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 xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 35 87. View of Haarlem and its Environs. The landscape is in shadow. Only a few spots are illumined by the sunlight breaking through clouds. The sea in the distance is in sunlight. In the Henderson collection, London, 1854 (Waagen, Suppl. 212). 88. View of the Plain of Haarlem, with the Town in the distance. In front is a hill with a pool at the foot. A woman, who has just washed her feet, converses with a peasant who stands before her. Farther back sits a shepherd tending his sheep. Another man, almost in the middle, drives forward his sheep and a cow. The figures are ascribed to A. van de Velde. Canvas, 21 inches by 26 inches. Sales. Le Bas Courmont, Paris, 1792. Heris (Eire), Brussels, March 25, 1841, No. 20 (6750 francs) ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 442. Tardieu the younger, Paris, February 4, 1851. Th. Patureau, Paris, April 20, 1857, No. 29. 89. View of Haarlem. In front are meadows surrounded with trees and bushes. Workpeople spread out linen to bleach. On the right is a hilly country with cottages bordering on the bleaching-ground. To the left is the church tower. In the distance is the broad plain of Haarlem with the ruins of the castle of Brederode. A fine cloudy sky. Sunlight falls on the linen. Canvas, 2o| inches by 22 inches. Sale. Count Ph. Vilain XIII. and De R, Paris, May 2, 1857, No. 12. 89^. View of Haarlem. To the left is a cottage. A figure and a dog. Panel, 12 inches by 9! inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 10, 1853, No. 263 (100 florins, Asher). 89^. Country near Haarlem. Signed in full ; about 21 inches by 33^ inches. In the Suermondt collection, Aachen, 1860 (Parthey, ii. 455); but no Ruisdael of this size is now in the Aachen or Berlin Museum. 89^. A Wooded Height near Haarlem. The town is seen in the distance. In the Hertel collection, Ntirnberg, 1864 (Parthey, ii. 455). 89^. Dunes near Haarlem. At the foot of the dunes is a pool, near which is a group of great trees. In front is a herd of cows, with sheep. In the distance is a wide plain with the town of Haarlem. Panel, 13^ inches by 46 inches. Sale. A. Watering and others, Amsterdam, November 7, 1866, No. 138. 90. View of Haarlem. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 583. Then in the collection of E. A. Leatham.