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 xiii JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 129 403. A Norwegian Landscape with a Waterfall in front. Sm. 280. On the high rocky bank to the right is a house ; a tree near it towers about the stream. In the left distance is a wooded hill ; a flock of sheep is driven through the water. Cloudy sky. [Compare 61, 644, 717, 719*, 853.] Signed in full ; canvas, 28 inches by 22 inches (but Sm. says : panel, 20 inches by 27 inches). Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 143. In the collection of H. J. Munro, London, 1835 (Sm.). Sales. W. R. Preston, London, 1850 (157: ios., Fordham). Thomas Howard, London, 1873 (^330 : 153., Warneck). Lippmann von Lissingen of Vienna, Paris, March 16, 1876, No. 36 (15,100 francs). 404. A Waterfall. The water rushes down in foam over rocks in front. On the bank amid trees are sunlit cottages. To the left, and farther back, half-way up a wooded hill is a chapel. In the distance are fields. Light clouds in the sky. Signed in full on the left ; canvas, 26^ inches by 22| inches. Sale. Schneider, Paris, April 6, 1876, No. 33. 405. A Waterfall. Sm. 289. On the left a richly wooded bank fills about two-thirds of the picture. Beside it flows a rapid stream, forming a gentle cascade in front. A shepherd with a stick, tending a few sheep, is on the bank. A fine clear day. Signed in full ; canvas, 2o| inches by 23! inches. Probably identical with one of the Rothschild pictures. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1876, No. 170. In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, 1835 (Sm.) ; bought as a whole in 1878 by the Rothschilds. 406. A Hill Landscape with a Waterfall. The waterfall is in the centre foreground ; on either side are rocks and trees. On a high rock above the stream is a cottage. On the rock to the right is a shepherd with his flock. Signed ; canvas, 39 inches by 34 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1878, No. 162. Then in the collection of Robert Williams, London. 406*7. A Great Waterfall. A fallen tree, and a castle on the hill to the right. 38 inches by 32 inches. Sale. H. A. J. Munro, London, June I, 1878, No. 99 (194 :]i$s. y Philpot). 407. A Waterfall. A river, flowing through a wooded landscape, forms a waterfall in front. On the left a woman and a child cross a plank bridge leading to a road which is lost among bushes. On the right are a broken tree-trunk and rushes, with a distant view. Grey clouds. Signed on a rock to the left ; canvas, 2o inches by 23 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 453. VOL. IV K