Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/197

 xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 183 traveller. In the water on the extreme right are two other cows. Above them is seen a blue hill. Signed in full ; panel, 18 inches by 16 inches. Sales. Prince de Conti, Paris, March 15, 1779 (600 francs). Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794 (600 francs, Le Brun). In the Mestern collection, Hamburg, 1874 catalogue, No. 7. 577*. HORSEMEN FORDING A STREAM. A stream winds from the left distance to the foreground, where it divides into two channels to right and left. From the left several horsemen are crossing. One man has dismounted, and is about to lead his horse across by the bridle. Another man halts behind him to the left. A third, seen from the back, halts in front, with two dogs. A fourth, on the right, is mounting his grey horse ; a fifth has ridden a little way ahead. Other figures. On the left, near a bush in blossom, are two tree-trunks. A wood extends to left and right and in the distance. Above the tree- tops to the right rises a hill with a bare rocky top. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 20 inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 125. Then in the collection of Elizabeth Pringle, London. In the possession of the Paris dealer J. Depret since 1908. 57 7^. A River in a Wood, with Two Anglers. The river flows towards the right distance. In the right foreground two men sit angling from a projecting bank. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 15 inches by 21 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1878, No. 114. Then in the collection of Robert Williams, London. 578. A Wooded Landscape with a Rushy Pool in front. To the left are hills. Two men are on a hill-top. Many sheep. [Com- pare 644^.] 17 inches by 22 inches. Bought at a London sale, and sold to J. Dorington. Bought by Smith in 1855, and sold in 1856 to W. Fuller Maitland. Sale. W. Fuller Maitland, London, May 10, 1879 G388:ios., Harding). 579. A Marsh in a Wood. On the right is a wood ; in front is a marsh. Beyond is a flat landscape. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 23 inches by 26^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1880, No. 85. Then in the collection of E. W. Harcourt, London. 580. A Woodland Glade. On the left is a wood ; some oaks look yellow in the sunlight. In front and to the right is a pool covered with rushes and weeds ; on the water are ducks. On the bank is an angler. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 22^ inches by 28^ inches. Sale. Prince Demidoff, San Donato, March 15, 1880, No. 114.