!88 AELBERT CUYP SECT. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosit^ ii. 443. In the Lebrun collection. Sale. Heris (Eire collection), Paris, March 25, 1841, No. 27 (1920 francs). 627. Three Huntsmen halting. 801.155. In the foreground, near trees, three huntsmen are resting. One has dismounted and stands beside his dappled -grey horse, which has a velvet saddle with gilt housings. Close to this is a black horse held by a negro, with three dogs. A second rider sits on a bay horse, while the third, in a red jacket, sits in the fore- ground pulling up his boots. A greyhound drinks at a pool on one side of the foreground ; beyond it is seen a castle. A fine summer morning. " A superlative picture " (Sm.). Canvas, 38 inches by 52 inches. Mentioned by W. Burger, Trlsors a" Art en Angleterre, 270. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 714 as "A Prince of Orange starting for the chase." Sales. London, 1813 (262 : ios.). Mortimer, London, 1829 (462, bought in). Purchased by O'Niel, 1830 (682 : ios.). In the collection of Edward Lloyd, Manchester, 1834 (Sm.) and 1857. 6270. Five Sportsmen. With many dogs and two horses, resting at sunset near a ruin. Panel, 31^ inches by 40^ inches. In the Weyer collection, Cologne, 1863 (Parthey, i. 720). 627^. A Sportsman resting. He sits with his dogs near an old tree- trunk. A groom holds his horse by the reins. A broad landscape with a river. Panel, 17^ inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 25, 1869, No. 15. 627*:. A Hunting Party. Halting near a spring. Signed. Sale. Walter R. Farquhar, London, June 2, 1890, No. 100. Possibly identical with a work of Ludolf de Jongh measuring 36 inches by 49 inches and signed A. Cuyp which is in the hands of an American dealer. 628. Four Sportsmen on the River. On a bank on the left fore- ground, where three fishing-boats are drawn up on shore, are a peasant woman and four sportsmen, one of whom sits on the end of a plank. They are waiting for a. boatman who is bringing two cavaliers in his boat. In the right background, on the bank of a river alive with vessels, is a town illumined by sunlight breaking through clouds. The foreground is in shadow. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, A. Cuyp ; panel, 17^ inches by 29! inches. Sale. H. de Kat, Paris, May 2, 1 866, No. 1 7 (4000 francs). 629. FISHING- BOATS ON A LAKE. Between high cliffs. Blue sky with clouds. [Pendant to 630.]
