Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/552

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536 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Signed with a monogram, P W, on the sign of the tent; panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. In the collection of E. Warneck, Paris, from whom it was bought in 1900. In the possession of Sir George Donaldson, London, spring 1908. 86 1. HALT AT A SUTLER'S BOOTH. Some persons are gambling. Rather dark. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 202). In the collection of Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Holford, London. 862. A CAMP SCENE. Sm. 383. On the right is a tent with two flags on one staff. In front of it are three horsemen. Two have dismounted. The third, who carries his hat, has a woman up behind him. In front a soldier sits on the ground playing a fiddle to the accom- paniment of a boy with a fife. A woman dances to the music ; two soldiers look on. On the left are troops and artillery on a hill. "Of excellent quality and in perfect preservation " (Sm.). Panel, 15 inches by 19^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite", ii. 470. Engraved by Beaumont, as " Reste d'Armee decampee." Sales. Jaques Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722 (Hoet, i. 276), No. 109 (255 florins). Lord Rendlesham, London, 1810 (336). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, London, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at ^472 : los.) ; the Marquess bought a similar but larger picture, on canvas, 20 inches by 26 inches, at the Frederic Kalkbrenner sale, Paris, January 14, 1850 (for 25,000 francs). In the Wallace Collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 193. 863. THE SUTLER'S BOOTH. Sm. 459. In the right fore- Sound two horse-soldiers and a trumpeter halt before a sutler's booth, ne soldier rides a dun horse in profile ; the other, wearing a helmet, rides a bay. The trumpeter has dismounted from a grey horse, to the saddle of which his trumpet is tied ; he sits holding a jug of beer in one hand and grasping a woman's hand with the other. Near him a boy plays with a dog. Beyond are other figures ; a man is shoeing a grey horse near the booth. On the left are tents, figures, horses, and pack- mules. A trumpeter on a bay horse sounds a call. Signed with the full monogram j canvas, 1 inches by 29 inches. Mentioned by Kugler ; and by Waagen (ii. 274). Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1828 and 1852. In the Royal collection, Madrid. Captured in the French baggage at Vittoria, 1813, by the Duke of Wellington. In the collection of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 37 (Sm. valued it in 1829 at 315). 864. HORSE-SOLDIERS AT A SUTLER'S BOOTH. Sm. 52 and Suppl. 54. On the right a party of cavalry halt at a large sutler's booth. An officer has dismounted from his white horse and lights his pipe. A soldier caresses a girl who holds a jug and a glass. A