Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/530

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5I 6 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. In the Karlsruhe Gallery, 1894 catalogue, No. 291. 206. A PASTORAL SCENE. On the left is a shelter supported by a tree and a beam. In front of it lies a herdsman, holding a stick. To the left of him lie a goat and a dog. In the right foreground lie a cow, a sheep, and three lambs. In the centre, farther back, a horse stands in shadow by a stream on which is a sailing-boat. High up on the farther bank is an Italian house. Signed in full, and dated 1671 ; canvas, 12 inches by 16 inches. In the Karlsruhe Gallery, 1894 catalogue, No. 292. 207. A FOREST SCENE. A clearing in a wood forms the fore- ground ; the trees fill the whole middle distance, but the distance is dimly seen between the trees to left and right. Sheep graze in the right fore- ground, in sunlight. Others are in shadow beyond them and to the left of them. The shepherd with his dog lies asleep on a shady bank to the left. [Cf. 337 (Frankfort).] Signed in full, and dated 1658 ; panel, n inches by 18 inches. In the Wynn Ellis collection, bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1876. In the National Gallery, London, No. 982. 208. A BAY HORSE. A bay horse stands in the centre fore- ground, in profile to the right. To the left of it lies a white cow, facing the spectator, in full sunlight. Beside the cow, to the left, lies a sheep with its head turned away. In the right foreground stands a goat, in profile to the right. Behind the horse is another sheep. To the left are lofty farm buildings, in shadow ; water flows from a conduit in the left foreground. In the distance are hills and trees. Light clouds in the sky. Signed in full, and dated 1663 ; canvas, 12 inches by 14 inches. In the Wynn Ellis collection, bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1876. In the National Gallery, London, No. 983. 209. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE. In the right foreground stands a young cow in profile to the right ; another lies to the left, farther back, facing the spectator. To the left of it, in front, lies a sheep with its head to the left. In the centre of the middle distance, in shadow, stands a dun horse, seen from the back. To the left of it a woman stands at the door of a cottage. Behind the cottage tall trees extend to the centre distance. In the right distance is a view over woods of lofty hills. Panel, 9 inches by n^ inches. In the Wynn Ellis collection, bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1876. In the National Gallery, London, No. 984. 210. A SHEPHERD WITH HIS LITTLE FLOCK. Sm. 112. The shepherd, with his dog, lies in the shade of trees. The flock rest under the trees. Two sheep browse near the shepherd. Two cows, one a light red and the other a dark red, lie facing each other at the foot of a tree. Near them lie two sheep and a lamb. An ox grazes on the other side, and an ass lies on the left. " An exquisite work of art " (Sm.).