xvi PAULUS POTTER 623 Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707 (Hoet, i. 105), No. 10 (230 florins). Amsterdam, June 20, 1714 (Hoet, i. 175), No. 20 (550 florins) very fine. Amsterdam, April II, 1727 (Hoet, i. 315), No. 7 (127 florins). The widow of Jean de la Coste, The Hague, April 20, 1728 (Hoet, ii. 382), No. i (285 florins) of the painter's best period. Amsterdam, May 6, 1729 (Hoet, i. 337), No. n (34 florins 10). Amsterdam, November 23, 1729 (Hoet, 345), No. 29 (11 florins). W. Six, Amsterdam, May 12, 1734 (Hoet, i. 412), No. 41 (400 florins). Amsterdam, April 15, 1739 (Hoet, i. 579), No. 65 (22 florins) a fine landscape. Bryan, London, May 7, 1804 (^630). (Supplementary) Antwerp, September 7, 1646, No. 29. jga. Cattle in a Landscape. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 617. Then in the collection of Robert Napier. 80. COWS IN A MEADOW BY A STREAM. Sm. 30 ; W. 15. On a tongue of land between two canals, one of which fills the fore- ground, a red cow with a white face stands, in profile to the left, in the centre. Beside her to the right another cow, seen from the back, stands drinking in the farther canal. To the right again a third cow lies in the shade of two trees. A peasant leans against the right-hand tree ; his dog sits beside him. In front of them a milkmaid sits at the water's edge, washing a milk-pail. The woman and the red cow standing near her are reflected in the still water. In the distance is a flat pasture with sheep and cattle ; a village stands amid trees. The warm light of sunset. " A charming example " (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1647 > panel, i6 inches by 14^ inches. Engraved by Couche in the Choiseul Gallery. Copied by J. Kobell. Another copy not from the original but from a print is in the Koblenz Museum, 1892 catalogue, No. 240. A third copy was in the sale : H. Doetsch, London, June 22, 1895. Exhibited in the Six Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1900, No. 112. Sales. Due de Choiseul, Paris, 1772, No. 9 (15,000 francs). Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (10,900 francs, Due de Caylus) see Ch. Blanc, i. 381. Acquired in 1 8 1 1 from L. B. Coders for 8000 florins. In the collection of Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, 1834 (Sm., who valued it at 735). In the collection of J. Six, Amsterdam. 81. COWS AT THE WATERING-PLACE (or, The Cow looking at its Reflection in Water). Sm. 92 ; W. 7. In the left foreground is a stream. The bank on the right slopes gently upwards to a meadow, with willows and other trees. At the foot of a dead willow in the right centre sheep and a goat are lying. At the water's edge in the centre foreground stands a red cow with a white face, in profile to the left, drinking j she is clearly reflected in the still water. To the left, farther
