652 PAULUS POTTER SECT. Marquis de Menars, end of February 1782, No. 85. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (6020 francs). Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834 (offered for private sale at .520, but not sold). Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 40 (7476 francs, Nieuwenhuys). Baron von Mecklenburg, Paris, December n, 1854, No. 9 (6450 francs) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 503. 1480. A Horse and Sheep. Sale. Pieter Pellicorne, Amsterdam, April 4, 1724 (Hoet, i. 305), No. 9 (30 florins 10). 149. THE STADTHOLDER'S HORSES. Sm. 61 ; W. 37. In the centre foreground of a meadow stands a slender reddish-brown horse with a black mane and black legs, almost in profile to the left, with its head turned to the front. A dappled grey horse stands on the left, farther back, in front of a willow ; it is seen from the back and turns its head to the right, where a spaniel is barking. On the right walks a groom, holding his hat in front of him and hiding the halter behind his back. In the left foreground lies an old tree-stump. Signed in full on the tree-stump, and dated 1653 ; panel, n inches by 12^ inches. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 1007. Sold by Sm. to Alexander Baring, 1822 (for 315); Baring gave it in exchange to the dealer Buchanan at the same price. Sale. Hon. O. J. Vernon, London, 1831 (iSo : I2s.). In the collection of John Sanderson, London, 1834 (Sm.). Sale. Richard Sanderson, London, 1858 (425, Munro). In the collection of H. A. J. Munro of Novar. Sales. Prince Demidoff, San Donato, March 15, 1880, No. 1147. E. Secretan, Paris, July I, 1889, No. 151 (50,500 francs, Sedel- meyer). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 105. In the collection of W. H. Crocker, San Francisco. 149.7. A Picture with Horses, Dogs, and so on. The painter's Christian name is not given ; but probably by Paulus Potter. Mentioned in a Delft inventory of December 4, 1658, drawn up by the notary Govert Rota. 149^. Figures, a Horse, and Dogs. In the foreground of a landscape. Sale. Rotterdam, August 10, 1810, No. 26 (i florin). 150. HORSEMEN AND COWS. On the left a man looks out of a window behind the corner of a house ; his head and his right hand are alone visible. He holds a glass of wine, and seems to salute a passing horseman. The horseman, who wears a red coat and holds his plumed hat in his right hand, bows towards the man on the left. Near him is a tree. In the middle distance, between the men, another horseman comes
