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 216 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 684. A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES. An oak stands near a stream flowing through the landscape. To the left are two men in a boat. Trees on the bank shade the water. A small, early picture, somewhat dry in style. Formerly catalogued as a Ruisdael, but now described as of the Dutch school in the manner of H. Saftleven. Panel, 6 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of Daniel Mesman, bequeathed to the Museum in 1834. In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1902 catalogue, No. 387. 685. A BROAD RIVER, WITH AN ANGLER. Sm. 343. A little boat lies near trees on the right. In the distance is a sailing boat. To the left are the picturesque ruins of an old castle. At the base of the ruins is an angler. An "excellent picture" (Sm.). Canvas, about 21 inches by 25 inches. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 851. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House ; it was there in 1835 (Sm.). 686. A RIVER-MOUTH WITH FISHING- BOATS. In the right-hand corner two men in a little boat draw in their nets. In the centre are two vessels, one of them with sails furled. Beyond, ships are sailing in sunlight. Storm-clouds in the sky. On the distant bank are houses and trees. Signed on the right at foot with the full name, which is spelt in an unusual manner with a y, "Ruysdael" ; panel, 13 inches by 23 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 103 ; and at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 1890, No. 69. In the collection of C. T. D. Crews, London. 687. A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH THE ENTRANCE TO A VAULT. In the right foreground is the red-brick entrance to a vault. In front of it are a woman and a dog. The wall runs back to the centre of the middle distance and protects the high bank, up which there is a flight of steps in the right foreground. On the bank are great trees, with houses to the right. To the left, on the river, are two men in a boat. The farther bank is thickly wooded. In the centre foreground is a tree-stump ; to the left is a low fence. The river flows into the distance, where there is a view of flat country. Signed in full, and dated 1649 not 1679, as the catalogue states ; panel, 28 inches by 36^ inches. In the Harrach collection, Vienna, 1897 catalogue, No. 315. 687*7. Fishermen. Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1699 (Hoet, 145), No. 10 (31 florins 10). 687^. A Sandy River Landscape with Little Boats. [Very probably identical with 589.] 22^ inches by 27^ inches. Sale. G. Hoet, The Hague, August 25, 1760, No. 123 (90 florins, Pieter Yver).