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 xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 83 scape, in the left distance, is a waterfall. To the right is a dark wood. Cloudy sky. Canvas, 24 J inches by 19 J inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1880, No. 53. In the collection of John W. Prout, London. 250. A WATERFALL. Sm. 209. In a landscape a torrent flows across the middle distance between two hills with trees, and forms a waterfall in front. On the hill to the left is a shepherd with sheep. Afternoon sunlight. A "capital picture" (Sm.). Signed ; canvas, 34 inches by 39 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1828 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 21. Sale. Prince Galitzin, London, 1825 (7340 francs); it was then " very much disfigured with dirt" (Sm.). Bought by Sm. at a later date (for .525). In the collection of Abraham Robarts, London, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of A. J. Robarts, London. 250^. ROCKY LANDSCAPE. Lofty masses of rock descend steeply on the right to a river which forms a little waterfall. In the right foreground a dead tree lies in the water. On the cliffs are two cottages, in front of which is a herd of cows. Signed on the left at foot with the monogram ; canvas, 40 inches by 49 inches. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1908 catalogue, No. 50. 251. LANDSCAPE WITH WATERFALL. Sm. 216, and Suppl. 5. In the right middle distance is a broad and placid sheet of water, which flows to the front, forms a low and narrow waterfall over rocks with foaming eddies in the centre, and passes away to the left. On the rocks in the right foreground are two tree-trunks and the branches of a tree. To the left, across the stream, the bank, clothed with a few trees, rises steeply. On the top to the left is a cottage with the chimney smoking, against the sky. Beside the cottage, to the right, is a pile of logs, in front of which are three figures. Beyond and to the right of the cottage is a wood, through a gap in which is seen a square tower. Almost in the centre distance, across the water, are a church tower and the sails of two wind-mills. To the right of these rises a low hill. Cloudy sky. " This picture, in addition to the admirable freedom and bland style of execution, has the advantage of being unusually clear in tone" (Sm.). [Compare 310.] Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 40 inches by 55^ inches. A copy is in a private collection at The Hague ; it was formerly in the Kohlisch collection, Cairo, and in the sale : London, January 28, 1905, No. 106 (Preyer). Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 41. Sale. Baron Vivant Denon, Paris, May I, 1826, No. 114 (18,700 francs). Bought from the family of Baron Denon, Paris, 1841, by Sm. In the collection of W. Hornby, The Hook, near Southampton, 1842, who bought it from Sm. (for 560).