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 154 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. the bank. Beyond is a wooded and hilly country, with blue hills in the distance. In the blue sky are soft white clouds with delicate grey shadows. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 42 inches by 50 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 76. Sale. Rh6ne, Paris, 1846 (Loyd). In the collection of Jones Loyd, Lord Overstone, London. In the collection of Lady Wantage, London, 1905 catalogue, No. 201. 489. A WOODLAND SCENE. On the left a road leads through a wood to a rough wooden bridge in front. On the bridge is a woman carrying a bundle on her head and leading a boy. A tree-stump is seen amid dense undergrowth on a hill sloping down to a pool which is in strong sunlight. On the right bank are trees, sharply relieved against the clear sky. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 19^ inches by 25 inches. In the collection of Edward Gray, Harringay House, Hornsey. Sak. Gray, London, 1838 (Loyd). In the collection of Jones Loyd, Lord Overstone, London. In the collection of Lady Wantage, London, 1905 catalogue, No. 203. 490. A Forest Scene with Sheep. Sm. 279. A clump of trees stands near a pool or stream. Near it is a woman holding a child by the hand. In the corner to the right a peasant drives sheep to the water. In the left foreground is a tree-stump, near rocks. Between the trees is seen the sun. Canvas, 45 inches by 50 inches. Sale. (Probably) "Landscape with Sheep," London, 1750 (j : ios., Dr. Chauncey) according to the Longford catalogue. Mentioned in the Longford catalogue of about 1760. In the collection of the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, 1909 catalogue, No. 65. 491. A WOOD WITH WATER IN FRONT. Cloudy sky. Panel, n| inches by 10 inches. In the Lyons Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 170 ; bought in 1838. 491*. A WOOD WITH A RIVER. In front is a road with a broad cart-rut. In the right middle distance are figures, among them a man in red. In the collection of the Duke of Alba, Madrid. 492. THE ENTRANCE TO A WOOD. In the left foreground is a clump of three trees ; to the right a road leads into an oak wood. On the road a man and a woman in red come forward, and another man goes away. Through a glade in the middle distance is seen a stream, with a wood in the distance. Cloudy sky ; twilight. Signed in full in the left centre ; canvas, 42 inches by 51 inches. Bought at a Paris sale about the year 1884. In the collection of J. Koechlin, Miinster, bequeathed to Miihlhausen in 1884. In the Mtihlhausen Museum, 1907 catalogue, No. 59.