44 2 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 607*. A Landscape with a Hawking Party. Sm. 245. Said to be engraved by Moyreau. In the collection of Hastings Elwyn, London, 1806. 607^. Hawking. Horsemen and servants with dogs are hawking in the dunes. Panel, 9 inches by 1 1 inches. Sale. Jos. Valette and others, Amsterdam, August 26, 1807, No. 227 (2 florins 10). 608. A Hawking Party. Sm. 297. Ladies and gentlemen on horseback cross a ford, followed by attendants with dogs. Among them is a huntsman on a fine white horse ; a lady with a black plumed hat rides in front on a horse with rich trappings. Hilly landscape under a clear sky. " This picture is truly one of the artist's chefs-d'oeuvre ; it is clear and luminous, and appears to have been painted about the time that he adopted his third manner" (Sm.). [Pendant to 609.] Canvas, 21 inches by 27 inches. Sale. Paignon Dijonval, Paris, December 17, 1821 ; bought as a whole by Emmerson (this and the pendant were " valued correctly " at .2100, according to Sm.). In the collection of John Lucy, Charlecote Park, 1824 (Sm.). 6o8tf. Landscape with a Hawking Party. In a fine broad land- scape are various episodes ; the chief of them shows ladies and gentlemen with huntsmen and grooms hawking. Canvas, 19 inches by 23 inches. Sales. H. A. van der Heuvel, Utrecht, June 27, 1825, No. 64 (500 florins), bought in). Utrecht, April 27, 1827, No. 28 (292 florins, bought in). 609. A Hawking Party. Sm. 298. A lady on a fine white horse, and two mounted men, one of whom throws up a lure to the hawks. With them are grooms and dogs. Others are in the distance. An open country with low hills j the sky is overcast. [Pendant to 608.] Canvas, 21 inches by 27 inches. Sale. Paignon Dijonval, Paris, December 17, 1821 ; bought as a whole by Emmerson (this and the pendant were " valued correctly " at 2 1 oo, according to Sm.). In the collection of John Lucy, Charlecote Park, 1829 (Sm.). 610. A Hawking Party. Sm. 481 and Suppl. 150 and 229. An open landscape, with arable and meadow, intersected by hedges and varied by clumps of trees and a farmhouse. Three gentlemen with four servants and dogs are hawking. The nearest man stands beside his grey horse, holding it by the bridle while he casts up a lure for the hawks. A second man comes up at a gallop. The third waters his horse at a stream. One of two falconers watches a hawk attacking a heron. A fresh autumn morning. Canvas, i6 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Chevalier Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. 172 (3410 francs).
