Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Twelfth Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French, and English Schools, Being a Portion of the Sedelmeyer Gallery: Containing Also a General Index of the 1500 Pictures Described in the 13 Catalogues of the Sedelmeyer Gallery Published to Date A peasant girl in a bluish dress, a red bodice with white sleeves. A brown apron, and a huge white straw hat, her face turned to the spectator, is milking a large red cow, turned to the right. Lying in the grass near her are a white goat, and two large metal cans. A little further, to the right, are two men. And two cows with a dog. In the background, a river with its vessels and sailing boats flows right across the landscape. The whole scene is bathed in the warm glow of late afternoon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.