vii AELBERT CUYP 219 Sales. (Possibly) Stephan Loquet and others, The Hague, September 8, 1789, No. 26 (510 florins, Nyman). M. Marin, Paris, 1790 (3970 francs). Lord Gwydyr, London, March 20, 1829 (194). In the collection of Joseph Neeld, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of Alfred de Rothschild, London. 737. VIEW ON THE MAAS WITH THE HUIS TE MERWEDE; WINTER (or, Scene on the Ice). Sm. 19- A view of the frozen Maas. In the right foreground is the ruined Huis te Merwede. Close to it are several sleighs, three horses, and numerous persons, some of whom are under a tent. Near a grey horse, three men are conversing. Nearer the front, a fourth man, in red, with a stick over his shoulder, is skating, with his back to the spectator. On the expanse of ice are groups of skaters : a few buildings and a line of flat shore bound the view. " The sky is delightfully varied with mottled clouds, and the influence of a bright winter's sun gilds the whole scene ; this is a super- lative production " (Sm.). The yellow sunlight is very warm, almost too warm for a winter afternoon j but this may perhaps be ascribed to the varnish. [Possibly identical with 740.] Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel, 25^ inches by 35^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 86, and Suppl. 68), and by W. Burger, Tresors d 1 Art en Angleterre, p. 271. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1832 ; at Manchester, 1857, No. 1035 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1875, No. 145 ; 1890, No. 96 ; and 1903, No. 91. In the collection of Hendrik van Slingeland, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 496). Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 78 (1705 florins, Fouquet). In the collection of the Earl of Yarborough, London ; where it was in 1834 (Sm.).
- . Winter Sports. On the ice are a horse and sleigh, and
skaters, with tents. Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel, 18^ inches by 21 inches. Sale. J. van der H., Leyden, September ii, 1776, No. 64. 738. A Winter Scene. Sm. 3 On a frozen canal some men are breaking the ice. On the right is a young woman in a sleigh drawn by white horses. Numerous skaters are on the ice. In the distance is the Dordrecht church tower. Canvas, 24 inches by 44 inches. Sale. Prince de Conti, Paris, March 15, 1779 (820 francs). 739. View on the Maas in Winter, with Dordrecht. Sm. 26. On the frozen Maas are horses and sleighs, people walking and skating, and a tent. In the distance is the great church of Dordrecht. Panel, 13 inches by 20^ inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 86 (190 florins, Delfos).
