Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/577

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vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 561 traveller's horse stands behind in a foreshortened position. " The figures and cattle in this picture are of unusually large proportions " (Sm.). [Compare 931*7.] Panel, about 15 inches by 22 inches. In the collection of William J. Fripp, Gotham, near Bristol. 928*7. A Gypsy Encampment. 1 8 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Casimir-Perier, London, May 5, 1848 (220 : IDS.). 929. A Gentleman having his Fortune told. Sm. Suppl. 68. In the foreground of a hilly landscape a gentleman in a red coat has dismounted from an iron-grey horse to have his fortune told by a gypsy woman, near whom are several children. His companion sits on a bay horse with his back to the spectator. On the opposite side is a party of gypsies ; one washes a pan in a brook ; a woman sits nursing a child ; several are grouped round a fire near a clump of trees. " Painted about the commencement of the artist's second manner" (Sm.). [Pendant to 881.] Panel, 14 inches by i6 inches. Sales. Dubois, Paris, December 7, 1840 (9000 francs). Sir Thomas Baring, London, June 2, 1848 (183 : 153., Norton). 930. The Fortune-Teller. Sm. 239 and Suppl. 90. A hilly land- scape. Near a grotto on the left a lady, accompanied by a cavalier, has her fortune told by a gypsy woman with two children. Beyond is a man on a brown horse, of whom a boy is begging. Near an old arch are gypsies round a fire. Panel, 14^ inches by 13 inches. Sale. Helsleuter (Van Eyl Sluyter ?), Paris, January 21, 1802 (2260 francs). In the Steengracht collection, The Hague, 1842 (Sm.), but no longer there. Sales. Comte de Morny, London, 1848 (^189). Comte de M(orny), Paris, May 24, 1852, No. 35 (5400 francs). 930*7. A Gypsy Encampment. Signed ; canvas, 13 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, March 5, 1861, No. 177 (A. Philip). 930^. A Halt in a Gypsy Encampment. Exhibited at Leeds, 1865, No. 625. Then in the collection of Robert Napier. 931. The Fortune-Teller. Sm. Suppl. 72. In the foreground of a bare hilly landscape, on a river-bank, a cavalier has dismounted from a grey horse to have his fortune told by a gypsy woman with a child on her back and two others at her side. His companion, on a bay horse, rides across the river. Another woman, carrying a child on her back and leading one by the hand, accompanies him. To the left is a party of gypsies under a canvas shelter attached to a tree. [Compare 354.] 13 inches by 15 inches according to the Gillott sale catalogue. Exhibited, London, 1835. In the collection of Earl Granville, 1835-42 (Sm.). VOL. II 2O