398 MEINDERT HOBBEMA SECT. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 63. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 49 ; bought as a whole in 1907 by the London dealers Duveen. In the possession of the dealers Duveen Brothers, Paris. 130. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A COTTAGE AND A HORSEMAN. Sm. 99. In the centre of the middle distance stands a cottage, surrounded by a hedge. To the left of it are trees, extending to a slope which rises to the left. A road, on which are a man and a woman, leads down the slope to the centre foreground ; here another road branches off to the right, winding round a clump of great trees. A man on a grey horse, followed by a dog, rides away along the road. At the cottage door sit a man and a woman. Signed and dated 1663 ; canvas, 39^ inches by 50^ inches. In the possession of the London dealer Thomas Emmerson, 1835 (Sm.). Sales. D. M'Intosh, London, 1857 (.1123 : ios., Nieuwenhuys) ; accord- ing to a MS. note in Sm.'s own copy of his catalogue. According to Art Sales, however, there were only two Hobbemas in this sale, and these fell for much smaller prices to other bidders. Possibly the one described as " Landscape with a cottage, felled timber, a man on a grey horse" (ji68, Drax) is identical with this picture. Adrian Hope, London, June 30, 1894, No. 30 (3150, Wertheimer). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1895, No. 17. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 131. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH THREE FIGURES. Sm. Suppl. 19. In the centre is a large clump of trees with dense foliage. In front of this a road coming from the foreground forks and winds away to right and left into the distance, where cottages stand among trees or amid fields and commons, with pleasant alternations of sunlight and shadow. On the road two men stand conversing with a seated woman. Cows and sheep. Warm and sunny effect. The cows and sheep to the left are certainly by A. van de Velde. The figures are unimportant and probably by Hobbema. The picture dates from about the same year, 1663, as 136 (Beit). [Pendant to 93.] Signed in full ; panel, 20^ inches by 26 inches. In the collection of the Earl of Egremont, Petworth, 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Leconfield, Petworth, No. 386. 1310. Landscape with Figures. In front are a man and a woman on horseback. Another man on foot holds a horse by the bridle. Panel, n^ inches by 16 inches. Sale. Sollier, Paris, 1781 (120 francs) ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 31. 131^. The Edge of a Wood. Boats on a pool. Villages in the distance. Sale, Robert, Paris, August 18, 1808 (1399 francs); see Ch. Blanc, ii. 238. 131*-. The Entrance to a Wood. Two persons and a child.
