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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 13 Canvas, 26 inches by 30 inches. Sales. P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 317 (600 florins, Gildemeester). Jan Gildemeester, Amsterdam, June 1 1, 1800, No. 189 (1000 florins, Labouchere). 1 7. View of Amsterdam. The Amstel fills the right-hand side of the picture. In the centre is a canal bordered by a meadow. A ray of light illumines the town. In the sky are masses of storm-cloud. Canvas. Sale. Comte de Morny, Paris, May 24, 1852, No. 24 (3100 francs). 1 8. View of the Dam, Amsterdam. From the Dam the spec- tator sees the so-called " House under sail," the Fish-market, and the Damrak, with the Corn Exchange and the Y in the distance. The square is dotted with figures going to market or promenading ; the train- bands are drawn up. Some rays of light break through the clouds and enliven the scene. The figures are ascribed to A. van de Velde. Canvas, 18 inches by 17 inches. Sales. Johan Verkolje, Amsterdam, October 24, 1763, No. 40 (81 florins, Jan van Dalen). Amsterdam, September 26, 1854, No. 34 ; and November 29, 1854, No. 40 (2675 florins). 19. View of the Dam, Amsterdam. Sm. 112, and Suppl. 60. The spectator looks towards the canal, the Fish-market, and the old Weigh-house. Numerous figures enliven the scene. Among them are a man carrying a large fish on a pole over his shoulder, and two girls near him. Canvas, 21 inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1856. In the Vrancken collection, 1835 (Sm.). Sales. Vrancken, Lokeren, 1838, No. 4 (3225 francs, Chaplin). Chaplin, London, April 4, 1848 (94 : IDS., bought in). In the collection of F. Leicester, London, 1856. 20. View of the Amstel at Amsterdam. The spectator looks from the Beerenbijt. The Amstel flows between trees and houses to the great sluice, and is then lost in the town. The sun breaking through the clouds illumines here and there the towers and buildings. In the fore- ground, in shadow, is a house amid trees. Signed in full on the left ; canvas, 22| inches by 26^ inches. Sale. H. de Kat of Dordrecht, Paris, May 2, 1866, No. 71 (2650 francs). 21. THE CASTLE OF BENTHEIM. Sm. 16. The castle stands in the left middle distance on the rocky summit of a hill. To the right is a valley through which runs a road. In front are masses of rock between which flows a stream forming a little waterfall. On the left bank a shattered tree-trunk, beside the stump, lies diagonally across the stream. Farther back the stream widens ; on the left bank a shepherd drives his sheep forward. A fine picture, full of light. [Pendant to 319.]