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 240 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. arch. To the left are two willows and two little boats, in one of which is a man. In the centre is a fisherman. Grey clouds and clouds in full sunlight. There is a vivid contrast between the red of the brick ruins and the green of the trees. The figures are by Ruisdael himself. [Pendant to 755.] Signed on the left at foot. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House ; it was there in 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 440). 755. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH WATER AND RUINS. The ruins are not so extensive as those in the pendant, 754. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House. 756. LANDSCAPE WITH A RUINED CASTLE. To the left is a stream with a man fishing. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; canvas, 18 inches by 24 inches. In the Provincial Museum, Hanover, 1891 catalogue, No. 477. 757. A LANDSCAPE WITH RUINS. Sm. Suppl. 105. On the right, on a bank, are the ruins of a castle, mostly built of brick. On a low wall in the centre grows a large tree, and in front of it another large tree bends to the left over a weedy pool. Inside the ruins is a peasant. In the distance are low hills. Signed in full, and dated 1673 ; panel, i6| inches by 22^ inches. Sales. Sir John Pringle and others, London, 1838 (^178 : ios., bought in). Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 76 (6800 francs, MUndler). Bought from the Paris dealer Sano for the National Gallery in 1865 (with Velazquez' "Philip IV." for 1200). In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 746. 758. LANDSCAPE : AN EXTENSIVE FLAT WOODED COUNTRY. In the right foreground are the ruins of a castle with a bastion, which are reflected in the still water of a pool which fills the right half of the foreground. Beyond trees on the farther bank, and a field, a great village church (that of Beverwyk?) rises above trees in the left middle distance. In the distance, across a sunlit plain, is a wind-mill. In the distance to the right is another village church. Dark rain-clouds to the left. The composition was painted from the same spot as 750 (Kempner collection), but with the following differences. This picture is relatively broader. The ruins extend farther to the right. The distance between the ruins and the church in the middle distance is relatively less. The distant church is placed more to the left. There are three swans on the pool, and two shepherds with sheep in the left foreground. Signed in full ; 42^ inches by 57 inches. In the Wynn Ellis collection, bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1876. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 990. 759. LANDSCAPE WITH RUINS. Sm. 218. To the left are the ruins of an old brick building. In the centre, close to an old oak,