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 72 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. and filling the whole width of the picture. In the left foreground flows another mountain stream, with a rough wooden bridge, at one end of which are a man standing, a seated figure apparently a woman and a boy. Beyond the bridge and higher up is a thatched cottage ; in front of it are firs and leafy trees. In the right middle distance are high wooded cliffs with a castle. In the centre is a view of hills. Signed in full on the left on a rock ; canvas, 39! inches by 34 inches. Engraved by C. Haldenwang in the Musee Royal. Sale. Amsterdam, May 6, 1716 (Hoet, i. 196), No. 51 (56 florins, Reuver). In the collection of Madame Reuver, Delft, which was sold as a whole, December 18, 1750, to the Landgraf of Hessen-Kassel (for 40,000 florins; Hoet, ii. 394). In the principal Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 574. In the assembly hall of the Kassel Academy, 1783, No. 45. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15; valued by the experts, 1816 (at 1500 francs, according to Sm.). In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 398 (old No. 369). 213. A WATERFALL BEFORE A CASTLE. Sm. 7, and Suppl. 67. In the centre foreground a waterfall rushes down with great force and little foam. It is closely confined by rocks to right and left, and fills barely a third of the width of the picture. In the upper part of the fall is a mass of rock. On the left bank are bushes and the stump of a tree which trails in the water ; on the right bank are two tree-trunks. In the middle distance is a stretch of calm water. On the farther bank are bushes and ruins, amid which is a castle with a gallery and tower. Farther back to the left is a bridge, on which are three figures. To the left is a view of a hilly landscape. Cloudy sky. An " excellent picture " (Sm.). Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 27^ inches by 21 inches. Engraved by L. Flameng. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 931. In the collection of the Dowager Lady Stuart, 1830 (Sm.). Sales. Lady Stuart, London, May 15, 1841 (346 : ios., Norton). T. French, London, 1855 (367 : ios., Gritten). In the collection of F. Leicester, London. Sale. Prince DemidofF, San Donate, March 15, 1880, No. mi. In the collection of Martin A. Ryerson, Chicago ; who lent it to the Institute. In the Fine Art Institute, Chicago, 1907 catalogue, No. 5. 213*. Landscape with Trees and a Little Waterfall. A mountain stream forms a fall. Panel, 9 inches by 12 inches. In the collection of Francis Gibson, Saffron Walden, Essex, inherited by Lewis Fry in 1862. In the collection of the Right Hon. Lewis Fry, Clifton, Bristol. 213*7. [Identical with 287*7.] 214. THE WATERFALL BEFORE THE CASTLE - HILL. In a broad mountain valley a stream flows from the left dis-