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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 159 Sales. Mrs. Brooks, Paris, April 16, 1877. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 445. In the collection of Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 179. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. Sale. Maurice Kann, Paris, June 9, 1911. 506. A POOL IN A WOOD. The pool fills the whole width of the foreground and stretches away into the distance. On both sides are dense woods. The trees on the right are partly illumined by the sun's rays breaking through clouds. Almost exactly in the centre fore- ground a massive old oak, with the top broken off and only a few leafy branches, stands on a narrow tongue of land projecting from the left into the still water. The oak stands out dark against the lighter trees behind. On the water to the left, beyond the oak, are three swans. Farther left, in shadow, are two anglers on a projecting bank. Signed in full ; canvas, 24 inches by 29^ inches. Exhibited at Marseilles, 1879. In the collection of the Due de Praslin, Paris according to Sedelmeyer's catalogue. In the collections, successively, of Bee and Madame Autran of Marseilles, and Douglas Fitch of Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1902, No. 40. In the collection of the late Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 507. COWS FORDING A STREAM. The cows are in the background of a wooded river landscape. In front a man is clearing tree- trunks from a low weir. Five other figures are in front, and two more at the back. Cloudy sky. Signed in full in the water to the right ; canvas, 16 inches by 25 inches. Engraved by Le Bas. In the collection of St. Priest, 1771. In the collection of Charles Heusch, 1835 catalogue, No. 25. In the collection of F. Heusch, London, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 255). In the collection of Lord Penrhyn, Penrhyn Castle. 507*. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A STREAM.- Sheep grazing, with a shepherd. A sunlit cornfield in the distance. A very early work. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; canvas, 39 inches by inches. Sale. D. Macintosh, London, 1857 (210, Fitzwilliam). In the collection of G. C. W. Fitzwilliam, Milton Hall, Peterborough. 508. A POOL IN A WOOD. Sm. 306. A stagnant pool, over- grown with flowering water-lilies and other plants, extends from the centre of the distance to the foreground. On either side are beeches and oaks, reflected in the water. In the right foreground is a great withered oak ; in front of it lies a felled beech, with the left end in the water. On