viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 517 Sale. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 309 (120 florins). 807^. A Prisoner brought before Soldiers. Canvas, 9 inches by n inches. Sale. P. Fouquet, Amsterdam, April 13, 1801, No. 85. 807*:. Soldiers robbing Peasants of their Cattle. In the fore- ground a peasant is being bound as he lies. Another is threatened with a pistol. Of the early period in the style of Pieter van Laer. [Possibly identical with 807*.] Panel, 11^ inches by 14^ inches. Sale. T. T. Cremer, Rotterdam, April 16, 1816, No. 131*, (210 florins). 808. Troopers plundering a Village. Sm. 402. Four troopers pursue peasant. The two foremost fire their pistols ; two men lie dead in front. On the left a marauder on foot holds a peasant by the hair and is about to strike him ; a poor woman with a child in her arms begs for mercy. Panel, 20 inches by 24 inches. Engraved by Basan as "Cavaliers en Maraude " ; and by Wachsmuth in the Prousteau collection. In the Prousteau collection. Sale. Directors of the Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, August 4, 1828, No. 161 (2580 florins, Spiess). 809. Soldiers reposing in a Church. Sm. 439. On the right is a party of six soldiers round a fire. Two lie asleep on their baggage. A third stands with a pipe in his hand. A fourth unharnesses a piebald horse ; behind it a bay horse is lying down and a roan horse is standing up. Beyond these are two other horses, on one of which sits a rider. In the background a party brings in a prisoner. Panel, 12 inches by 17 inches. In the possession of the London dealers Woodburn, London, 1829 (Sm.). Sale. Comte de Morny, London, 1848 (.68). 810. Plundering the Peasants. In the foreground of a landscape with rocks at the back is a group of three Spanish troopers, one of whom rides a grey horse. A woman and others beg for mercy. A murdered man lies on the ground. Signed on the left with the monogram ; panel, 23 inches by i8| inches. Sale. A. J. Essingh, Cologne, September 18, 1865, No. 244. Sioa. The Horrors of War. Sale. London, 1865 (115 : ios., Anthony). 811. Soldiers pillaging Peasants after a Battle. Sm. Suppl. 96. On a hill to the left a village is in flames ; the inhabitants with their cattle are fleeing. In front are three horsemen and many foot-soldiers with prisoners. A soldier is pulling the clothes off a woman. Two women and a child implore mercy of an officer on a bright bay horse. Near him a trumpeter blows his trumpet ; a man on a grey horse, with
