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u8 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. centre. Beyond is a thick wood, from which comes a man. In the right foreground is a wooden bridge ; a woman with a basket on her arm walks across, leading a child. Rainy sky. Canvas, 21 inches by 23 inches. In the collection of Ralph Fletcher, Gloucester, 1835 (Sm.). Sale. R. Fletcher, London, June 9, 1838 (94 : ios., Wynn Ellis). 361. A Waterfall. Sm. 127 and 192 (?), and Suppl. 83. In an unusually open landscape a placid stream flows, to fall amid rocks in the centre foreground. Four logs lie on the right bank. Beyond, a road leads over a hill and beside a sunlit cornfield, at the end of which is a church hidden behind trees. A shepherd drives sheep through a ford. On the road are a man, a woman, and a boy. " A beautiful picture . . . painted in a clear and luminous tone of colour " (Sm.). Canvas, 26 inches by i inches. Sales. P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August I, 1810, No. 87 measuring 20 J inches by 24^ inches (710 florins or 740 florins, according to Sm. Texier). Le Brun, Paris, April 15, 1811 (3180 francs). G. van der Pals, Rotterdam, August 30, 1824 (1650 florins). G. van der Pals, Rotterdam, August 26, 1839 (2890 florins, Nieu- wenhuys). 3610. Landscape with a Waterfall. Two horsemen. Canvas, about 32^ inches by 44 inches. Exhibited at Cologne, 1840, No. 118. Then in the collection of J. P. Weyer, Cologne. 362. A Waterfall. Sm. Suppl. 75. Through a flat valley flows a stream which forms a low waterfall in front. In the distance is a lofty hill partly wooded ; on the slope are a church and a house, and on the top are a wind-mill and a tower. To the left is a tree. Panel, about 10 inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1840. Then in the collection of W. Evans, London. 363. A Waterfall. Sm. Suppl. in. In a hilly landscape a stream rushes down foaming between high banks ; it is obstructed in the centre by a large rock. In the centre of the distance, beyond the head of the river, is a great castle with towers on a rock. Beyond are hills. Canvas, about 27 inches by 22 inches. In the possession of the London dealer Lamme, 1840. 3630. Landscape with a Waterfall. A rugged landscape covered with moss and grass. A fine oak tree. To the left are cottages and trees. In front a foaming torrent rushes down. On a road is a small figure. Panel, n inches by 16 inches. Sale. Schamp d'Aveschoot, Ghent, September 14, 1840, No. 37. 363^. A Hill Landscape with a Waterfall.