vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 379 I Signed with the full monogram j panel, io| inches by 8| inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trtsor de la Curzosife, i. 337-8, and ii. 68-9. Sales. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1776, No. 117 (2500 francs, with pendant). Blondel d'Azincourt, Paris, February 10, 1783 (1861 francs). In the Valedau collection, Paris, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 262 : los.) ; the collection was bequeathed to Montpellier in 1836. In the Montpellier Museum, Valedau bequest, 1890 catalogue, No. 80 1. 431. THE PILGRIMS IN FRONT OF A COTTAGE. Sm. 480 and Suppl. 228. At the door of a cottage, a woman sits with her four children. The youngest is in her arms. She lets another woman give refreshments to two pilgrims, one of whom stands facing her, while the other sits on an upturned basket. Behind the woman, a man taps a cask of wine to serve two travellers. One of them sits on his grey horse, while the other has dismounted to feed his horse. Farther back, a man and a woman laden with bundles come up a hill. A fine picture in good preservation. Signed with the full monogram ; panel, 12^ inches by 13 inches. According to Sm., in the sale of William Lormier, The Hague, 1763 (411 florins), but no such picture is in the sale catalogue, and no such price was paid for any lot. In the collection of Chevalier Sebastien Erard, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at i57:ios.). Sale. Chevalier Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. 170 (4500 francs). In the La Caze collection. In the Louvre, Paris, La Caze bequest, 1902 catalogue, No. 2634. 432. HORSEMEN HALTING AT AN INN. 1 8 inches by 15 inches. In the Dutuit collection, Rouen ; purchased May 9, 1865. In the Petit Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Dutuit collection, 1907 catalogue, No. 939. 433. HORSEMEN AT AN INN. Peasants with a grey horse halt at an inn. A picture of good quality, belonging to the painter's maturity. [Possibly identical with 287.] In the collection of E. de Rothschild, Paris. 43 3#. Halt before an Inn. Panel, 14^ inches by 15^ inches. In the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., Richmond, Surrey, No. 209. 434. PEASANTS HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. 396 and Suppl. 182. On the left, peasants halt at an inn. On the right, near the horses, a young man stands cutting bread for the travellers. Near him are an old man and two boys playing with a dog. In the centre is a waggon. A young man is tying-up his shoe. The waggoner drinks from a mug. A dog licks the grease on the axle of the waggon. To the left, near the inn, a man and a woman sit on the ground, conversing with a woman
