2 iS AELBERT CUYP SECT. 732. Winter Scene. A frozen town canal with a round tower to the left. A fine sky, which can be recognised as Cuyp's handiwork. The rest is inferior and not certainly his. There is little colour in the figures, save for a touch of red in the sleeves of a woman to the left. If genuine, the picture belongs to the transition between the early and middle periods. In the collection of Sir Audley Neeld, Grittleton House. 733. FISHERMEN ON THE FROZEN MAAS. Sm. 161. In the right foreground sixteen fishermen are fishing under the ice with nets and long poles, or putting their catch into tubs. On the left a market-woman sits in a sleigh drawn by two horses. Several skaters and others are on the ice. In the distance are a tent and a church tower : on the river- banks are a few leafless trees and a windmill. Sunlight. A " matchless example of art " (Sm.). Panel, 27 inches by 47 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 285). Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1815. Engraved by J. Fittler, A.R.A. Purchased by the Duke of Bedford, about the year 1814 (1260). In the collection of the Duke of Bedford, London. 734. FISHING ON THE ICE. A crowd of people with a fishing-net stand on the ice. To the left are sledges and barrels. Near the shore is a windmill. Grey sky. Panel, 15 inches by 20 inches. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 181 (old No. 145). 735. WINTER LANDSCAPE (or, Skating). The frozen Maas, with Dordrecht in the left background. Numerous persons are skating and sleighing. In the left foreground, two horses, a white and a bay, are attached to a sleigh. The picture is very dark but genuine. The great Hoofdpoort and the great church at Dordrecht may be distinguished. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, A. C. ; panel, 13 inches by 22^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1907, No. 45. In the collection of Lord Huntingfield, London, 1907. 736. FISHING UNDER THE ICE, ON THE MAAS. Sm. 42. In the right foreground eighteen fishermen, some with long poles, draw nets from under the ice of the frozen Maas. Near them are some fish-tubs. On the left are two persons in a sleigh drawn by a grey horse. There are other sleighs and skaters. In the distance are a wind- mill and a church. Sunny sky. [Possibly identical with 740* ?] Signed on a tub, A. cuyp ; panel, 21 inches by 34^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 247), in the Neeld collection. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1886, No. 63, by A. de Rothschild.
