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 jo JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Panel, 14^ inches by 12 inches. Sale. H. A. van der Heuvel, Utrecht, June 27, 1825, No. 51 (loo florins, bought in). 8. VIEW OF THE DAM, WITH THE OLD WEIGH- HOUSE, AT AMSTERDAM. In the left centre of the middle distance is the old Weigh-house, bearing the arms of the town (of 1656). Sacks are being weighed outside the two open doors. On the left a narrow street the Nieuwe Dijk leads away into the background. On the right are the Damrak with ships and a drawbridge at the back, and the tower of the Oude Kerk rising to the right above the houses. In the square are numerous figures. On the ground to the left is a group of vegetable-dealers, from whom a lady with a little girl makes a purchase ; in the centre three ladies are conversing. To the right of them is a man with a long pole. Next come a group of men, and on the extreme right, near the front, a maidservant standing near a woman seated by her vegetables. There is a similar picture at Rotterdam (13). In both cases the figures are attributed to Eglon van der Neer or Gerard van Battem, but are by Ruisdael himself. An example of the master's last period. [Pendant to 13. Compare 12, 13^] Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 2o| inches by 26 inches. Sale. Engelberts and Tersteeg, Amsterdam, June 13, 1808, No. 128 (260 florins, with pendant, Nieuwenhuys). In the Pastor collection, Burtscheid, 1820. In the Suermondt collection, Aachen; acquired in 1874 by the Berlin Museums. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 8850. 9. A PANORAMA OF AMSTERDAM. Seen from the scaffolding of the town-hall, which was then building (1648-55). The polders on the farther bank of the Y are to be noted. Signed in full ; canvas, 16 inches by 16 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 145. In the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood ; it was there in 1854 (Waagen, iii. 160). 10. A VIEW ON THE AMSTEL AT AMSTERDAM. Sm. 269. The river fills much of the right-hand side of the picture. In the centre is a road with several figures ; on the river are a raft of timber and a small vessel, from which a gun is being fired. On the left are three windmills, houses, and a bleaching-ground. The town, with its many churches and public buildings, extends In the background. One may distinguish the Westerkerk, the town-hall, the Zuiderkerk, and Oude Kerk, as well as the great synagogue. The blockhouses are not shown. Signed on the left at foot ; canvas, 2o| inches by 25^ inches. In the collection of the Hon. Henry Windsor, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of A. A. van Sittart. In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1902 catalogue, No. 74.