AELBERT CUYP SECT. t. Sir G. P. Turner, London, 1815 (75 : I2S., Baring). In the collection of Alexander Baring, London, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange ; purchased as a whole by Messrs. Agnew and others, August 1907. 71. CUYP (?) SKETCHING IN THE OPEN, WITH HIS SERVANT. He stands on rising ground to the left, and sketches the view over a broad valley between hills, apparently those of Cleves and Hoch Elten. His servant stands near between two horses. Farther right is a flock of sheep with two shepherds and a dog. Signed in the left bottom corner with the monogram; panel, 13 inches by 22 inches. An old copy on canvas, measuring 13^ inches by 20^ inches, was acquired in 1884 by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, 1902 catalogue, No. 660. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 279). In the collection of the Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard, No. 88. 72. CUYP SKETCHING IN THE OPEN. Sm. 151. In the right foreground a young shepherd lies sleeping near his four sheep. Not far away, two men have dismounted from their horses one brown, the other black. One of the men, apparently Cuyp himself, sits sketching the landscape spread out before him a river valley dotted with trees and cottages, and, beyond, the Elterberg, Hoch, and Nieder Elten. His servant stands beside him, looking on. The sun is setting. An excellent work of Cuyp's second period. Panel, 19 inches by 32 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 285, and iii. 466), both in the Duke's London house and at Woburn Abbey. Exhibited at the British Institution before 1834 (Sm.). Sales. H. R. Rigby, London, January 9, 1789 (^136 : ios., Holland). Duke of Bedford, London, June 30, 1827 (598 : ios., bought in). In the collection of the Duke of Bedford. 73. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN. Sm. 182. Supposed to be the artist. A young man with light flowing hair. He is dressed in a black vest, a bright red cloak adorned with gold lace, and a narrow lace frill, with a large black hat. He leans his left arm on a wall. "A brilliantly coloured picture" (Sm.). Canvas, 32 inches by 25 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, 1871, No. 2. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 336). In the collection of the Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, No. 153, where it was in 1834 (Sm.). 74. A River Landscape. With a ruin on the bank, and some persons sketching in a boat. In the distance is Dordrecht. [Probably identical with 78.] Sale. General Craig, London, April 18, 1812 (63). 74<7. Portrait of Cuyp. Panel, 28 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, April 26, 1830, No. 17 (27 florins, Van Eyk).
