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 76 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Then in the collection of G. R. von Epstein, Vienna. In the possession of the Vienna dealer F. Schwarz. Purchased for the gallery in 1887 by the Frankfurter Kunstverein. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frank for t-on- Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 272A. 224. A WATERFALL. A waterfall, rushing down between rocks, fills the whole width of the foreground. To the right lies a tree- trunk, half in the water. In the middle distance is a placid piece of water. Beyond, the bank is sparsely covered with trees. A man with a sack on his back walks to the left. Beyond to the right is a house with a flat roof. At the door to the left is a woman ; in front of her, to the right, are two men conversing and a boy. Farther to the left lie four tree - trunks. Behind him the wooded ground rises. A storm is coming on. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 27 inches by 21 inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of Fritz Gans, Frankfort-on-Main. 224*. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER- FALL. The water rushes down in front in two falls between rocks overgrown with vegetation. In the left foreground is a great oak, with trees beyond. On the right and farther back, on a sunlit rock, are two beeches with the stems much bent over ; beyond them is a wood. To the right of the oak is a view of a plain. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; panel, 26 inches by 30 inches. Exhibited at Copenhagen, 1891, No. 190. In the collection of Baron Reedtz-Thott, GaunO. 225. A CHAPEL BY A WATERFALL. Sm. 162. In front is a waterfall with masses of rock. In the left middle distance are trees. To the right is a chapel on a little hill, with trees in front and at the side. Under the trees is a shepherd with four sheep. In the immediate fore- ground, at the edge of the picture, lies a large rock. Overcast and gloomy sky. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 27 inches by i inches. Acquired in exchange from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1825. In the Royal Gallery, The Hague, 1907 catalogue, No. 153 ; valued by Sm. in 1835 (at 200}. 226. A WATERFALL IN A HILLY LANDSCAPE. Sm. 288. In the foreground are two waterfalls, separated by a great mass of rock, and flanked by rocks to right and left. On the left is another smaller fall. In the foaming water below are rocks. In front, on the banks to right and left, are rushes. Beyond the stream to the right is a steep rocky bank with two fir trees. Beyond this to the right is a cottage, with a woman standing at the door. Beyond the stream to the left is rising ground with firs and a shepherd and his flock in front of them. On the extreme left lie tree-trunks. In the centre is a view of hills. A hill clothed with leafy trees rises on the right behind the cottage.