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 88 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. In the collection of the Earl of Onslow, Clandon Park, Surrey, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of Henry C. Frick, New York, 1908 catalogue, No. 39. 2660. A Mountain Landscape with a Waterfall. Sm. Suppl. 51. On the right are rocky hills with scanty verdure, bushes, and some larch trees, as well as several cottages. Higher up on a steep cliff is another building. Between this and the green hills to the left flows a stream, which is obstructed by two tree-trunks in the middle distance and then forms a waterfall over rocks and some uprooted trees. Sunlight breaking through clouds illumines the right side, leaving the left side in shadow. On the hills to the extreme left are three peasants, one of them a shepherd ; two sheep of the flock are near two fir trees farther down the hill. "A vigorous and well-finished production" (Sm.). Signed in full ; canvas though Sm. says panel 26 inches by 21 inches. In the collection of Baron van Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. A. W. C. Baron van Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, September 5, 1851, No. 55 (3000 florins, E. le Roy). Th. Patureau, Paris, April 20, 1857, No. 30 (6800 francs). Pierard, Paris, March 20, 1860, No. 69 (12,600 francs). In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of Ferdinand Hermann, New York. 267. THE MOUNTAIN TORRENT In the left centre of the sunlit middle distance is a cottage with two figures in front and sheep to the right. Beyond the cottage the ground rises steeply to a peak ; the lower slope is wooded but the summit of the hill is bare. On the ex- treme left is another cottage. The ground falls steeply towards the foreground, showing the bare rock. On the left a waterfall pours down into a stream flowing from right to left along the front. A wooden bridge spans the stream from a rock on the extreme right to the middle distance. A shepherd drives three sheep away across the bridge. Canvas, 20 inches by i6| inches. Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1909, No. 1 1 8. In the collection of Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York. 267*. Landscape with a Waterfall. The waterfall is in front. In the middle distance is a red-roofed cottage. To the left is a hill with numerous cottages. About 48 inches by 66 inches. In the collection of Vernon Harcourt, Nuneham Park, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 351). In the collection of Lewis Harcourt, Nuneham Park. 267^. Landscape with a Little Waterfall. The waterfall is in front. Very dark. In the collection of Vernon Harcourt, Nuneham Park, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 350). In the collection of Lewis Harcourt, Nuneham Park.