vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 419 Said in the catalogue to have been engraved by Moyreau. In the collection of Urvoy de St. Bddan, bequeathed in 1854 to the museum. In the Nantes Museum, 1876 catalogue, No. 532. 543. STARTING FOR THE CHASE. In the centre a man of rank, holding the bridle of his grey horse, embraces a young woman. To his left are a lady on horseback, a mule which a servant loads with provisions, a huntsman, a maid-servant, a child, and a beggar. On the steps of a broad staircase sits a woman with her child. A page points out to a soldier how a man carries his stick like a gun. To the right is a fountain at which riders are watering their horses. On the terrace is an old man. In the background is a landscape with hills on the horizon. A very dirty picture, which, if cleaned, might look very well. Signed with the full monogram ; canvas, 27^ inches by 33^ inches. In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2623. 544. STARTING FOR THE CHASE. Sm. 222 ; M. 32. In front of a mansion on the right, a company of ladies and gentlemen prepare for the chase. To the right, near the steps, a young lady sits on a dappled-grey horse, facing the spectator. Other horses are held by grooms ; in the centre is a saddled piebald horse in profile to the left. On the right a lady in grey and red comes with a gentle- man from the house, followed by another couple. In front are grooms with dogs. In the left middle distance a horseman gallops towards the river valley surrounded by hills in the distance. [Possibly identical with 557.] Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; panel, i8 inches by 25^ inches. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 204, No. i. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 32, as "Depart pour la Chasse " ; in the Orleans Gallery ; and by Dequevauviller. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1872, No. 1 66. Sale. (Possibly) Amsterdam, July 25, 1771, No. 5 (999 florins, Fouquet) (see 557). In the Orleans Gallery, exhibited in London, 1798 ; sold to Davenport (210). Sales, London, 1800 (220 : ios., Seguier). Davenport, London, February 20, 1801 (.168, Sir F. Bourgeois). Elwyn, London, 1807 (357). John Penrice, London, July 6, 1844 (.651, Farrer). Henry Arteria, London, April 23, 1850, No. 87 (273, C. Bredel). Miss Bredel, London, May I, 1875 (609, Carr). London, 1880 (535 : ios.) C. J. Nieuwenhuys, London, 1886. In the collection of Leopold Goldschmidt, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 227. Sale. C. Sedelmeyer, Paris, May 25, 1907, No. 210 (33,000 francs). In the collection of Henri Heugel, Paris.
