66 AELBERT CUYP SECT. It is a work of the artist's maturity. " An example of great excellence and beauty " (Sm.). Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, A. Cuyp ; panel, 19^ inches by 29^ inches. A copy, perhaps by the same hand as the copy in Lord Carlisle's gallery, is in a private collection in Brussels. Exhibited at the British Gallery, 1823. Etched by J. Eisenhardt. Sale. Alexis de la Hante, 1821 (325 : los.). In the collection of W. Beckford. In the collection of Colonel Hugh Baillie, London, 1834 (Sm.). Sales. Erard, Paris, 1831. Schneider, Paris, April 6, 1876 (Stadelsches Kunstinstitut). In the Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort -on -Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 307. 194. Six Brown Cows and a Herdsman. To the left is a palace, as in 2. Signed in full on the right ; the signature may or may not be genuine. In the collection of Sir Hickman Bacon, Gainsborough. 195. COWS AND SHEEP WITH HERDSMEN. In the foreground are cows, a herdsman, a milkmaid with pails, and sheep in a fold. Beyond is a landscape surrounded by hills. To the right is a house. It is evening. The picture is genuine but completely ruined. Dr. Bode thought that it was not genuine, any more than its pendant (365). [Compare 272.] Panel, 13^ inches by 20 inches. Mentioned by Hofstede de Groot, Qud Holland, xi. 138. In the collection of John Graham Gilbert, bequeathed to Glasgow in 1877. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 252. 196. COWS AND HERDSMEN NEAR NYMWEGEN. The walls and roofs of the fortress, as well as the hills and trees and the placid river that reflects the town in its waters, are all bathed in golden sunlight. The roof of the tower on the left is destroyed. In the foreground on a bank are cows and herdsmen. To the left lies a fishing- boat. There are dark grey clouds in the clear sky. The picture appears to be genuine in spite of a false signature in the right-hand bottom corner. Panel, i8| inches by 28 inches. Mentioned by Parthey (i. 722). In the Gotha Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 293. 197. Six Cows in a Landscape. In a riverside pasture are six cows. One is being milked by a woman ; two are lying down. In the foreground are two brass milk-pails and a yoke. In the distance is a boat on a river, and beyond it is a windmill. Blue sky with clouds. Dark but transparent. Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel, 25 inches by 35 inches.
