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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL n 11. INTERIOR OF THE NIEUWE KERK, AMSTER- DAM. Sm. 24. The spectator looks towards the main entrance, with the organ above it and the pulpit to the left. Among the various figures which are attributed to Philips Wouwerman are two women seated near the pulpit, a man standing in the centre of the aisle and looking towards the pulpit, and a boy behind him. Panel, 28 inches by 21 inches. In the Braamcamp collection, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 508). Sale. Gerard Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 201 (170 florins, P. Fouquet). In the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London, Richter's 1884 cata- logue, No. 148 ; it was in this collection in 1835 (Sm., who valued it at ^126 ; cf. Waagen, iii. 481). 12. VIEW OF THE OLD FISH-MARKET, AMSTER- DAM. Painted from almost the same standpoint as the Rotterdam picture (13), but a little more of the Weigh-house notably the chimney is shown on the right. The vessels lying at the quay and the figures are different. [Compare 8, I3/] Signed in full ; canvas, 21 J inches by 26 inches. Etched by Rouveyre. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 450. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 182. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. Sale. Maurice Kann, Paris, June 9, 1911. 13. VIEW OF THE OLD FISH-MARKET, AMSTER- DAM. In the foreground is the Dam ; on the right is the Weigh-house, half cut off by the frame. The broad canal called the Damrak is in the centre, with the Papenbrug crossing it in the background. On both sides are rows of houses ; above them, to the right, rises the tower of the Oude Kerk. In the square in front ladies and gentlemen walk up and down. Sailing ships lie at the quay to right and left ; white sails are seen in the distance above the bridge. Blue sky, with clouds. A late work. The figures, though ascribed to Gerard van Battem, are by Ruisdael himself. [Pendant to 8. Compare 12, 13^] Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 21 inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1876. Sales. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739, No. 74 (32 florins). The bridge over the Damrak is wrongly called the Nieuwebrug. Amsterdam, March 6, 1769, No. 62. Mile. A. C. Putman, Amsterdam, August 17, 1803, No. 72 (76 florins, Reyers). Engelberts and Tersteeg, Amsterdam, June 13, 1808, No. 128 (260 florins, with pendant, Nieuwenhuys). H. de Kat of Dordrecht, Paris, May 2, 1866, No. 72 (2350 francs, Boymans Museum). In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 264 (old No. 244).