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u6 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. ground rises, forming a green pasture, bounded by a thick wood in which is an old oak. A woman, seen from the back, sits on a tree-trunk, con- versing with a herdsman who stands leaning on a stick. The figures are by Van der Leeuw. Two sheep graze near them ; a third stands in the water. "A superlative production of art" (Sm.). Canvas, 20 inches by 23! inches. In the collection of Lord Coventry, London, 1835 (Sm.). 352. Peasants building a River-Dam. Sm. 5. A broad stream fills the greater part of the scene. It flows, between high banks clothed with oak and other trees and underwood, to the front, where it falls in a cascade. Here four men build a dam with branches of trees. A fifth man stands, stick in hand, on the bank, directing the work. Farther away a shepherd with sheep fords the stream. The figures are by A. van de Velde. Canvas, 16 inches by 25 inches. Engraved by Le Bas. Sale. St. Priest, 1771. In the collection of Charles Heusch, London, 1835 (Sm.). 353. A Waterfall. Sm. 161. A stream flows round the base of lofty rocks on the left and falls in a divided cascade in front. A log lying diagonally against a bank breaks the fall on the left. Farther back is a wooden bridge, which two peasants followed by a dog have crossed. Beyond this, on a high mass of rocks, is a cottage amid trees. A clump of young oaks stands on the edge of a bank in the middle ; beyond it is a second bridge. "A good example" (Sm.). [Pendant to 328.] Canvas, 27 inches by 22 inches. Engraved by Vocht in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte. In the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, No. 182 or 183, in 1815 (Buchanan, ii. 283). Sold privately in 1817. In the collection of Alexander Baring (Buchanan, ii. 286). In the collection of the Comte de Perregaux-Lafitte, Paris, 1835 (Sm.). 354. A Waterfall. Sm. 270. In the centre of a wild hilly land- scape a river flows smoothly between high rugged banks to the front, where it falls foaming between rocks, stones, and tree-trunks. On the farther bank is a boat-house. Beyond it a building with two towers is partly hidden amid trees. On the other side is a church. Rainy sky. Canvas, 27 inches by 22 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1831. In the collection of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., 1835 (Sm.) : apparently not now in the collection of Lord Ridley. 354*. A Wooded Hill Landscape with a Waterfall. Said to be a Swiss scene. Sale. Parks, Brussels, May 4, 1835, No. 337. 354^. A Hilly Landscape with a Waterfall. Sale. Parks, Brussels, May 4, 1835, No. 391.