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 542 Painting of Bentheim Castle. Rotterdam possesses another View of Bentheim Castle, which he painted so many times and under such different aspects ; yet always with the greatest care and finish. In England, Ruysdael is especially to be found in private collections ; and the National Gallery has as many as twelve Landscapes by him. In the Hermitage, S. Petersburg, there are no less than fifteen pictures by him. In the Pinakothek, Munich, there are nine Landscapes, all as beautiful as can be desired. In the largest there is a Cascade foaming down over masses of rocks. This picture is valuable as well for its great per- fection as from its unusual size. At Dresden there are thirteen of his paintings. Among these, several are justly celebrated One of them is known by the name of Ruys- dael' 8 Chase. It is a forest of beech-trees, broken only by some sheets of water reflecting' the clouds in the sky. Under these great trees, Adriaan van de Velde has painted a stag hunt, from which the name of the picture has been taken. This is one of the largest as well as most mag- nificent to be found among all his works, and perhaps, only to be equalled by the Forest in the Belvedere, Vienna. Frederic de Moucheron (1633— ab. 1713?) painted for several years in Paris, but eventually settled at Amster- dam, where most of his best landscapes were produced. The figures in them are usually by Adriaan van de Velde or Lingelbach. A Garden Scene by him, with figures by Adriaan van de Velde, is in the National Gallery. Jan van der Hagen (1635 — ab. 1662) was a successful imitator of the style of Ruysdael and Hobbema. Meindert Hobbema (1638—1709) is supposed to have studied under Ruysdael, but, unlike his master, he only painted smiling and serene nature. His name was long