520 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Canvas, 24 inches by 30 inches. Sale. Widow of P. J. van Oosthuyse van Rijsenburg, born M. de Jongh, The Hague, October 18, 1847, No. 249. 8 1 8. SOLDIERS HALTING ON THE MARCH. Sm. 509. In the centre foreground is a road ; to the left are dunes ; to the right is a clump of trees. On the left soldiers play cards ; others lie asleep. On the right horses are tied up ; one, without a saddle, lies in the centre foreground. [Compare 827*7.] Signed with the full monogram ; canvas, 20 inches by 25 inches. Purchased by Le Leu in Paris, 1749. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1448. 819. LANDSCAPE WITH A SOLDIER RESTING AND AN OFFICER. In front of a cottage with a high thatched roof a soldier lies, with his back to the spectator. He converses with an officer in grey with a blue sash who stands in front of him. On the right is a dog. On the extreme right is a view of the hilly distance. The high lights are very thickly painted, especially in the officer's face. The picture reminds one of Dirk Stoop, but is a good and genuine Ph. Wouwerman. The chief group agrees exactly with that of the Dulwich College picture (425). Sales. (Probably) Maria Beukelaar, Anthony de Waart, The Hague, April 19, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 322), No. 129 (10 florins 10) said to measure 16 inches by 14 inches. Borwater, The Hague, July 20, 1758 (Terw. 153), No. 9 (32 florins). In the WolfF-Ebenrod collection, Ebenrod. 820. SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH. Sm. 204 ; M. 44. A view on the Rhine, whose lofty cliffs on the right are crowned by a house with a water-mill beside it. On a road winding around the foot of the cliff are cavalry escorting artillery and baggage-waggons. Beside a low house in front soldiers' wives nurse their children. Near them halt three troopers, one of whom has dismounted. A fourth man, a trumpeter, waters his horse in the river, near a woman with a pail and two boys bathing. "This chef-d'oeuvre was painted in the artist's latter and most esteemed time ; every part is finished with the most elaborate care, and its general tone inclines to a silver grey, remarkably clear throughout." (Sm.). Panel, 25 inches by 33 inches. Mentioned by Descamps ; by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 345 ; by Waagen (ii. 109) ; and by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 162, 243. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1819. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 44, as "Le De"fil d'fiquipages " ; also known as "La Ferme au Colombier." In the D'Argenville collection, according to Descamps. Sales. Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (37,500 francs, Dauchet). Due de Praslin, Paris, 1808 (20,100 francs). Prince de Talleyrand, Paris, July 7, 1817, No. 44 ; the collection was sold before the day of sale to W. Buchanan, the London dealer.
