4 g 2 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. 87. Landscape with Goats and Sheep near a Cottage. In front is a he-goat. To the left a goat and some sheep rest in the shade of a cottage. A woman has begun to milk. In the distance is a pasture with cattle. Panel, 10 inches by 12 inches. Sale. S. J. Stinstra and others, Amsterdam, May 22, 1822, No. 177. 88. A Cottage with Cattle and Figures. A rich composition, somewhat dark in tone, agreeing entirely with 82, but with some added details. [Perhaps identical with the Choiseul picture mentioned under 82.] In the collection of R. P. Nichols, London, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 240). 89. Landscape with Cattle. At the foot of a cottage lies an ass. A cow, a tethered brown bull, a sheep with a kid, and hens looking for food. To the left a pasture with cattle. In front a peasant sits on the ground conversing with a milkmaid. Beyond the cottage thick bushes extend into the distance. High hills on the horizon. Canvas, i6 inches by 19 inches. Salt. A. Schuster and others, Cologne, November 14, 1892, No. 157. 90. Landscape with a Cottage. A road crosses a plain and leads to a wood, near which is a cottage. At the roadside lies a man ; another man sits, with several dogs. Farther away are other figures and animals. Signed on the left at foot ; panel, u inches by 15 inches. Sales. Ch. de Boissiere, Paris, February 19, 1883. E. Martinet, Paris, February 27, 1896, No. 41. 91. Landscape with an Old House by a Little Stream. Horsemen, peasants, and other accessories. Panel, 14^ inches by 19 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 16, 1901, No. 151. 92. Landscape with a Cottage and Cattle. Near a cottage hidden amid trees is a small herd within a fence, watched by a dog. To the right is a girl with two lambs. The landscape extends on the left into the distance. Beyond is a village with a church tower. Panel, 8| inches by 13 inches. Sale. The brothers Bourgeois, Cologne, October 27, 1904, No. 93 (1050 mark, Thuar). 93. Cattle at Pasture with a Milkmaid. Sm. 122. On the left is a cottage amid trees, with a horse in front. Nearer the foreground are pigs, hens, goats, a white cow lying down, and two young he-goats fighting. In the centre, behind a cow that is grazing, stands a dark cow; a woman milks her, while a man leans on her back. In the right fore- ground a cow and two sheep are lying down. In the distance is a church tower. "A feeble picture" (Sm.). Signed in full in the right centre at foot, and dated 1662 (but 1659, according to the catalogue) ; canvas, 23^ inches by 28^ inches.
