342 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. his works. The above picture is certainly unique, and would con- sequently be valued accordingly perhaps 2000 guineas" (Sm.). Signed and dated 1656; canvas, about 38 inches by 50 inches. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 356. In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, 1829 (Sm.), bought as a whole by the Rothschilds, 1878. In the collection of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Paris. 296. TRAVELLERS AT A COUNTRY INN; A CAVA- LIER AND A GIRL AT A WELL. Sm. 140 and Suppl. 131.- In the right foreground, in front of an inn, a cavalier has dismounted. He caresses a girl who is drawing water at a well. To the left is his grey horse, unsaddled, seen in a three-quarter view from the back, with its head to the left. In the left foreground are a cock and two hens. Farther back, a traveller on a pack-horse is riding away, preceded by a man driving a laden ass. In the right foreground by the well are a copper pot, an earthen pan, and a broom. A "beautiful picture " (Sm.). [Pendant to 847. Compare 889, and Sm. 184 under 292.] Signed with the monogram; panel, 15 inches by 13 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 395; and probably by Paul Eudel, V Hotel Drouot en 1886-87. Sales. TheUusson, Paris, December I, 1777 (3800 francs, with pendant). Tronchin des Delices, Paris, 1778 (2101 francs). In the collection of Baron Delessert, Paris, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Baron Delessert, Paris, March 15, 1869, No. 108 (13,000 francs). In the collection of Comte E. Pourtales, Paris. Sale. (Probably) Comtesse de Nadaillac, Paris, June 3, 1887 mentioned by Eudel. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of loo Paintings," 1896, No. 54. In the collection of John G. Johnson, Philadelphia. 296*. The Girl at the Well ("La Belle a Puits"). [Probably identical with one of the preceding, perhaps 293.] Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 279, 291. [n the collection of Prince Lucien Bonaparte, 1815, No. 134. 297. A HORSEMAN AND BATHERS NEAR A RUIN. Brown in tone. Not by Pieter van Laer, as the catalogue suggests, but a genuine Wouwerman despite the false monogram. A forged monogram of Wouwerman to the left; panel, i6 inches by 2o| inches. In the collection of J. Amsinck, Hamburg. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle; Amsinck bequest, 1879; * n the ^87 catalogue, No. 90. 298. A MAN ON A GREY HORSE. He is dressed in red and gives alms to two beggars, a man and a woman. A dog runs in front. On a hill to the right are two dead trees. A very good early work; it recalls the " Grey Horse " at Amsterdam (207), but is somewhat browner in tone.
