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 86 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 260. A WATERFALL NEAR A CASTLE. Sm. 335 A stream forms a waterfall over rocks, rilling the whole middle distance, and flows to the left foreground. In the right foreground tree-trunks float in the water. On the left, beside the stream, is a steep wooded hill, crowned by a castle. In the right distance are firs and hills. Cloudy sky. The waterfall is in full light. In the style of Everdingen. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 39^ inches by 34 inches. In the Zweibrucken Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 547. 261. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL. Sm. 339.- A rapid stream flows through the middle of a landscape to the front and there, meeting another stream, forms a waterfall over rocks. On a clift to the right, near two firs and other trees, stands a cottage. Across a wooden bridge near it a shepherd drives his flock. The figures are pro- bably by Ruisdael himself. An "excellent picture" (Sm.). Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 26| inches by 21 inches. In the Zweibrucken Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 550. 262. OAKS AND BEECHES WITH A WATERFALL. Sm. 337. In the centre foreground a stream forms a waterfall, flowing to the right and divided in the middle by a rock. In front to the left is a white tree-stump ; beyond it is a wooden bridge, at the far end of which a family are resting. The left middle distance is filled with a hill covered with great oaks and a few beeches. To the right is a view over a broad plain with a shepherd standing near his flock. In the distance, amid trees, is a village with a church and a wind-mill to the left. The figures are by Ruisdael himself. An " excellent picture " (Sm.). Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas on panel, 28| inches by 36 inches. Lithographed by Sells. In the collection of Count Fries, Vienna; sold in 1815 to the King of Bavaria (for 3300 florins). Sale. Maximilian I., King of Bavaria, Munich, December 5, 1826, No. 75 (3350 florins). In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 551. 263. THE FOREST STREAM. In the middle distance a placid stream flows between rocky banks and forms a low waterfall over rocks in the foreground. In the right foreground stands a tall gnarled oak. Beyond it the rocky bank is in full light ; more trees and bushes grow along the stream as far as the eye can reach into the left distance. On the left bank are more trees against the sky. On the farther bank in the middle distance is an open space ; two figures drive sheep to the left. Bright sky with fleecy clouds. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 38^ inches by 50^ inches. Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1909, No. 114. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer.