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 xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 39 1 and rides forward over the rolling sandy ground. A fine work. [Com- pare Ruisdael (483). See introduction, p. 351.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; panel, q inches by n inches. In the collection of Robert Geelhand, Antwerp. Sale. Huybrechts, Antwerp, May 12, 1902, No. 89 (11,500 francs, Le Roy of Brussels). 112. Landscape with a Water-Mill. Sm. 97. On the left is an overshot water-mill. The stream flows along two-thirds of the front. On the farther bank a high road traverses the landscape, and winds away into the left distance ; on either side of it are a few cottages. To the right is broken ground with high trees and bushes, amid which are cottages. On the road are a man, a woman, and a child with a pack-horse. A man with a bundle goes towards a cottage on the right. Gleams of sunshine here and there. Canvas, about 30 inches by 42 inches. Described by Sm. from a copy, in 1835. 1 1 ia. Landscape with Wind-Mills. To the right are wind-mills and other buildings. The miller climbs a ladder, at the foot of which a peasant puts down meal-bags. At the roadside is a traveller. Near him is a stream with a little wooden bridge. In the distance is a plain, with hills beyond. Cloudy sky. About 15 inches by 19 inches. In the Vlassoff collection, Moscow, 1821 catalogue, supplement, p. 41. ii2b. Landscape with Houses, a Mill, and Figures. Sale. London, 1812 (157 : IDS., Bayn). 113. ROAD IN THE WOODS. Sm. 107, and Suppl. 22. A thick and ancient wood fills the whole breadth of the picture. In front is a glade with a road leading away from the centre. On the road is a waggon, in front of which a man rides a grey horse, followed by two dogs ; nearer the front a lady and gentleman are walking. In the right fore- ground is a hunstman in a red coat, with two dogs. Amid old oaks with autumn foliage, to the left of the road, rises the gable of a timbered cottage, with a dovecot fixed over the first storey. At the open door a person stands conversing with a woman who carries a little child on her back, and has a boy at her side. Behind the cottage are large and lofty oaks. To the right of the house is a small wooden hut, from which a fence extends to the right edge of the picture. Masses of rolling clouds above to the right. "This capital production is remarkable for the firmness and precision of the execution, and for the rich impasto of colour with which every part is painted ... if the gradations were more carefully preserved, and the light carried more freely among the trees, it might be placed among the artist's best works. The figures are by the pencil of Lingel- bach"(Sm.). Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 37^ inches by 51 inches. Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1909, No. 52.