6i PAULUS POTTER SECT. 49. COWS AND SHEEP IN A MEADOW. A cow and three sheep in a meadow near a tall tree. In the distance is a river-bank. To the right is a hill. It produces a strange impression at first ; the landscape is very green. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1644; canvas, 15^ inches by 20^ inches. In the collection of J. Tschager, Vienna ; bequeathed to Innsbruck in 1856. In the Innsbruck Museum, 1899 catalogue, No. 659. 50. CATTLE IN A STORMY LANDSCAPE. Sm. 86 j W. 34. On a low bank to the left a black cow lies in profile to the right. Beside it to the left stands a young reddish-brown bull, seen in full face. In the right middle distance are two sheep, and a cow grazing between two wind-swept willows. In front are a tree-trunk and luxuriant foliage. The sky is very dark on the horizon ; above are clouds, pierced by a ray of sunshine. [Pendant to 156.] Both "of very excellent quality" (Sm.). Signed in full in the left foreground, and dated 1647 ; panel, 18 inches by 14! inches. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 1006 ; at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1881, No. 82; and at the South Kensington Museum, 1891-98, 1891 catalogue, No. 31. An engraving by Couche closely resembles this picture (Sm.). In the Bisschop collection, Rotterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 531) ; the collection was bought as a whole in 1771 by Hope (for 65,000 florins). In the collection of Philip Henry Hope, London, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of Henry Thomas Hope, London, 1854 (Waagen). In the collection of Lord Francis Pelham-Clinton Hope, Deepdene ; bought as a whole in 1898 by the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi and A. Wer- theimer. In the collection of George Salting, London ; bequeathed in 1909 to the National Gallery. In the National Gallery, London, No. 2583. 51. A YOUNG REDDISH-BROWN BULL. Sm. 36; W. 43. The bull is seen in profile, in a landscape. To the left, under a tree, lie two sheep. In the immediate foreground is a frog. In the middle distance are cattle at pasture, with a village beyond. Cloudy sky, especi- ally dark on the horizon to the right. A study for 48 (The Hague). Signed in full on the right, and dated 1647 ; panel, 21 J inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871, No. 172. Sale. Proley, Paris, 1786 (4376 francs). In the collection of Edward Gray, Harringay House, Hornsey, 1834 (Sm.). Sale. Thomas Baring, London, June 2, 1848, No. 131 (220 : ios., Fuller). In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 81. 52. THE MEADOW: THREE OXEN AND THREE SHEEP. Sm. 17 j W. 59. In the right foreground an ox stands in profile to the left. On the left a white and red spotted ox stands near a
