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xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 201 Sale. Thomas Theodor Cremer, Rotterdam, April 16, 1816, No. 100 (115 florins). 635/1 A Wooded Landscape with Figures. Panel. Sale. W. F. Schoon and J. Heymans, The Hague, October 18, 1823, No. 42 (4 florins, Burdon). 636. A Wooded Landscape. Sm. 193. Many figures on a road. Canvas, 20 inches by 26 inches or 18 inches by 23 inches, according to Sm. Sale. G. van der Pals, Rotterdam, August 30, 1824, No. 32 (1400 florins, Van den Berg). 636^. A Wooded Landscape. Sale. Schultz and others, Amsterdam, July 10, 1826, No. 324 (9 florins, Roos). 637. The Entrance to a Wood. Massive trees. A man walks with a boy and a dog. Two women. [Possibly identical with 338.] Canvas, 26 inches by 20^ inches. Sale. J. van den Bergh, Amsterdam, July 15, 1833, No. 20. 638. A Wild Hilly Landscape with Trees. Sm. 312. Gloomy in tone. On a road to the left logs are laid diagonally. The road leads over a hill to a distant house. A peasant, followed by a dog, comes along the road. Said by Sm. to be a pendant to 675, but this seems unlikely. Canvas, about 34 inches by 28 inches. In the collection of Count Koucheleff Besborodko, St. Petersburg, 1835 (Sm.), but not now there. 639. Landscape with a Clump of Trees. Sm. Suppl. 38. On high ground to the right is a large clump of trees, among them a decayed oak with yellow foliage. A woman, holding a boy by the hand, stands conversing with a seated man. Beyond is rolling and wooded country. Cloudy sky. Canvas, about 24 inches by 30 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1837. Then in the collection of C. T. Tower, London. 640. A Peasant seated and a Shepherd with Sheep. Sm. Suppl. 104. A hilly and wooded landscape. Rain-clouds in the sky. A passing gleam of sunshine falls on rising ground in the centre. Here are an oak, a beech, and a broken tree-stump. Beyond is a thick wood enclosed by a fence. In front sits a peasant. In the centre stands a shepherd with three sheep. Canvas, 20 inches by 29^ inches. Sale.C. J. West, London, 1838 (53 : iis.). 641. Landscape with Shepherds and Sheep. On the right is a hill with massive trees, under which is a shepherd with sheep. In the middle distance is a cottage with small figures. Hilly distance.