vii AELBERT CUYP 35 shepherdess in grey with a crook, stands near her mother. To the left are some tall trees. At the back is a range of hills illumined by the setting sun. The paint is thickly laid on. It is an early work, still showing in a very marked degree the influence of the father, J. G. Cuyp. Panel, 33 inches by 26 inches. In the collection of Lavalard de Roye. In the Amiens Museum, Lavalard bequest, 1899 catalogue, No. 6. 98. PORTRAIT OF A FAMILY IN A LANDSCAPE. Sm. 169. Under two trees on the left are the parents, surrounded by eight persons, their children and relations. The father is in black. Near him, a young girl in blue silk points to the four sons on the extreme right who return from the hunt with their dogs, guns, and game. Between the two groups is a view across a river, on the farther side of which is a town on sloping ground. The figures are well painted but the faces are unattractive. The foliage, grass, cows, and figures in the middle distance are very characteristic. The picture is most closely related to the portrait of Grootebroeck and his wife (81 ). Sm. and others thought it represented Cuyp and his family, which of course is impossible. Signed, " A. Cuijp, fecit." ; canvas, 67 inches by 96 inches. Th. von Frimmel has wrongly questioned its authenticity. Mentioned by Parthey (i. 722) ; Viardot, Musees <? Allemagne ; and Veth, Qud Holland (ii. 275)- In the Esterhazy collection, Vienna, 1834 (Sm.). In the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 1906 catalogue, No. 334 (old No. 398). 98*7. Family in a Landscape. Panel, 29^ inches by 41 inches. Sale. Aegidius Laurens Tolling, Amsterdam, November 21, 1768, No. 36 (5 florins 5, Quinkhard). 98^. A Dutch Family. Canvas, 55 inches by 68| inches. Sale. J. A. Snijers, Antwerp, October 10, 1842, No. 25. 98;-. Portrait of Family. Panel, 46 inches by 62 inches. Sate. Antwerp, June 10, 1858, No. 10. 99. PORTRAIT OF A LADY AND GENTLEMAN. A lady and gentleman sit under a tree only partly visible on the right, and join hands. The lady, on the right, is seen almost in profile to the left, but turns her head to the spectator j she is dressed in white silk and holds two large pinks in her left hand. The gentleman, on the left, sits almost facing the spectator ; he bends to the right and appears to be proposing marriage to the lady. The figures are full-length. Canvas, 56^ inches by 73^ inches. Exhibited by Rupprecht, Munich, 1889, No. 167. Sale. H. Th. Hoch, Munich, September 19, 1892, No. 305.
