vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 301 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Jacomo de Wit, Antwerp, May 15, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 41), No. 118 (250 florins). 142*'. A Farrier's Tent. Sale. Amsterdam, October 10, 1742 (Hoet, ii. 68), No. 31 (207 florins). 1427. Shoeing a Horse. Sale. Sebastiaan Heemskerk, Amsterdam, March 31, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 234), No. 8 (45 florins). 143. Four Mounted Travellers halting at a Farrier's Shop. Sm. 401. One man stands at his horse's head, while the farrier examines one of its fore-feet. Another adjusts the stirrup of his horse, which is seen from the back. The others, a lady and a cavalier, sit on their horses in the shade of a spreading vine near the house. In front are two dogs and three fowls. Copper, 15^ inches by 20 inches. Engraved by Picquenot as "L'Utile Precaution du Chevalier Espagnol." Sale. Willem Fabricius, Haarlem, August 19, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 264), No. 6 (281 florins). 1430. Shoeing a Horse. Farther away are other horses and figures before a house. 23 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 16, 1750 (Hoet, ii. 288), No. I (450 florins). 144. The Farrier's Shop. Sm. 32 ; M. 53. On the left a man sits on a restive grey horse in profile to the right. A groom holds it by the bridle, while a farrier lifts the off fore-foot. A boy with a hoop stands in front ; behind him to the right leaps a barking dog. On the right and farther back the rider's comrade sits on a horse facing right ; he rests his right hand on his hip and looks round at the group. A third rider has dismounted and stands on the right with his back to the spectator, holding his horse by the bridle. All three wear rich uniforms and plumed hats. In the right middle distance two peasants rest by the wayside ; one has a basket on his back. A woman with a child on one arm and a basket on the other stands behind. In the distance is a village with two windmills in a hilly landscape. In the foreground are two dogs and three ducks. To the left, farther away, a horse, seen from the back, is fixed in a frame. Beyond is a tree in front of the farrier's shop ; three persons in the shop are seen through the window. Panel, 13 inches by 18 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, 1746, No. 53, as "Le Travail du Marechal." A picture agreeing with this appeared in a sale, but seems, from the engraving, to be a copy and not an original. Sale. De Tugny and Crozat, Paris, June 1751. 145. A Farrier's Shop. In a landscape. [Pendant to a "Heron Hunt" (6oi<?<?) in the same sale.] I2| inches by I2| inches.
