xvi PAULUS POTTER 649 Said to have been given by the Empress Catherine II. of Russia to one of her favourites. In the possession of the Kragowen family, Russia. In the Rochefort collection, Paris. Purchased from the Rotterdam dealer Jos. de Kuyper in 1 892 by Weber. In the Weber collection, Hamburg, 1907 catalogue, No. 290. 139. A GREY HORSE WITH BLACK SPOTS. Sm. 67; W. 56 and 61. A grey horse with black spots stands in profile to the right in the foreground of a landscape, to the right of an oak-tree. In the middle distance a stag drinks at a pool ; two hinds are lying down. Beyond them the ground rises. [Replica of 142. Compare 144.] Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1653 > P ane l> I2 inches by 1 6 inches. In the possession of the London dealer S. Woodburn, 1834 (Sm.). Sale. Hope, Paris, 1858. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2528. 140. HORSES BEING RIDDEN TO PASTURE. Near a stone bridge. Three of them are led by two grooms. Signed on the bridge, and dated 1651. In the collection of the late Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. 141. A PIEBALD HORSE. Sm. 41 j W. ii. u. A piebald horse, seen from the back in a three-quarter view to the left, stands in a landscape, with its head erect. In the left distance are a horseman and a man on foot with three greyhounds. To the right is a mansion amid trees. Blue sky with greyish-white clouds. Signed in full on the left ; canvas, 19! inches by 17^ inches. Sales. Chevalier Lambert, Paris, March 27, 1787 (1400 francs). P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August i, 1810, No. 78 (655 florins, Texier). J. B. P. Le Brun, Paris, April 15, 1811 (1310 or 1810 francs). In the collection of Comte Pourtales, 1826. In the Norton collection. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1896, No. 27. In the collection of the late Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 142. A BLACK SPOTTED STALLION IN A MEADOW. The stallion stands facing right, with head erect as if watching atten- tively. To the left is an oak ; to the right is a broad flat landscape. In the middle distance are a stag and a hind. The foliage of the oak has turned a light blue in the course of time. [Compare 144.] Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1649 ; panel, n inches by 9^ inches. Copies: (i) In the Mannheim Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 196. (2) Sale. Defer du Mesnil, Paris, May 10, 1900, No. 19 from the Calonne collection ; without the deer. (3) In the possession of a London dealer, 1911. Replicas: (i) Dated 1649; from the collections of Lord Hatherton, J. Gigoux, and Maurice Kann ; in the sale : Paris, June 9, 1911,
