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 xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 155 493. A WOODLAND SCENE ; A STORM COMING ON. In a dark wood in the centre of the middle distance is a strongly lighted patch of sand with a road. A man walks away ; nearer the front a shepherd drives sheep forward through a stream. In the right middle distance is a cottage, almost hidden amid trees. Dark and stormy sky. Signed on the left at foot with the monogram ; canvas, 22 inches by 26| inches. Sale. (Probably) Maximilian I., King of Bavaria, Munich, December 5, 1826, No. 80 but described as on panel, 20-^ inches by 24 inches. Transferred in 1835 from the King of Bavaria's private collection to the State. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 545. 494. A WOOD WITH A MARSHY POOL. Sm. 297 and 336. In the left foreground is a marshy pool, beyond which are oaks, the largest of which hangs over the water. Behind to the right is a small sandy glade, the centre of which is in full sunlight. Beyond is a dense wood enclosed by a paling. On the right is a view of a plain, with a tree- stump in front. In the middle distance two sportsmen come from the right ; one blows his horn as their three dogs hunt a hare. The figures are by Ruisdael himself. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; canvas, 24 inches by 28^ inches. Lithographed by K. Auer. In the Zweibrucken gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 546 ; it was there in 1835 (Sm.). 495. A WOOD WITH A MARSHY POOL. Sm. 334. To the left is a marshy pool, with water-lilies and ducks. On the bank in the centre is a fine sunlit oak. On a slope to the right is an oak with a big forked trunk. To the right in front lies a felled beech stem. Beyond is a dense oak wood, with a narrow vista to the left. In the middle distance a shepherd and sheep are dimly seen. In the extreme right foreground is a traveller with a bundle on his back. Signed with a dim monogram on the right at foot j canvas, 24 inches by 38^ inches. Lithographed by J. A. Sedlmayr. In the Zweibrucken gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 548 ; it was there in 1835 (Sm.). 496. THE TWO OAKS. On the left is a small lake ; two men are in a boat. Save for a small open place on the left, the lake is entirely enclosed by a wood in which two great oaks are prominent on the right. Under the oaks sits a shepherd watching sheep. More sheep are on the bank. In the centre foreground a man with a basket on his back, leading a boy by the right hand, walks to the right. [Probably identical with S3 1 -]