vii AELBERT CUYP 153 500. A LADY AND GENTLEMAN RIDING IN A WOOD. Sm. 245. The figures are in profile to the left. The man, in grey with a large black hat, rides a dappled-grey horse. The woman is on a black horse. Panel, 27! inches by 21 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 20). Sale. Philip Hill, London, July 3, 1811 (52 : IDS.). In the Royal collection at Buckingham Palace, London, No. 119; it was there in 1834 (Sm.). 501. A MAN AND WOMAN ON HORSEBACK CON- VERSING WITH PEASANTS AT THE ENTRANCE TO A WOOD. Sm. 227. On the right a road shaded by tall trees leads to the foreground, where a woman on a bay horse halts, facing the spectator. Beside her to the right is a man on a dark-grey horse, facing three-quarters left. He turns his head to the right to speak to a peasant woman seated in profile to the left at the foot of a tree, with her yoke, a basket, and a brass milk-can on the ground at her side. To the left, a little in front of the peasant woman, is a big dog, seen in profile. Behind the woman stands two peasants ; one, in profile to the left, is speaking ; the other, facing the spectator, carries a basket on his right arm and a stick on his left shoulder. On the left side of the picture, to the left and in front of the woman on horseback, stands a shepherd lad, turning away from the spectator and leaning on his staff; behind him lies his dog. To the left of the shepherd are three sheep lying down and a sheep and a goat standing up. Beyond them is a hilly landscape. Fine and sunny. Panel, 17 inches by ii inches. A smaller picture with the same group of figures, but without the sheep, is in the collection of M. Van Gelder, Uccle, Brussels (502). Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 48). Engraved in the Stafford Gallery, No. 42. In the Calonne collection. In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton, Bridgewater House, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, No. 189. 502. A Man and Woman on Horseback conversing with Peasants. Sm. Suppl. 19. In a hilly landscape, near two trees on the left, a woman on a bay horse and a farmer on a grey have halted to speak to a man with a basket on his arm. Near him are a woman in red standing, another seated, and a boy standing. A large brass can and a basket lie on the ground. Sunset. [Pendant to 77.] [The figures are almost exactly repeated from 501.] Panel, io| inches by 17^ inches. Exhibited at the British Gallery by Earl Granville. In the collection of the Duke of Bedford. In the collection of Earl Granville, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. Earl Granville, London, June 21, 1845 (^409 : los., Nieuwenhuys). Coulston, London, 1881 (472 : los., Lesser). In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of M. Van Gelder, Uccle, Brussels.
