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1 92 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. In the collection of Francis Gibson, Saffron Walden ; inherited by Lewis Fry in 1862. In the collection of Lewis Fry, Clifton, near Bristol, No. 106. 61 1. A WOODED LANDSCAPE. Sm. 325. In the right fore- ground is a path through a glade. In the left foreground a peasant with a basket on a stick walks towards the middle. On the same path two men, one standing and the other seated, are conversing. In the distance are roofs amid trees. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1647 ; panel, 22 J inches by 29 inches. In the Palace at Hanau, No. 84, in 1835 (Sm.). In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 397 (old No. 368). 612. LANDSCAPE; THE EDGE OF A WOOD. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 10 inches by loj inches. In the Darmstadt Museum, 1885 catalogue, No. 399. 613. A ROAD THROUGH A WOOD. Through the middle of a wood with high undergrowth leads a sandy road, towards a sunlight plain. In front are two trees in full light. By the roadside to the left is a man in black near a woman in red ; the figures are by Ruisdael himself. Light clouds in the sky. The sunlight falls from the left. [Pendant to 218.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 25 inches by 2o| inches. Etched by Bruder after a drawing by J. P. Veith. In Guarienti's Dresden inventory (before 1753), No. 1567. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1500. 614. A ROAD THROUGH A WOOD. A road leads through a low wood with autumn colouring and much undergrowth. In the centre of the middle distance a man comes forward ; to the right, farther back, is his dog. The view is bounded by trees in the distance. On the horizon the sky has a yellowish light from the summer sunset. One of Ruisdael's earliest pictures. Signed in full, and dated 1 64- (the last figure is 5 or 8) ; panel, 1 1 inches by inches. In the Van Hasselt, and in the De Bruyn-Van Hasselt collections, Amsterdam. Sale. B. G. Roelofs and others, Amsterdam, April 2, 1873, No. 21 (bought in). In the collection of J. C. de Bruyn, The Hague. In the collection of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague. Sale. P. A. B. Widener of Philadelphia, and others, Amsterdam, June 30, 1909, No. 44 (4100 florins, bought in). In the collection of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague, who presented it in 1909 to the Royal Picture Gallery. In the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, 1910 catalogue, No. 728. 615. LANDSCAPE WITH A WOODED HILL. Canvas, 23 inches by 25^ inches.