right, on the bank of a stream in which a boy is swimming, a man has dismounted to lead his horse into the water. His attendant, who is mounted and faces the spectator, lashes out with his whip at his master's horse to make it go on. On the extreme left, where a small portion of a building is visible, a man on a dark horse is trotting to the right, with a greyhound running in front of him. To the right of him is another rider. At the back, still farther right, yet another horseman is riding towards the left ; he has a little boy on the saddle behind him and turns his head. On a low hill behind this man, a peasant woman holding a pitcher in her left hand converses with two peasants who stand to the left, holding a young man. Behind the woman to the right is a horseman, partly concealed by the ground. On the left some peasants are resting under trees. In the extreme left foreground a dog lies near the hat and clothes of the boy who is bathing. [Compare 520. Similar in style to 605 and 614.] Signed in the left upper corner with the monogram j copper, 1 8 inches by 21 inches. Sale. RikofF, Paris, December 4, 1907, No. 3 (8800 francs, Guttman). In the Guttman collection, Paris. 40.2. A Horse-Fair. Sale. E. Kilgour, London, 1859 (35 : los., Pearce). 40^. The Horse-Dealers. A trainer rides a grey horse at a walking pace past two cavaliers who converse with him. A youth and a boy have
