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 xiii JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 227 713/2. A Flat Landscape. It is intersected by a river. In front are plants and tree-trunks. Canvas, 6i inches by 49 J inches. Sales. Castelan or Le Rouge, Paris, 1816. Le Rouge, April 27, 1818 (?) (5000 francs, Pourtales). 714. A River Landscape. Sm. 238. To the right is a high steep hill covered with lofty trees. A road passes through the wood, giving a vista. To the left is a river, with distant country beyond. Canvas, 42 inches by 52 inches. Sale. Michael Zachary, London, 1828 (147). 715. Landscape with a Group of High Trees. Sm. 56. High trees on a hill fill most of the foreground. At the foot of the hill is a little stream ; to the right is a line of trees, with plants and the broken stump of a beech. On the hill are sheep ; beyond it is a peasant in a blue jacket. "This capital picture (which is unusually clear and fresh in tone) is brilliantly illumined with sunshine" (Sm.). Canvas, 37 inches by 46 inches. Sales. Madame Catalani, 1816 (5000 francs). Thomas Emmerson, London, 1829 (.573 : 6s.). 716. A Hilly Landscape. Sm. 274. A road leads obliquely from the right and winds over a hill to a cottage on the left. The cottage, which is partly hidden by a clump of trees, stands at the foot of a hill whose top is in the clouds. At the foot of a rugged bank is a stream ; beyond it is a river. On the road is a man, followed by a dog. " A free and spiritedly-painted picture" (Sm.). Canvas, 15 inches by 18 inches. In the collection of Dr. Fletcher, Gloucester, 1835 (Sm.). 717. Landscape. Sm. 281. On the left is a rugged hill, on the top of which is a small country-house amid trees. A shepherd with a dog and sheep is near the front. A stream flowing round the foot of the hill divides it from a meadow on the right. [Cf. 719^.] Canvas, 16 inches by 21^ inches. In the collection of H. J. Munro, London, 1835 (Sm.). 718. A Bold Rocky Landscape. Sm. 264. Two cottages stand on the top of a high hill, the sides of which are partly wooded. A woman with a bundle at her back stands conversing with a man who sits at the foot of the hill. A man and a girl walk up the hill. A stream flows along the front. A dark evening. Canvas, 22 inches by 25^ inches. In the collection of Frederick Perkins, London, 1835 (Sm.). 718*. A River Landscape. Figures and animals. Canvas, 12^ inches by 14 inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 578.