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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 61 In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 168 (old No. 241) ; it was there in 1835 (Sm., who valued it at .42). 176. THE WIND-MILL. Sm. Suppl. 3. A river flows from the left background to the right foreground, with reeds in the left foreground and a little wooden bridge on the right. Near the bank is a wind-mill, with its sails turned slightly to the left and seen against the distance. At the open door of the mill stands a man ; a woman bends down. To the right of the mill is a shed. In the distance to the left are two square towers one of them with a ruined steeple and a church, only the walls of whose nave are standing ; beyond them is a line of low trees. The mill is reflected in the stream. A fresh breezy morning. Panel, 12^ inches by 13 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1872, No. 167. In the collection of Earl Beverley, 1842 (Sm.) ; bought as a whole in 1851 by J. M. and S. M. Smith. In the collection of Thomas Baring, London, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 99). In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 90. 177. A WIND-MILL. A wind-mill stands on the high bank of a river, amid trees and red-roofed houses. Another wind-mill stands farther back. The river, crossed by a bridge, fills the foreground. Clear sky with a great black cloud. Very much in the style of Hobbema. Signed on the left at foot ; panel, 9^ inches by 1 3^ inches. In the collection of the Marquis de Calviere till 1841, when it was sold. In the collection of Lord Overstone, London, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 146). In the collection of Lady Wantage, London, 1905 catalogue, No. 204. 178. Two Mills in the Background of a Hilly Landscape. On the right is a sandhill overgrown with bushes and trees ; on the slope, near a road, a goat and a sheep graze. At the foot of the hill is a great root or dead branch of a tree. In the centre, farther back, a road leads halfway up the hill and downwards past a cottage on the left. In front of the cottage a horseman halts. In front to the left is sandy ground, partly overgrown with grass. Beyond it is a still pool, with an angler seated on the nearer bank, and two wind-mills, one behind the other, on the farther bank. In the distance is the town of Haarlem, with the church of St. Bavo. At a first visit this seemed an unattractive picture. The lighting of the clouds and foreground does not harmonise, and the attribution to Ruisdael is not quite assured. Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; panel, 23 inches by 28| inches. In the picture gallery of the Germanic Museum, Ntirnberg, 1893 catalogue, No. 334. 179. A WIND-MILL ON A RIVER-BANK. Sm. 21. A placid stream winds from the distance to the foreground, which it fills. The left bank is overgrown with trees. The right bank is rather steep