vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 297 130. THE FARRIER OF THE CAMP. Sm. Suppl. 106. In front of an open tent to the left the farrier is shoeing the off hind-hoof of a grey horse, which faces left ; a man supports the horse's hoof. A chestnut horse stands to the left, with its back to the spectator, and feeds out of a basket held by a boy. Between the two horses stands a rider, whose legs only are visible. In the centre foreground sits a woman with a child beside her. Behind her to the right sits a man. Near him stands a woman wearing a broad-brimmed hat and carrying a flat basket full of spirit bottles. A gipsy woman with a child in her arms approaches from the right. In the distance are tents. Panel, 14^ inches by 12^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 19). Sale. J. J. de Bruyn, Amsterdam, September 12, 1798, No. 63 (805 florins, Yver). In the collection of Sir Thomas Baring. In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, No. 122 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 131. THE FIELD SMITHY. Sm. 69 ; M. 26. To the left, in front of a ruined building overgrown with vegetation, a horseman halts in profile to the right. He converses with a woman standing at a door, with a child in her arms and another at her side. To the right a farrier and his man are shoeing the hind-hoof of a grey horse ; its rider stands in front look- ing on, with a little page to the right behind him. From the right comes a shepherd with his flock, followed by a boy on an ass. In the middle distance, in front of the mill and near the doorway, sits a woman with a child on her lap ; a man lies asleep on the ground before her. A work of the master's best period. Signed with the full monogram ; canvas, 17^ inches by 21 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 343). Engraved by Moyreau, No. 26, as "Le Colombier du Marechal." Sales. D'Argenville, Paris, 1766 (80 1 francs) according to Sm. J. B. Horion, Brussels, September n, 1788, No. 71 (820 florins, Walkiers ; or 1820 florins, according to Sm.). Noel Desenfans, London, 1802 (priced at ^210). In the collection of Sir P. F. Bourgeois, London. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 92. 132. The Smithy. A traveller has halted before a smithy in a hilly landscape, to have his horse shod. Beside him is a countryman on horse- back. Farther away are several figures, a man, a woman and children, two of whom on the right hold a goat. Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London 1884, No. 64. In the collection of Earl Egerton of Tatton. 133. THE FARRIER'S SHOP. Sm. 123 and Suppl. 43. The driver of a post waggon and others have halted. The farrier is examining the off fore-foot of a roan horse, while his man stands by. A woman with a child stands at the door; near her a man holds a bay horse. In the centre foreground stand a grey and a bay horse ; to the right, a woman
