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 354 MEINDERT HOBBEMA SECT. CATALOGUE RAISONNE 1. The Village of Aalst, North Brabant. Panel, 24 inches by 32^ inches. Sale. J. A. Brentano, Amsterdam, May 13, 1822, No. 142 (475 florins). 2. VIEW OF THE MONTALBAANS TOWER AND THE KLOVENIERSBURGWAL, AMSTERDAM. To the right are the tower, seen from the north, with its pierced spire of two storeys, and a row of red-roofed houses amid trees on the right of the canal which flows from the right foreground to the left. A wooden bridge leads to a landing- place near trees on the left. A few great white clouds in the sky. Panel, 20 inches by 28 inches. Exhibited by the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, 1901, No. 90. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1901, No. 19. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort-on-Main ; not mentioned in Bode's catalogue. 3. VIEW OF THE HERRING -PACKERS' TOWER, AMSTERDAM, FROM THE SOUTH. Sm. 28. The Singel, with the new Haarlem sluice at the end, leads from the foreground to the distance. On it are two boats, in each of which is a man. Beyond the sluice is a drawbridge, with ships' masts rising above it. To the left is a great clump of trees. On the other side are several houses with small trees. Near them is the Herring-Packers' Tower. Among the figures on the quay are two men with a large basket. Others are busy at the sluice. A fine day. " An excellent production " (Sm.). Canvas, 30^ inches by 38 inches. Sales. P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August i, 1810, No. 41 (1000 florins, De Vries). H. Croese, Amsterdam, September 18, 1811, No. 31 (600 florins, De Vries). H. Croese, Amsterdam, July 20, 1812, No. 18 (455 florins, Gruijter). T. G. Campbell, London, 1831 (223 : 133.). Nieuwenhuys, London, May 10, 1833 (496 : 53., Reeve). In the collection of Baron J. G. Verstolk van Soelen, The Hague, No. 22, 1835 (Sm.) ; the collection was bought as a whole in 1846 by Thomas Baring, H. Mildmay, and Jones Lloyd ; this picture fell to Mildmay. Sale, H. B. Mildmay, London, June 24, 1893, No. 23 (2310). 4. View of Antwerp, with the Scheldt. 45 inches by 66 inches. Sales. Robert Ansell, London, February 15, 1771 (.26, Brunetti). (Probably) Joseph Salvator, London, January 27, 1773 ( 12 5 ' 1 7 S> Bailly). (Probably) T. White, London, 1774 (9 : 19 : 6, Lee).