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 120 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 3670. Landscape with Waterfalls. A herdsman drives cattle across a wooden bridge. Canvas, about 26J inches by 37^ inches. In the Hollandt collection, Brunswick, 1843 (Parthey, ii. 460). 367^. The Waterfall. A river flowing quietly through a pleasant landscape forms a waterfall in front, rushing down in foam by three cascades between great rocks. On the bank is a cottage amid trees, which is reached by a little stone bridge. Bushes. To the left is a hill, with a church tower rising amid trees. The sun sets behind the hill ; its rays break through thick clouds, the edges of which are touched with golden light. Canvas, 25 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845 (No. 209). 368. A Waterfall. Sm. Suppl. 46. Along the foot of rocky hills flows a turgid stream, from right to left, obstructed near the centre by a rock. Beyond this a fir tree and a fir stump stand on a bare rock, between which and the hill flows part of the stream. In a line from this point are houses at the foot of the hill. On the other side is a castle on a hill-top. "This capital production is painted in a broad, free and masterly style" (Sm.). Canvas, 48 inches by 50 inches. In the possession of the Amsterdam dealer De Lelie, 1842 (Sm.) (priced at 5000 florins). Sale. J. A. A. de Lelie and others, Amsterdam, July 29, 1845, No. 186 (3700 florins, Haelen). 368*7. Landscape with a Waterfall. A man drives sheep forward. Tall and narrow. Sale. Matthews, London, 1846 (367 : ios., Nieuwenhuys). 369. A Norwegian Landscape with a Waterfall. Sm. 243. To the left is a stream, to which a road leads. Farther away are a rustic bridge over a fine waterfall, and trees. In the distance are two houses in full sunlight, a shepherd with sheep, and a woman. Canvas, 39^ inches by 34 inches. In the collection of Baron J. G. Verstolk van Soelen, The Hague, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of Prince Galitzin. Sale. Heris, Brussels, July 19, 1846, No. 63. 370. A' Waterfall amid Rocks. On rocks to the left are bushy trees. In the distance are figures and a picturesque horizon. Rainy sky. [Possibly identical with 253 or 328, or both.] Canvas, 26| inches by 2o| inches. Sale. Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846, No. 65. 370*7. A Waterfall. A swift stream comes down from high rocks crowned with trees. It joins another in the centre and rushes down in a waterfall between rocks and trees.