5IO ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. 177. A HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE. Sm. 19. j n t h e foreground are two cows. One, reddish brown and white in colour is in profile to the right. The other, which is black, is seen much foreshortened with its haed to the front. Farther away are a flock of sheep and two shepherds. On the left is a hill with a fine clump of trees. Signed in full on the right at foot j panel, 12 inches by 14^ inches. Bought by A. van der Hoop, Amsterdam, from Jeronimo de Vries in 1833 (Sm., who valued it in 1834 at 126). Bequeathed with the Van der Hoop collection to the town of Amsterdam, 1854, and lent to the Rijksmuseum since 1885. tn the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1910 catalogue, No. 2449. 178. A COW DRINKING. Sm. 123. In the foreground, in front of a cliff, a reddish cow stands in profile to the left, drinking at a stream. To the right, behind her, lie two greyish-white cows. In the right foreground are a sheep and a ram. Beyond to the left stands another sheep. In the right middle distance sits the herdsman ; he turns his face up to the left, watching two pilgrims praying outside a chapel on a hill. Behind the cliff a road leads diagonally across the picture ; it is almost hidden by the cliff and by a tree which divides the upper half of the picture. The road leads across a bridge over a ravine to the left. On the bridge are a mule and sheep driven by a shepherd with a stick, followed by a dog. An excellent picture. Signed in full, and dated 1669 j canvas, 12 inches by 14 inches. A copy signed in full, and dated 1667; on panel, 13^ inches by 15^ inches was in a sale at Munich, December 10, 1907, No. 25. Exhibited in the Six Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1900, No. 150. Sale. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 337 (950 florins, De Neufville). In the Van Winter collection, Amsterdam. In the collection of Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, 1834 (Sm., who valued it at 367 : ios.). In the collection of J. Six, Amsterdam. 179. LANDSCAPE WITH A GIRL UNDER A TREE AND A SLEEPING HERDSMAN. On the left a girl sits in the shade of a tall tree. A herdsman lies asleep with his head on her lap. Near the tree lie a he-goat, a sheep, and two lambs in sunlight. In the centre a red spotted bull stands in sunlight, in profile to the right. Behind him stands a dark cow, in profile to the left. On the right, farther back, are a ram by a stream and a sheep browsing. To the right is a view of a hilly landscape. In the left middle distance are trees and bushes. [A replica of this is 318. See also 27 ia.~ Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 13 inches by i6| inches. In the collection of Van den Hecke-Baut de Rasmon, bequeathed to Antwerp in 1859. In the Antwerp Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 398. 1 80. COWS AT PASTURE. In a meadow in front a brown cow grazes. Near it to the left lies a grey cow, seen from the back.
