468 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT: Salts. De Bandeville, Paris, December 3, 1787 (3400 francs). Castlemore, Paris, December 20, 1791 (5900 francs). 679*7. Halt at a Stag Hunt. In a hilly landscape near a ruin, a grey horse and two bay horses, hounds, and a dead roe are in the fore- ground. A lady rests near them, and huntsmen take refreshment. Panel, 14^ inches by i6 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 21, 1797, No. 216 (48 florins, Le Dentu). 679^. Huntsmen at an Inn. A lady on a grey horse and a horse- man with a hawk halt at an inn. A groom follows them. Near them, a gentleman gives the landlord money ; farther back are a falconer and huntsmen with hounds. Panel, 14 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Kien van Citters, Amsterdam, August 21, 1798, No. 57 (79 florins, Van der Vinne). 680. Huntsmen halting at the Entrance to a Wood. Sm. 1 86. In the right foreground sits a young lady. Near her are two cavaliers, one of whom .takes a glass from a man-servant. Nearer the front are two mounted grooms ; one waters his horse at a pond. Panel, 20 inches by 19^ inches. Sales. Vismes, Paris, 1786 (4004 francs). Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (1950 francs). 68 1. Halt of the Hawking Party. On the right figures come down. Others are resting near a little stream. A fine landscape. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 1 86. Sale. Crawford, London, 1806, No. 27 (362 : 53., North). 682. A Landscape, with a Halt of Sportsmen. Sm. 252. Sale. Sir H. T. Gott, Bart., London, February 24, 1810 (126, Hooper). 683. Repose after the Chase. Sm. 258. Amongst various groups are a lady on a white horse and a gentleman behind her adjusting his saddle. On the right two men tie a stag on the back of a horse ; a hound leaps up at it. A man lies asleep on the ground. Another holds a piebald horse. A groom holds dogs in leash. [Probably the same as 693.] 24! inches by 30 inches. Sales. P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August 10, 1810 (Sm.) ; but the picture cannot be identified with any named in the catalogue. Le Brun, Paris, April 15, 1811 (10,200 francs). 684. A Hawking Party halting at an Inn. Sm. 263. In the centre are a lady and two cavaliers on horseback. A cavalier on foot caresses a girl who pours out liquor for him. Behind them are a coach drawn by grey horses and a beggar asking alms. A boy with hounds drinking at a brook, some horses watering, and several beggars. [The description would suit the Buckingham Palace picture (657).] Sale. Hill, London, July 3, 1811 (420, Lord Yarmouth).
