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 1 86 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. right bank forms an angle to the left and then runs parallel to the lower edge of the picture. It is densely overgrown with trees ; a solitary beech, with sunlit bark, which bends a little to the right, is reflected in the water. To the left, beside the beech, are two figures, seen from the back ; one stands and the other is seated. Cloudy sky ; evening. [Very probably identical with 687^.] Signed in full on the right at foot j canvas, i inches by 26 inches. Engraved by Damman. Sales. Peacock, London, 1844 (.140 : 145., Sm., who sold it to R. White of Edinburgh for 200). R. White of Edinburgh, London, 1861 (120 : 155., Sm.). Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 455. Tabourier, Paris, June 20, 1898, No. 184. 589,2. A Wooded Landscape with a Pool. An angler. In the distance is a farm. Signed j 19^ inches by 22| inches. Sale. Alexander Boyle and others, London, June 25, 1898, No. no. 590. A RIVER IN A WOOD. A small and placid river flows from the distance and fills the whole width of the foreground. The banks, which are rather steep, are thickly covered with trees. On the extreme left is a little waterfall. [Possiby identical with 385^.] Signed ; canvas, 21 inches by 24^ inches. Sale. C. Scarisbrick, London, May II, 1861 (possibly 204:155., Woodin). In the collection of J. Walter, Bearwood. In the possession of the New York dealers Knoedler and Co. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 173. 591. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A BROAD POOL. Sm. 247. The pool fills the whole foreground. On the right side of the farther bank are tall trees, reflected in the water ; in their shade is a boat with three men and a woman. Farther left a man and a woman walk to the left. On the extreme left are trees reflected in the water. Between the two groups of trees, farther back, is a flock of sheep in a meadow ; beyond is a wood. Evening. Signed in full; canvas, 26 inches by 21 inches. Sales. C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 70 (640 florins, Hansen for De Haas). Abraham de Haas, Amsterdam, November 8, 1824, No. 36 (820 florins, Nieuwenhuys). Nieuwenhuys, London, May 10, 1833 (78 : 155.). In the collection of Henry Bevan, London, 1835 (Sm.). Sale. Sir Edmund J. Dean Paul, London, June 27, 1896. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1899, No. 46. 592. A POOL AT THE EDGE OF A WOOD. On a piece of ground in front lie four tree-trunks. Beyond is a still pool, the bank