vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 533 In the collection of E. T. Shepard, New York. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1906, No. 44. In the collection of Baron Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfort-on-Main. 853. HORSE-SOLDIERS AT A SUTLER'S BOOTH. Sm. 447 and Suppl. 214. Several horsemen halt on the right at a sutler's booth distinguished by the garland hung out. A trumpeter on a prancing dun horse to the right blows his trumpet. A horseman behind to the left raises his wine-glass to drink to the standard-bearer mounted on a piebald horse facing left. To the left a trooper has dismounted from his grey horse to embrace the sutler's girl ; the restless horse stands in profile to the right. Farther left and farther back are three rearing horses. In the left foreground a cuirassier on a bay horse with a woman behind him rides forward ; the woman gives an alms to a beggar. At the back three soldiers throw dice on a drum. Some comrades sleep near them, with dogs. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram made up with straws ; canvas, 28 inches by 40 inches. Sale. Adriaan Baut, The Hague, August n, 1733 (Hoet, i. 393), No. 120 (850 florins). In the collection at the Palace of Loo, 1763 inventory, No. 95. In the collection of the Stadtholder William V. (Terw. 718); 1763 in- ventory, No. 3. In the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, 1907 catalogue, No. 220 (Sm. valued it in 1842 at 262 : ios.). 854. FOUR HORSE-SOLDIERS AT A SUTLER'S BOOTH. Sm. 381. On the right are tents with flags; among them is a sutler's booth, distinguished by a garland. In front of it is a crowd. A man on a bay horse, seen from the back, drinks from a jug. A grey horse with a red saddle is having its fore-foot shod. A trumpeter on a bay horse blows his trumpet. In the left foreground a horseman with a plumed hat gallops forward. In a valley to the left is a camp. A peasant comes with his son, who leads a dog by a string. A good picture. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 1 6 inches. Engraved by Beaumont, No. 6, as " Hake de Cavalerie." Exhibited at Dtlsseldorf, 1904, No. 406. In the collection of William Wells, Redleaf, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 315). Sales. W. Wells of Redleaf, London, May 12, 1848 (346 : ios., Tiffin). Nieuwenhuys, London, July 17, 1886, No. 116 (.388 : ios., Meyer). In the Weber collection, Hamburg, 1907 catalogue, No. 270 (old No. 230). 855. AT THE SUTLER'S BOOTH. In a camp which stretches to the sea. A cuirassier has dismounted. An ensign and two soldiers kneel round a drum on which they are playing heads-or-tails. A trumpeter has dismounted to jest with a girl. Three other horsemen seem in a hurry ; one drains his jug. A genuine work of moderately good quality.
