42 AELBERT CUYP SECT. cap with a white feather. He has long hair. His left hand grasps a gun by the barrel. Oval panel, 32^ inches by 28 inches. Mentioned by W. Burger, Mtisees de la Hollande, ii. 144. In the Van der Hoop collection, Amsterdam ; purchased at a sale at The Hague, 1851. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ; Van der Hoop bequest, 1907 catalogue, No. 748. 128. PORTRAIT OF A BOY HAWKING. In a river landscape, the boy, dressed in red, stands facing the spectator. He holds a hawk on his left wrist, and points with his right hand to the dog running in front of him. The figure is life size. The red costume is well painted and fine in colour, and the landscape also is not bad, but the two do not harmonise well. The dog is weak and the expression of the boy's face is unattractive. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, "A. CUYP. fecit A 1649"; panel, 42 inches by 31 inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 33. Exhibited in the Portrait Exhibition, The Hague, 1903, No. 13. In the collection of F. de Wildt, Amsterdam. In the collection of the Dowager Madame Backer, nie De Wildt, Amsterdam. 129. PORTRAIT OF A LITTLE BOY AGED TWO. He wears a yellow frock with a green pinafore, a yellow cap with red and white feathers, and a red sash. He sits on a mound, offering a leafy twig to a goat. In spite of the fine signature, this is attributed in the Douai catalogue to J. G. Cuyp. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, "A. cuijp f. 1642 oudt 2 jaer." ; panel, 32 inches by 25 inches. In the Escallier collection. In the Douai Museum, 1869 catalogue, No. 87. 130. Portrait of a Boy. Full-length, life size. The boy stands, turning slightly to the left but seen almost full face. He wears a black hat and a black frock with a stiff white ruff. He rests his right hand on a hobby-horse, and holds in the left a whip. Panel, 46^ inches by 34 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1880, No. 88. In the collection of the Duke of Norfolk, London. 130*. Supposed Portrait of Cuyp's Son (!). Sa/e.W. Y. Ottley, London, May 25, 1811 (21, Walker). 130*. Head of a Youth with a Plumed Velvet Cap. 1 6 inches by 13 inches. Sale. D. van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 37 (5 florins 25). 130^. Head of a Youth with a Plumed Velvet Cap. 1 6 inches by 14 inches. Sale. D. van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 38 (5 florins 5).
