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 320 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. three white roofs stand out in effective contrast against the dark cloudy sky. [Possibly identical with IO28/!] Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 1 1 inches by 13^ inches. Sales. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 91 (3000 francs) ; noted by Paul Eudel, 1884, p. 348. Tarral, Paris, January 27, 1887 (1980 francs) ; noted by Paul Eudel, 1888, p. 70. 1030. A Winter Landscape. Sm. Suppl. 42. A windmill stands on a pile of old brickwork with an archway under it. A square cottage stands in the centre. In the distance is a large house under repair, with scaffolding round it. In front, peasants break the ice on a frozen river. The whole landscape is under snow. In the sky are dark snow-clouds. " Admirably painted " (Sm.). Canvas, 1 8 inches by 22 inches. In the collection of the Hon. W. P. T. Long Wellesley, Brussels, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. G. Rothan, Paris, May 29, 1890, No. 86 (8000 francs). 1031. A WINTER EVENING. In the right foreground a woman warms herself, near a snow-covered cottage. In the distance a horseman rides towards a farm, the chimney of which is smoking. Catalogued as by Wouwerman, but unquestionably the work of Ruisdael. Even the figures are not by Wouwerman. Signed on the left with the monogram of Ph. Wouwerman ; panel, y inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Ed. Kums, Antwerp, May 17, 1898, No. 138 (950 francs, Madame Osterrieth). 103 1*. A Frozen River with a Watermill. Figures. A distant village. 21 inches by 26 inches. Sale. Sir Henry Meysey Thompson, Bart., and others, London, March 16, 1901, No. 95. 1031^. A Castle amid Trees in Winter. 14 inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Lovett and others, London, April 27, 1907, No. 86 (105, Wallis). 1031^. A Winter Landscape. Sm. 259. A large thatched cottage stands to the right in a field, round which a canal runs diagonally through the landscape. On a road to the left is a man with a bundle on his back, followed by a dog. Four men skate on the canal ; a fifth man stoops to fasten his skates. Other persons are in the distance. Dark cloudy sky. " A good picture " (Sm.). Canvas, i inches by 18 inches. Sm. does not mention the name of the owner, but may possibly have intended to suggest that this picture, as well as Sm. 260 (773), belonged to Colonel Howard. 1032. A LIMEKILN AT NIGHT. The kiln is burning fiercely.