Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/650

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636 PAULUS POTTER SECT. Sales. P. Panne, London, March 26, 1819 (147). Lord Radstock, London, May 12, 1826 (^86). In the possession of Thomas Emmerson, London, 1834 (Sm.). 109^. Cattle being driven along. In the right foreground, near a leafless tree, a herdsman drives three cows and two sheep. A view of a large village. Panel, 6 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Steenecruys, Antwerp, May 14, 1850, No. 61. 109^. The Cattle Market at Amsterdam. Begun by Potter and completed by Barent Graet. Sold by Udewijk van der Heist, in April 1681, to Barent Vermeulen. 1 10. A HERDSMAN'S FAMILY, WITH COWS, SHEEP, AND A HORSE. Sm. 22 ; W. 23. On the right is a cottage over- shadowed by a slender tree with scanty foliage. In front a woman teaches her little child to walk in leading strings. Beside her is her husband. Near them to the right lies a red cow, with its head to the front. In front of the cow, in the immediate foreground, is a tree-stump. In the left foreground a ram is grazing ; beyond it lie a sheep and another ram. Farther back stand two others beside a cow, which is being milked by a girl who turns her head to the front. To the right, behind the mother and child, are seen the hindquarters of a horse. To the right is a view over pastures at a somewhat lower level. Evening ; a clear silvery sky. Signed in full on the cottage, and dated 1653 ' panel, 12^ inches by io inches. Engraved by Vocht, in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte. Exhibited at Diisseldorf, 1904, No. 361. Sales. Willem Fabricius, Haarlem, August 19, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 264), No. 2 (375 florins). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 12 (4000 francs). Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794 (3600 francs). Amsterdam, 1803 (8100 francs). Lucien Bonaparte, London, 1816 (^346 : los.). Bought by Nieuwenhuys for Prince Auguste d'Arenberg, in whose collec- tion it was in 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of the Due d'Arenberg, Brussels, W. Burger's 1859 cata " logue, No. 50. in. COWS AND SHEEP IN THE WOOD, WITH FIGURES. Sm. 33 ; W. 16. Along an avenue of trees a waggon with two horses comes from the right, and a herdsman drives a flock of sheep forward. On the left a lady sits on a bench under a tree ; a man stands beside her. Farther away are four other figures. On the right are three cows. In front is a fallen tree in a strong light. Signed in full on the left at foot j panel, 14 inches by 15 inches. A similar picture in the Arenberg collection, Brussels (see W. 23) is doubt- fully ascribed to Potter. Sales. Nogaret, Paris, 1780 (2400 francs, Donjeu) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 19. Vincent Donjeu, Paris, April 29, 1793 (4061 francs).