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122 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 375. A Waterfall near a Castle. In the left middle distance are wooded rocks. Farther back is a castle. In the right distance is a waterfall. In front is a road with figures. To the left are bushes and dead and broken trees. Canvas. Sale. Comte de Turenne, Paris, May 17, 1852, No. 84 (2300 francs, Nieuwenhuys). 376. A Waterfall. The water falls amid great rocks in front. In the distance is a wooded and hilly landscape. Panel, loj inches by 8 inches. Sale. Baron de Varange, Paris, May 26, 1852, No. 52 (2000 francs). 377. A Waterfall near a Chapel. The torrent, obstructed in its course by various stones, falls in front between rocks. In pleasant country to the right stands an old chapel. To the left are great wooded rocks. Two figures, sheep, and tree-trunks. Canvas, 28 inches by 21 inches. Sale. The widow of J. H. Molkenboer, born Schenkhuizen, Amsterdam, September 6, 1853, No. 20 (2050 florins, Nieuwenhuys). 377*7. A Waterfall. [Probably identical with 348.] In the collection of J. Martin, Ham Court, 1854 (Waagen, iii. 225). 378. Landscape with a Waterfall, A wooden bridge and rocks. [Possibly identical with 275.] Sale. J. Wadmore, London, May 5, 1854 (149, Hickman). 378(2. A Waterfall. Genuine but unattractive, according to Waagen. In the collection of J. Seymour, Knoyle House, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 386). 378^. [Identical with 167.] 378^. A Waterfall. The waterfall is in front. To the left is a wooded hill with a water-mill, houses, and a church. To the right and nearer the front is a tree, beside which sits a shepherd with his dog. Silvery sunlight on the hill and the clouds. Of the best period. Panel. In the collection of the Earl of Normanton, Somerley, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 369). 379. A Waterfall. Sm. 117. To the left of a wild and hilly land- scape, a stream, swollen by torrents from the ravines in the hills, rushes down between great rocks in front. A large fir tree, broken off at the foot, lies over the rocky bank in the stream. Another fir stands on a corner of the rock. Farther back is a wooden bridge. A man and a woman with six sheep cross the bridge to a large cottage, backed by pines and other trees, at the foot of a lofty hill. On another hill to the left is a castle. Canvas, 46^ inches by 38^ inches.