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vii AELBERT CUYP 215 cart, with a man arranging the load. To the right is a figure in front of a house. In the distance is a church spire. Panel, 13 inches by 16 inches. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, James Donald bequest, 1908 catalogue, No. 253. 719. VIEW ON A RIVER BY MOONLIGHT. Sm. 15. A broad and placid stream fills the left side and foreground of the picture. To the right is a steep cliff. On the river, to the extreme left, lie two large sailing-ships. Near the shore, to the right, is a boat with four fishermen, two of whom are drawing in their nets. Beyond it are numerous other boats. A sky with light clouds ; moonlight. [Pendant to 650]. Canvas, i inches by 58 inches. Exhibited with the Six collection, Amsterdam, 1900, No. 21. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 74 (505 florins, Delfos). In the Van Winter collection. In the Six van Hillegom collection, Amsterdam, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of J. Six, Amsterdam. 720. A CLEAR MOONLIGHT NIGHT. In the right fore- ground, beside a broad lake, is a mill ; near it the moon is rising. Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel. Exhibited at Berlin, 1890, No. 36. In the collection of the late A. von Carstanjen, Berlin. 721. A River Landscape by Moonlight. To the left is a landing- place with two men and vessels. In the right foreground fishing-nets are drying. A very interesting picture, that may very well be an early work by A. Cuyp. Signed in full on a cask. In the collection of Sir Hickman Bacon, Gainsborough. 722. Landscape by Moonlight. To the right is a tall tree by the hedge of a meadow. The picture reminds one of A. van der Neer but is probably by Cuyp, as the handling of the foliage suggests. In the Hoogendijk collection, The Hague, No. 252. 723. River Landscape by Moonlight. Sm. 71, and Suppl. 8. In the left foreground are high trees ; beyond them are steep rocks with a building on their summit. On the river to the right are ships and sailing- boats. Clear sky ; a full moon. An "admirable" work (Sm.). Signed in full; panel, 21 inches by 18 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 367). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 104, by Lord Norman ton. Sales. (Probably) Hendrik Twent, Leyden, August 1 1, 1789, No. 47 (loo florins). Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (2820 francs). In the collection of Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart., 1834 (Sm.).