vii AELBERT CUYP 125 411. Cows and a Herdsman crossing a Brook. In the fore- ground of a hilly Italian landscape with large trees a herdsman with cows is wading through a brook, which is crossed by a bridge. To the right are numerous buildings along a road. Panel, 26^ inches by 40 inches. Sales. (Possibly) De Beehr and Van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, November 14, 1825, No. 19 (100 florins, Roos). Amsterdam, March 2, 1869, No. 28. 412. PEASANTS DRIVING CATTLE IN A HILLY LANDSCAPE. A horseman dressed in brown rides a grey horse over a bridge, which leads to the hills on the right. Near him are two trees. One of the peasants driving cattle is dressed in red his feet are bare, and he carries a stick on his shoulder ; the other peasant sits on a cow. To the left, farther back, are two other herdsmen ; on this side is a distant view. A genuine picture of the same period as the very similar Amsterdam picture (406). Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; panel, 26 inches by 35 inches. Sale. Mrs. Hannah Entwisle of Sunninghill, London, February i, 1908, No. 130 (588, Douglas). 413. Cattle being driven through a Tunnel. Sm. 157. A young herdsman with a dog drives three cows and some sheep into a tunnel, through which is seen a hilly landscape. In front of them a peasant rides on a pack-ass ; he carries a basket on one arm and holds a stick. The rays of the evening sun enter the tunnel and illumine the group of figures and animals. "This agreeable picture is painted in the manner of Berghem " (Sm.). Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sales. A. van der Werff van Zuidland, Dordrecht, July 21, 1811, No. 20 (600 florins, Hart). H. van der Werf, Rotterdam, April 19, 1816, No. 7 (361 florins, Van der Blijt). T. Emmerson, London, 1829 (^69:63.). In the collection of Richard Downman, Bristol, 1834 (Sm.). 414. Peasants driving Cattle through a Tunnel. Sm. 252. The principal group consists of a laden ass and two cows, near which are three men, two of whom are seated. A little beyond them a man leads a mule, near five sheep. Through the tunnel are seen ruins and distant hills. The figures and animals are small. Panel, 18 inches by 22^ inches. In the Steengracht collection, The Hague, 1834 (Sm.). 415. CATTLE, HERDSMEN, AND HORSEMEN IN A HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH A RIVER. Sm. 138, and Suppl. 47. On a road in the foreground are two riders on grey horses ; one wears a blue jacket with red sleeves, the other is in red and sits on a red saddle. A herdwoman dressed in blue and white is telling the second rider
