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 90 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. rocks. In front of the hut is a wooden bridge over the lesser stream ; a man carrying a sack crosses it. Another man with a woman and a child seems to have just crossed. Beyond the hut are three pines and other trees ; to the right is a wooded hill. Blue sky with white and grey clouds. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 27 inches by 21^ inches. In the collection of Ludwig Mandl, Wiesbaden. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 273. A HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL. In the right foreground are large figures. In the collection of E. de Rothschild, Paris. 274. A LANDSCAPE WITH A LOW WATERFALL.- To the right, on the bank of a little pool, is a withered beech. Its bare white stem, sharply relieved against the thick green foliage of the surrounding oaks, strikes a distinctive note in the picture. Three massive blocks of wood lie on the bank to the right. In the background is a hilly and wooded landscape. At the foot of the hills is a cottage with two figures and a flock of sheep. In front a waterfall rushes down into a pool which fills the foreground. A fine sky with white and grey clouds. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 21 inches by 18 inches. In the collection of E. Warneck, Paris. In the collection of the late Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 275. A WATERFALL. Sm. Suppl. 76. The waterfall is divided in the middle by a rock. The foaming stream flows down to the right foreground. On the right is the steep bank with a fir tree. To the left the rocky bank slopes up gradually ; two woodcutters are at work. Around them lie many tree-trunks, amid which are sheep. In front is a tree-stump, with the trunk lying beside it. Farther back are firs and leafy trees. The river flows from the centre distance. Here, to the left, are two cottages on rocky ground. Beyond, amid trees, is a church. In the extreme distance are hills. [Possibly identical with 378.] Signed in full on the right at foot j canvas, 41 inches by 56^ inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, before 1842 and in 1856. Sales. Earl of Lichfield, Shugborough Hall, August 1842 (588, Joseph Bond). Hickman, London, May 1856 (399, White for J. E. Fordham). In the collection of Lord Penrhyn, Penrhyn Castle. 276. A GREAT WATERFALL IN A NORTHERN LANDSCAPE. Sm. 305. In a wild hilly country a rapid stream in the centre rushes down a waterfall between rocks to the foreground. On the steep bank to the right a broken tree-trunk has fallen with the branches in the stream. Near it is a shepherd with five sheep and a goat. There are other figures near a cottage at the entrance to a wood on a hill. On the bank to the left are trees. A fine and important work, light in tone. The nearer figures are not by Ruisdael, but perhaps by