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 xm JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 231 Signed in full on the left j canvas, 35^ inches by 55^ inches. Sale. H. S. Smith and others, London, December 10, 1910, No. 68 (^2362 : I os., Lippmann). 727. Landscape. Sm. Suppl. 19. A tumble-down cottage on a river bank. Near it are bundles of reeds and an old pollard willow. On a barren hill in the distance are three figures. [Pendant to 875.] Described by Sm. from an etching by Primavisi. 728. Landscape. Sm. Suppl. 22. On the right is a thick wood. Along the edge of the wood is a road over a hill. A man and a boy walk on the road ; in front of them is a man with a stick on his shoulder ; beyond are two other figures. On the left is a stream, with a clump of trees on the bank. Described by Sm. from an engraving by F. Kettner. 729. A River Landscape. A river stretches diagonally across the picture. On the bank in the left foreground is a group of trees. At the edge of the bank are water-plants. The most prominent tree is an old oak, whose grey trunk and that of a beech near it contrast agreeably with the rest. Two persons rest under the oak ; two others go into the wood. On the right is a view over open country to the hilly distance. Canvas, 20^ inches by 22 inches. Sold by Sm. to W. Delafield, according to a MS. note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue. 730. LANDSCAPE WITH FELLED TREES NEAR WATER. In the distance is a group of cottages. Very light in tone ; the sky to the left is somewhat too blue. Of very good quality. Signed in full, and dated 1653 ; canvas, 22| inches by 19 inches. In the collection of the Marquis Pierre Louis Eveillard de Livois (who died 1790), Angers. In the Angers Museum, 1881 catalogue, No. 405 ; it has been there since 1790, and was definitely acquired in 1842. 731. A Hilly Landscape with Cattle. Sm. 293. To the left is a group of three oak trees. On a road near them a woman with a long stick stands conversing with a traveller who sits with a dog beside him. The woman's mule goes along the road. Beyond a placid stream, at which peasants water cattle, are cottages on a hill covered with bushes and trees. Figures and animals by Lingelbach. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 19 inches by 25 inches. Formerly in one of the Royal Prussian palaces. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 885 ; it was in the Berlin Museum in 1835 (Sm.). 732. Landscape with a Stream. Signed j canvas, 22 inches by 35 inches. Exhibited at Brussels, 1882, No. 205. In the Brugman collection, Brussels.