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 144 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. A broad picture. In the possession of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller. 444. A POOL IN AN OAK WOOD. Sm. 313. In front is a dark sheet of water, with water-lilies in bloom. Lofty oaks grow on the banks. In the left foreground a great shattered beech bends over the water. Beyond it, in the shadow of the trees, is the very small figure of a shepherd driving two sheep to the left. In the right distance is a range of hills, lost in mist towards the centre. A clear sky with light clouds. Of the middle period, about 1660. [Compare 535.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 45 J inches by 56 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1848 ; and at Manchester, 1857, No. 975. In the collection of William Wells, Redleaf, 1835 (Sm.). Sale, W. Wells, London, May 12, 1848 (.735, bought in). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 181. Acquired for Berlin in 1901. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 8856. 445. A WOODLAND SCENE WITH A BROAD STREAM. The stream is in front. On the right bank is a beech wood. To the left are bushes. Several swans are on the water. Farther back to the left are anglers on the bank. The figures are by Ruisdael himself. Finely lighted. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 21 inches by 24^ inches. In the store-room of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 cata- logue, No. 8990. Exhibited on loan in the collection of the University of Bonn. 446. A MARSH IN A WOOD. Round a marshy stream which fills the foreground and is lost in the left distance is an oak wood. On the bank stands a barefooted angler, facing left, with his dog behind him. Farther back to the left two women converse. On the water in front are two white ducks. A genuine picture, brown in tone and in the manner of Hobbema. Signed in full but not clearly to the left on a projecting bank ; canvas, 23^ inches by 30^ inches. Exhibited at Bremen, 1904, No. 303. In the collection of Frau H. H. Meier, Bremen. 447. THE ENTRANCE TO A WOOD, WITH WATER.- In the left foreground is a sheet of water. Beyond it are two great oaks, with more trees behind and a hill in the distance. To the right are tree- trunks and a great fir. On the road in the centre a horseman and a man on foot go away. Farther back are a horseman and two other small figures. The figures have been added later. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 21 inches by 26^ inches. In the collection of the Due d'Arenberg, Brussels, W. Burger's catalogue of 1859, No. 54.