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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 77 Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 28 inches by 22 inches. In the Steengracht collection, The Hague ; it was there in 1835 (Sm.). 227. THE WATERFALL. On the left a road leads to a hill. On it walks a man. In the grass are several sheep. Possibly painted from a scene in the neighbourhood of Bentheim, or in the Teutoburger- wald. Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 27! inches by 21 inches. In the Berlin Museum, 1906 catalogue, No. 899 A ; given by Berlin to Halle. In the Town Museum, Halle-on-the-Saale. 228. A MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE WITH A CHAPEL AND A WATERFALL. In the right foreground are great rocks overgrown with trees. At the foot is a shattered tree-trunk. Beyond, a foaming stream rushes down between the rocks. In the middle distance is a sunlit cornfield. To the left of it, on a hill covered with bushes, is a chapel with a slate roof and a belfry. Near it are two figures. Out of the wood come two peasants with a dog. In the distance are dark-blue hills. The figures are by Ruisdael himself. Signed with the monogram on a rock to the right, and apparently dated under the frame. In the collection of Nicolaus Hudtwalcker, Hamburg. In the collection of Johann Wesselhoeft, Hamburg. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, Wesselhoeft catalogue of 1889, page 15. 229. THE WATERFALL WITH SHEEP AT PASTURE. In the left middle distance is an oak with brown foliage. On the wooded slope near is a thatched cottage, with sheep amid fallen trees in front. To the right, before a grey conical hill which closes the view, are two tall and slender firs. In the centre a swollen mountain stream rushes down, first to the right and then to the left, forming a waterfall between great rocks. In the blue sky to the left are rich grey clouds on which a yellowish light is cast from the left. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 26 inches by 21 inches. Bought in 1887 from a Vienna dealer, who acquired it in England. In the Weber gallery, Hamburg, 1907 catalogue, No. 294 (old No. 247). 230. THE WATERFALL WITH A ROUND TOWER. In front, between great rocks, a waterfall rushes down, first to the left, then broken by a little step in the centre, and then to the right. In the right foreground, near a fir tree growing in the rocks, an oak branch hangs down in the water. To the left, beyond the foaming stream, are two lofty firs, with leafy trees behind. In the right middle distance a round tower stands on a steep hill. At the foot are thatched cottages and a wooden house with a red-tiled roof and a high chimney. Blue sky with clouds, which glow with a white light on the left. Signed in full on the right at foot j canvas, 27 inches by 22 inches. Bought in 1884 from a Vienna dealer, who acquired it in England. In the Weber gallery, Hamburg, 1907 catalogue, No. 295 (old No. 248).