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 xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 253 a man comes forward ; his dog leaps up at him. Catalogued as by Salomon van Ruysdael. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 20 inches by 25 inches. Presented to the museum in 1874 by L. Mesnard. In the Grenoble Museum, 1891 catalogue, No. 418. 803. LANDSCAPE WITH A COTTAGE ON A HILL. Panel, 9 inches by 9 inches. In the possession of the Hamburg dealer E. Harzen, who bequeathed it to the Kunsthalle. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 152. 804. LANDSCAPE WITH TWO HOUSES. A dark mass of trees in front of a grey cloudy sky. In front are banks and tree-trunks. In the right middle distance are cows and sheep. On a hill to the left are two houses. At the brick doorway of one house, a sort of barn, a woman with a dog watches a waggon, drawn by a grey horse, in which are the driver and a cavalier conversing with a lady. A view of the sea with three sailing-boats. The foliage is dark, but the middle tones are most prominent. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 19 inches by 25 inches. In the collection of Baron de Beurnonville. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger, In the Georg Rath Museum, Budapest, 1906 catalogue, No. 105 ; it has been there since 1884. 805. LANDSCAPE WITH A COTTAGE. The cottage stands amid thick bushes. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13^ inches by 14 inches. Presented by J. M. Commetter to the Kunsthalle. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 157. 806. LANDSCAPE WITH A COTTAGE. In front of the cottage is a herdsman with cows, pigs, and other animals. To the right is a tree stripped of its bark. On a sheet of water near it are ducks. Sunlight falls on the trees in the left distance. The figures, which are highly finished and prominent, are by Berchem. Signed in full, and dated 1646 ; panel, 28^ inches by 44 inches. In the collection of J. Amsinck, Hamburg, bequeathed to the Kunsthalle, 1879. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 159. 807. AN OAK WOOD WITH COTTAGES. In a placid pool in the left foreground are a cow, a goat, and two sheep. On the right the ground rises. In the right centre is a wooden shed, with sunlit earth in front, and a thick wood of high trees behind. In the left middle distance is a long thatched cottage, with sheep in front. In the left distance is a hill. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot j panel, 19! inches by 26 inches. In the Hanover Provincial Museum, 1891 catalogue, No. 475.