310 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 172. TWO GREY HORSES, AN ASS, AND SOME SHEEP. To the right are a cottage and a tree, with a shepherd asleep, a woman with a child and a dog. To the left is a shepherd with his flock. Genuine but unimportant. Signed with the early monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 809). In the Mannheim Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 200. 173. TWO HORSES AND TWO ASSES. On a hill, seen against the clear sky. A man in a red jacket waters a grey horse at a stream. On the farther bank are a horseman and a man driving two pack- mules. The figures are full of colour. A very fine early work. Signed with the monogram ; panel, loj inches by ii| inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 563. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 174. HORSES IN A PASTURE (or, Stallions and Brood Mares). Sm. Suppl. 36. On the right are a number of horses, some of them lying down on a river-bank. In the centre a groom on a brown horse holds the bridle of a dun-coloured mare, which kicks out at another horse. In the foreground a little boy leads a restive goat. Farther right, near two trees, sits a woman with a child ; near her are a little girl with a pewter pot on her back, a boy holding a goat by the horns, and another boy busy with a pot of food. To the left are bathers ; one has left the water, another is entering it, the third stands on the bank near a barking dog. In the centre of the distance is a range of hills ; to the left is a village with a church. Of the mature period. " This is a clear and beautiful picture" (Sm.). Signed in the right-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, 26^ inches by 33 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1018 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at 500). 175. THREE HORSES IN A MEADOW. Sm. 299. In the centre lies a grey horse. A dun-coloured horse stands behind it ; a brown horse grazes in front. To the right, at some distance, a woman sits on the grass near a sleeping man. To the left is a fence supported against withered trees ; in the distance is a hill. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner with an indistinct monogram, which seems to be that of the mature period ; panel, 16 inches by 13^ inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 806). In the Reber collection, Basel. In the collection of Count Fries, Vienna. Sale. King Maximilian of Bavaria, Munich, December 5, 1826, No. 7 (535 florins). In the Hoser collection, Prague. In the Rudolfinum, Prague, 1889 catalogue, No 737.
