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 xiii JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 307 985. A WINTER LANDSCAPE. Sm. Suppl. 82. A small frozen stream leads from the right foreground to the left distance ; the bank to the right is somewhat steep. Almost in the centre are two figures with a sledge. Farther to the left a man with a long stick over his shoulder goes away. In the left middle distance is a wooden bridge over the stream ; on it is a man. Beyond the bridge are two figures on the ice. Close to the right bank, near the sledge, a boat is frozen in. On the bank are planks. Beyond are low cottages, covered with snow. Beyond and to the left of these is a square tower with a high-pitched roof and a lower building added on the left. To the right of the cottages some willows stand out against the sky. On the extreme left is a thatched cottage, partly cut off by the frame j to the right of it lie two casks. Very dark cloudy sky. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; canvas, 16^ inches by 19! inches. Bought in Rotterdam from F. J. Noordwijk in 1811. In the collection of J. Rombouts, Dordrecht, 1842 (Sm.) and 1850. In the collection of L. Dupper, bequeathed in 1870 to the Rijksmuseum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1910 catalogue, No. 2079. 986. A SNOWY LANDSCAPE. Sm. 23. In the left fore- ground lies a tree-trunk. Farther back, in the middle, a man and a boy stand conversing with another man who stoops to pick up a bundle of faggots. To the right, beyond the group, is a cottage. In the left distance two figures go towards a church ; the square tower with its stepped gable rises above cottages and trees. The figures are by Ruisdael himself. "A perfect transcript of nature" (Sm.). [Cf. 988.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 14^ inches by ii inches. A replica, according to Sm., was in the sale : C. A. de Calonne, Paris, 1787 (285 francs). Exhibited with the Six collection, Amsterdam, 1900, No. 120. In the collection of G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 508). Sales. G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 200 (125 florins, J. Odon). P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August I, 1810, No. 88 (400 florins, Spaan). H. Croese, Amsterdam, September 18, 1811, No. 75 (420 florins, Van Raven). H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 131 (475 florins- according to Sm.). In the collection of Six van Hillegom, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of J. Six, Amsterdam. 987. A WINTER LANDSCAPE. Sm. 223. In the centre foreground are two leafless trees and bushes. To the right of these, on a road leading away, a man walks off. To the left is a little frozen canal ; in the middle distance a wooden bridge leads over it to a cottage with a smoking chimney on the left. To the left of the cottage is a haystack ; behind it is a small wood. In the right distance are skaters on a frozen river, crossed in the distance by a stone bridge with many arches. On