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 xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 303 the watch. To the left a fishing-boat runs before the wind. Beyond are a frigate and other ships. Canvas. Sale. Comte de Morny, Paris, May 24, 1852, No. 23 (4000 francs). 976*. Sea-Piece. In the Strahl collection, Berlin, 1856 (Parthey, ii. 462). 976^. Sea-Piece. A storm : signals j two figures on a wooden breakwater. Sale. London, 1856 (315, P. Norton). 976^. Merchant Vessels on a Rough Sea. Panel, 12^ inches by 1 8 inches. Sale.M. Wolff, Berlin, May 25, 1857, No. 296. 976^. A Stormy Sea. Two or more of the following may be identical : Sales. Amsterdam, April 19, 1735 (Hoet, i. 440), No. 58 (n florins 10). Amsterdam, September 16, 1739 (Hoet, i. 604), No. 95 (20 florins). M. ten Hove and J. A. Tourton, Amsterdam, April 8, 1760, No. 90 (31 florins, Van Heist). Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 706 ; then in the collection of Lord Hatherton. 976^. Sea running High. Cloudy sky. A coaster is assisted by a larger vessel. Canvas, 25^ inches by 34^ inches. In the Rost collection, Dessau, 1859 (Parthey, ii. 461). 977. A Stormy Sea. Sm. Suppl. 56. On a breakwater of planks and piles, to the right, the waves break, throwing up masses of spray. Beyond a dark shadow along the centre are two coasters ; one, with a red mainsail and a white foresail, runs before the wind, while the other, farther away and on a different tack, heels over to the gale. On a line of low coast in the distance is a town with a church. The sky is almost covered with masses of cloud, tinged with the glow of an autumn morning. "Admirable" (Sm.). Canvas, 18 inches by 2i|- inches. Sold by Gritten in 1841 (for 200). In the collection of William Theobald, London, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. W. Theobald, London, May 10, 1851 (74: us., Gritten). F. Leicester, London, May 1860 (^162 : 153.). 97 7#. Sea-Piece : Twilight. 15 inches by 17 inches. In the Von Krane-Matena collection, Darmstadt, 1862 (Parthey, ii. 461). 977/>. Sea-Piece with a Shore. Several vessels. Figures by A. van de Velde. Panel, 19 J inches by 17 inches. In the Von Krane-Matena collection, Darmstadt, 1862 (Parthey, ii. 461).