368 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Canvas, n inches by 12^ inches. In the collection of Antoine Brasseur, Lille. In the Lille Museum, A. Brasseur bequest, 1893 catalogue, No. 907. 396. THE WASHERWOMAN. Sm. 205. To the right is a river. On the bank a pedlar holds a pack-horse by the bridle, while he speaks to a young woman with a bundle of linen. There are three other washerwomen. To the left is a tree. " A beautiful production, very clear in tone and brilliant in effect " (Sm.). Panel, 10 inches by 12 inches. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 347; by Waagen, ii. 109; and by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 162-3. Engraved by Veau. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871, No. 213. Sales. Choiseul Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (5511 francs, President Haudry). H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 185 (2225 florins). Prince de Talleyrand, Paris, July 7, 1817, No. 46 the collection was bought before the sale by W. Buchanan, the London dealer. In the collection of Alexander Baring, 1829 (who paid 262 : los. for it). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange, sold as a whole to the London dealers Thomas Agnew and Sons and others, August 1907. In the possession of Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, January 1908. 3960. A Horseman and a Washerwoman. On a hill, a man holds the bridle of a pack-horse. He speaks to a woman washing linen in a stream. By Wouwerman or in his manner. Sale. Amsterdam, December 5, 1785, No. 113 (33 florins, Quinkhard). 397. HALT OF TRAVELLERS. Sm. Suppl. 139. In a hilly landscape, by a stream to the left, a man in a grey jacket with yellow sleeves on a grey horse halts with his back to the spectator. Near him, in the centre foreground, another man stands beside a roan horse with panniers. A third man holds a full pannier. Behind him sits a country- woman with a child. A dog is lying down ; another dog drinks at the stream. In the left middle distance two boys are fishing. A horseman approaches from the right middle distance. [Pendant to 398.] Signed in the right hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, 18 inches by 15^ inches. In the first supplement to the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 970. At the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 27. At the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 348 (old No. 321). [Sm. valued it at 210 in 1842.] 398. TRAVELLERS HALTING TO REFRESH, WITH A WAGGON. Sm. Suppl. 151. In the right foreground is a country waggon ; a bay horse lies down in front, while a grey horse stands near. Behind them is a peasant with a bundle on his back. In the left fore- ground sits a countrywoman. Near her are a dog lying down and a full
