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 252 JAUUtf VAIN KUlbJJALL SECT. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 42 inches by 50 inches. Exhibited at Leipzig, 1889, No. 202. In the collection of A. Twietmeyer, Leipzig. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1901, No. 41. Sale. C. Sedelmeyer, Paris, May 25, 1907, No. 163 (33,000 francs). In the collection of Marczell von Nemes, exhibited in the Budapest Museum. 799. THE ROAD TO THE VILLAGE. A road leads through the middle over a little bank, on which are two oaks to the right, towards a pool which fills more than the right half of the foreground. On the road a woman leads a boy by the left hand ; farther away is a man ; all three come forward. In the distance is a village amid trees. To the right is a big square church tower, with a wind-mill to the left. Signed in full in the centre foreground ; canvas, 2 1 1 inches by 24^ inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 168 ; and at The Hague, 1890, No. 91. In the collection of W. P. van Lennep, Amsterdam. Sale. Madame Messchert van Vollenhoven, born Van Lennep, Amsterdam, March 29, 1892, No. 8 (14,600 florins, Lesser). In the collection of Jules Forges, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort-on-Main. 800. A CANAL BEFORE A VILLAGE. The village lies in the middle distance amid trees and bushes. Beyond the trees to the left rise the tower and roof of a castle. In the centre, near red-tiled roofs, is a square wooden tower ; farther right are a wind-mill and more roofs. To right and left of the canal are trees. In the right foreground is a great tree ; in the right-hand corner is a decayed tree. Several men stand on a wooden bridge crossing the canal in the centre. In the water in front are two swans. Canvas, 22| inches by 26 inches. Etched by Bruder from a drawing by J. P. Veith. First mentioned in the Dresden catalogue of 1765. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1504. 801. LANDSCAPE WITH A GREAT TREE. The tree stands on a bank in the centre, in front of a very white cloud. Farther right is a house. Panel (?) probably canvas 60 inches by 50 inches. In the collection of Earl Howe, Gopsall. 802. THE VILLAGE STREET. The street leads from the right foreground through the centre into the distance. To the right, in the middle distance, is a sunlit house. A woman sits at the door, to which steps lead up. To the right is a corner of the house ; to the left is a tree. In the right foreground is the corner of a thatched cottage, with a broken fence round it and a tree to the right. To the left of the street and in the distance are many other houses. On the road in the middle distance