500 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. 142. THE HERDSMAN'S FAMILY. Sm. 141. On the left a herdsman and his wife play with their child. Two cows, three sheep, and a goat. On a hill in the right distance are six sheep. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1668 ; canvas, n| inches by 1 6 inches. In the collection of Louis XVI., King of France. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2597 ; in 1816 it was valued by the experts (at 10,000 francs). 143. Landscape with Cattle and a Woman nursing a Child. Sm. 39. A woman nursing a child sits to the left in front of a tall tree by a clear stream. To the left of her lie a sheep and a ram. In front, and to the left of the woman, sits a boy playing with a dog. Be- hind her a brown cow stands rubbing its white spotted head against the tree. In the right foreground a red cow stands in the water, with its head down. In the left distance is a hut with a man asleep. A view of hills. The whole scene is in sunlight and reflected in the clear water. Signed, and dated 1662 ; canvas, 15^ inches by 18 inches. A replica was in the sale : E. M. Engelberts and Tersteeg, Amsterdam, June 13, 1808, No. 160 (218 florins, Nieuwenhuys). Engraved by Weisbrod in the Poullain Gallery, No. 109. Sales. Servad, Amsterdam, June 25, 1778, No. 108 (1600 florins, Fouquet). Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780 (4510 francs, Houdry) see Ch. Blanc, ii. n. Due de Chabot, Paris, December 17, 1787 (2951 francs). Goupy Dupre, Paris, 1811, No. 36 (3023 florins). Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. 157 (8550 francs, bought in) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 396. Sebastien Erard, London, 1833 (294). In the collection of Henry Bevan, London, 1834 (Sm.). Sales. Sir Edward J. Dean Paul, London, June 27, 1896 (^798). C. T. Yerkes, New York, April 5, 1910, No. 168 No. 101 of the edition de luxe of the catalogue. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 144. Landscape with a Shepherdess nursing her Child. Sm. 63. She sits on a bank. [Pendant to 174.] Panel, 9 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Destouches, Paris, May 24, 1794 (60 1 francs, with pendant). 145. A Shepherdess nursing her Child. On a terrace in shadow with a tent sits a woman nursing a child. Beside her is a herdsman with cattle. A white goat lying down is relieved against a reddish cow. Some sheep are browsing. A spacious sunlit landscape. Panel, ii inches by 8 inches. Sale. Stevens, Antwerp, August 9, 1837, No. 150 (250 florins). 146. Landscape with Cattle and a Woman hushing her Child. Cows and sheep at pasture on the edge of a wood. By a tall tree in the centre sits a woman nursing a child. Beside her a boy plays with
