xvi PAULUS POTTER 631 97^. The Milkmaid. A fine picture of his best period. 15 inches by 2O| inches. Sale. Adriaan Bout, The Hague, August 1 1, 1733 (Hoet, i. 39), No. ill (520 florins). 98. Four Cows; one of them being Milked. Sm. 18 ; W. ii. 8. In the shade of trees a woman milks a cow. Two other cows butt each other with their horns ; a fourth cow is lying down. To the right are two men, one of whom plays with a dog. Dated 1649 ; panel, 18 inches by 16^ inches. Sales. Count van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, August 19, 1750 (Hoet, ii. 293), No. 47 (425 florins, Moljere). Gaignat, Paris, December 1768 (3215 francs). 98*7. The Milkmaid. In front is a tree-trunk. Near it are two cows, one standing and the other lying down. Beside the standing cow lies a sheep. Behind them is a woman carrying two milk-pails on a yoke. In the background is a cottage. Panel, 14 inches by 1 8 inches. The description agrees with that of 93 (Wallace Collection), except that in 93 the sheep lies beside the cow lying down. Sale. Marquis de Menars, Paris, end of February, 1782, No. 84. 98^. A Cow being Milked, with Figures. In front stands a red spotted cow, which a woman milks. On the right are a youth and a seated man, in front of whom is a little dog begging. Farther away lies a bright red cow. In the middle distance is a farm amid trees. Signed in full, and dated 1649; canvas on panel, nj inches by 16 inches. Sales. Corn. Backer, Leyden, August 16, 1775, No. 67 (40 florins, W. Coole). W. Coole, Rotterdam, August 6, 1782, No. 57. 99. Cattle at Milking-time. Sm. 48 ; W. ii. 17. Evening. In the collection of Griffier Fagel, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 410). Sale. Griffier Fagel, London, May 22, 1801, No. 54 (^136 : IDS.) see Buchanan, i. 302. 99#. Cattle and Figures: a Cow being Milked. A horseman, a woman, and a peasant. Another woman drives pigs j a third milks a cow. Cottages and trees. Panel, 16 inches by 21 inches. Sale. J. van der Putte, Amsterdam, May 22, 1810, No. 83 (12 florins). 99^. Cows and a Milkmaid. Four cows in the foreground of a meadow. A woman carrying two pails. In the middle distance other cows and cottages. Panel, 20^ inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May i, 1837, No. 531 (200 francs, Malleck).
