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 234 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 737. A Herdsman with Cows and Goats. Sm. 4. In front is a large sheet of water. Beyond it to the right a square tower adjoins a wall overgrown with trees and bushes. In the middle distance a peasant drives two cows and some goats. Canvas, 17 inches by 22 inches. Engraved by Le Bas (Sm.). Sales. Benet de Boisgerault, Paris, 1753. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (1650 francs). 73 7#. Landscape with Water. In front, near still water, are animals standing up or lying down. On a hill to the side is a post-waggon with figures. Panel, i6| inches by 24^ inches. Sale. Jos. Valette and others, Amsterdam, August 26, 1807, No. 187. 737^. A Wooded Landscape with Water. A road leads away past the water. Panel, 10 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Utrecht, November 7, 1810, No. 51 (34 florins). 738. A Herdsman with Cattle fording a Stream. Sm. 147. Almost in the centre foreground a man carries a burden ; a dog beside him sniffs at his legs. Farther back a herdsman drives cattle across a stream. On a road to the right are a cottage and oaks ; to the left is a cornfield partly reaped, with the corn gathered up in sheaves. A small wood. Figures by A. van de Velde. [Pendant to 689;'.] Panel, 9 inches by n| inches. Sales. N. Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 171 (181 florins, with the pendant, De Winter). H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 133 (450 florins, with pendant). 738*7. A Peasant with Sheep in a Hilly Landscape. At the side is a sheet of clear water with reflections. Beyond is a village. Sale. Amsterdam, April 14, 1813, No. 8 (20 florins, Gruijter). 738^. A Rocky Landscape with a Watercourse. Sale. Amsterdam, April 13, 1819, No. 70 (i florin 5, Vinkeles). 738^. Two Persons on Horseback near Water. The water is in front. Farther away two children wade across. Clouds in the sky cast shadows on the earth here and there. Figures by Ph. Wouwerman. Canvas, 19 inches by 22 inches. Sale. C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 88 (480 florins, Roos). 738^. Landscape with a Pool. A sportsman has just crossed a pool, at which his dogs drink. He follows a sandy path leading past a cornfield to cottages amid trees and bushes. Panel, 26 inches by 20 inches. Sale. P. J. de Marneffe, Brussels, May 24, 1830, No. 268.