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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 163 Ruisdael himself. " A truly fine work of the master " (Sm.). [Compare 3, a similar composition.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 56 inches by 72 inches. In the possession of the Vienna dealer Arteria, who sold it to the gallery in 1806. In the Imperial Gallery, Vienna, 1907 catalogue, No. 1337 (Sm. valued it in 1835 at 735)- 522. AN OAK WOOD WITH A STAGNANT POOL. In the right foreground is a meadow. On the road to the left a shepherd drives sheep forward. An early work. The sheep have been painted in by a later hand. Panel, 25 inches by 30 inches. In the collection of Count Lamberg, who presented it to the Academy in 1821. In the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 1900 catalogue, No. 877. 523. A WOOD WITH A POOL IN FRONT. Two birds fly away over the pool. To right and left are young oaks, with bushes and ash trees. In a glade in the middle distance is a shepherd with sheep. In the distance are wooded hills. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; canvas, 20 inches by 26| inches. In the collection of Count Lamberg, who presented it to the Academy in 1821. In the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, 1900 catalogue, No. 881. 524. A MARSH IN AN OAK WOOD. Evening. The water extends from the right distance, where it reflects the light, to the left fore- ground, where it spreads over the whole width of the picture. On the right the ground rises like a side-scene on a stage ; on the slope stand two oaks, whose stems project diagonally to the left into the picture. In the water, in the centre foreground are two beech stems ; the left-hand stem is broken near the base. Beyond, on the farther bank, is a thick bed of reeds. A very good picture. In the collection of Count Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna, No. 127. 525. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A BRIDGE. The bridge is in the centre, with water to right and left. The figures include a man on a bay horse, a man in red on a grey horse, and a man in yellow ; farther away are an angler and a sportsman. To the left is a sunlit spot. A fine sky. A very early work. In the collection of the late Baron Albert von Rothschild, Vienna. 526. TWO COWS DRINKING AT THE EDGE OF A WOOD. In a stagnant pool, stretching across the foreground, two cows stand on the right near the bank. One is seen from the left, in a three- quarter back view ; the other to the right stands in profile to the left, drinking. To the right and farther back the herdsman sits on the bank at the foot of a tree which is reflected in the water. On the bank in the