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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 131 right are two firs. On the left are sheep and a cottage. Beyond are high hills. Signed in full ; canvas, 25 inches by 20 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 134. Sale. S. Herman de Zoete of Hayes, London, 1885 (336, Lesser). 413. A Wooded Landscape with a Waterfall in front. A fire in the middle distance. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 23 inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1883, No. 256. Sale. Sir W. W. Knighton, London, May 21, 1885 (375 : ios.). 413*. A Ruin and a Waterfall. 26 inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Nieuwenhuys, London, 1886 (551, M. Colnaghi). 414. A Wooded Hill Landscape with a Waterfall. The water rushes down in the middle distance between steep slopes into a forest stream. On high rocks to the right are dense clumps of trees. In front, a man goes to the left to fell a tree. A peasant climbs a ladder up the steep bank to the right. In the distance is a range of hills, at the foot of which is a cottage. Rain clouds in the sunlit sky. Signed in full ; canvas, 39 inches by 51 inches. Etched by W. Unger. Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 31. Sales. Samuel, Count von Festetits, Vienna, April II, 1859, No. 138. Dr. Franz Sterne, Vienna, January 12, 1886, No. 837. 414*7. A Little Waterfall. The fall is at the foot of a great oak. In front, to right and left, are tree-trunks. Farther back near a bridge is a peasant with a dog. The ground falls from right to left. Heavy clouds in the sky. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot; 19 inches by 25 inches. Sale. Sierstorpff, Berlin, April 19, 1887, No. 68. 414^. A Waterfall. Sale. Comte Duchatel, Paris, May 14, 1888 (30,000 francs); mentioned by Paul Eudel, 1889, p. 361. 414*:. A Waterfall. Through a hilly landscape flows a stream which rushes down in a waterfall over rocks in front. To the right, on a wooded hill with sunlit slopes, is a castle with a square tower ; sheep graze under the trees. On the left, farther back, the steep bank is clothed with trees. Above it rise hills which close in the distance. In the blue sky are clouds, which cast faint shadows on the landscape. Canvas, 23 inches by 20 inches. Engraved by Hanriot. Sale. D. P. Sellar, Paris, June 6, 1889, No. 63.