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 xm JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 59 a footbridge, with the sluice in the middle, which is closed. The buildings and bridge are mirrored in the still water. Over the bridge is a view of a hill with trees. An excellent picture. Signed on the left with the monogram ; panel, 16 inches by 19 inches. Sale. E. Habich, Kassel, May 9, 1892, No. 125 (10,150 mark, Bodmer of Ztirich). 171. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER-MILL. Sm. in, and Suppl. 59. On the right is the mill, with a house of brick and timber. Between the two buildings are the water-wheels and the sluice, which two men have opened. The stream rushes down into the fore- ground. In the left foreground are piles and water-plants. The stream is confined by a high brick embankment, partly overgrown with bushes. Behind the mill are clumps of trees. "A most excellent production" (Sm.). Signed in full on a stone at the side, and dated 1653 ; panel, 22^ inches by 27 inches. Waagen (Suppl. 194) mentions "A Water - Mill " in the collection of George Field, 1857, and certainly means this picture, but describes it as on canvas, of considerable size. Sm. (ni) mentions "a picture corresponding in size and description with the preceding," but on canvas, as having been imported by the London dealer Emmerson and sold to William Beckford, as thence passing to Hume and to O'Neil, and thence to the collection of Charles Brind by 1835. Under Suppl. 59 he appears to regard the two pictures as one, with the following history. Possibly he was mistaken. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 957; and at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, 1871, and 1888, No. in. In the Vrancken collection, Lokeren, 1835 (Sm.). Sales. P. J. F. Vrancken of Lokeren, Antwerp, May 15, 1838, No. 3 (8030 francs) ; bought by Nieuwenhuys and sold to Charles Brind, before 1842 (Sm.). Charles Brind, London, May 10, 1849 (294, J. Field but to Norton, according to Art Sales}. In the collection of Barclay Field. Sale. George Field, London, June 10, 1893, No. 32. 171*. An Old Water-Mill. Panel, 14 inches by i6 inches. Sale. J. Senior, London, April 28, 1906, No. 148. 172. A WIND-MILL. On a bastion by a river. On the gallery of the mill are two men ; a third climbs the steps up to them. To right and left are tiled roofs. A hill overgrown with bluish willows and oaks, with two sheep on the slope. On the river is a boat. In the distance are bluish bushes and another mill. Blue sky with large grey clouds, and some birds. A very fine picture. Signed on the right at foot ; canvas, 20 inches by 26 inches. In the collection of G. Martius in Kiel, where it has been for about fifteen years.