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 xiii JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 177 560. A Wooded Landscape with a Stream. Sm. 27. In a stream in front are two ducks and four of their young. A rough path leads over a low hill to the right, beside an elder bush. Weeds grow in the stream. " A production of the rarest excellence and beauty " (Sm.). Panel, 14 inches by 18 inches. Sales. Lempereur, Paris, March 24, 1773 (800 francs). Gros, Paris, April 14, 1778 (1300 francs); mentioned by Ch. Blanc, i- 437- Godefroy, Paris, April 25, 1785 (1300 francs). Madame Bandeville, Paris, December 3, 1787 (600 francs). In the collection of Jeremiah Harman, London, 1835 (Sm., who valued it at i57 : I os.). Sale. Jeremiah Harman, London, May 17, 1844 (.378, Burland). 561. The Entrance to a Wood. In front of a hill with a young beech-wood stands an old oak with scanty yellow foliage, broken at the top and partly stripped of its bark. Woodcutters chop the last branches from a felled beech stem which glitters in the light. Opposite the wood, above a small hedge, rise other groups of trees. In the centre foreground are a sandy road and a little torrent, crossed by a plank, which flows into a river. Beyond are bushes, a village with a church tower and two wind- mills. Cloudy sky. The figures are by A. van de Velde. [Possibly identical with 642^.] Canvas, 20 inches by 23 inches. Sale. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 210. 562. The Edge of a Wood. An old tree, with only a few branches and a little fresh foliage, hangs over a stream, which flows along the edge of a wood and reflects the trees. Beyond is a little wooded hill. Panel, 12^ inches by 6 inches. Sale. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 217. 562*7. A Wood with a Still Pool. In front is a pool ; a young oak stands beside a winding road. To the right are trees and bushes. Beyond are the outskirts of the wood and a far-reaching distance. Canvas, 25^ inches by 2i| inches. Sale. J. Ancher, Amsterdam, April 6, 1847, No. 67 (410 florins). 562/5*. Three Cows in a River. In a wooded landscape. Farther away are men fishing. Panel, 36 inches by 27^ inches. Sale. M. de Jongh, widow of P. J. van Oosthuijse van Rijsenburg, The Hague, October 18, 1847, No. 265. 563. A Wooded Landscape with a Pool. Sm. 58. A large pool with weeds and bulrushes covers most of the foreground. On the bank is a clump of trees. To the left, on a road over a hill, is a man followed by two dogs. Panel, 13^ inches by 18 inches. In the collection of John Newington Hughes, 1835 (Sm.). Sale. J. Newington Hughes, London, April 14, 1848 Gi6 : 5 : 6, Reinagle). VOL. IV N