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262 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 838. A Horseman with Huntsmen and Dogs riding to the Chase. Sm. 124. In a fine landscape. From a height, one sees a broad plain intersected by canals, with ruins, villages and mills. Cloudy sky, with rays of sunlight here and there. Figures and animals by Lingelbach. Canvas, 15 inches by 31 inches. Sales. D. de Jongh, Rotterdam, March 26, 1910, No. 33 (360 florins). A. Van Beeftingh and others, Rotterdam, April 30, 1832, No. 6 (745 florins, Van Beeftingh). W. J. Schellinck and others, Rotterdam, April 24, 1834, No. 97 (250 florins, Lamme). 838*. A View of a Village with Water. Sale. Rotterdam, September 15, 1834, No. 71. 839. A Thatched Cottage. Sm. 254. The cottage stands on a rugged hill, overgrown with grass and bushes, filling most of the left side. To the right a clayey road winds round the hill. A peasant is at a gate at the corner of the cottage. On the road is a dog. Panel, 8 inches by 10 inches. Sales. London, 1834 (about ^39 : i8s.). London, 1834 (about 33 : 125.). 840. A Hilly and Rugged Landscape. Sm. 275. A road from the right passes obliquely between rugged banks covered with grass, bushes and trees, towards a cottage amid trees. A man with a dog watches sheep scattered on the ground. The figures and animals are by "an indifferent hand" (Sm.). Panel, 18 inches by 25 inches. In the possession of Perignon, Paris, before 1835 (Sm., who says that it was priced at 2000 francs). 841. Landscape with a Brick House. Sm. 308. On the right stands a picturesque brick house, built on a brick platform, with an arch under it. Wooden steps lead up to the house. In front lie logs. On the left, in a path leading among oaks and other trees, are a man and a woman, followed by a dog. In front is a pool fringed with flags. " A sparkling and crisply painted picture of excellent quality" (Sm.). Panel, 20 inches by 26^ inches. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1835 (Sm., who valued it at .210) ; but no longer there. 842. A Ruined Cottage beside Water. A fisherman moors his boat near. Panel, about 25. inches by 19^ inches. In the Gotha Gallery, 1835 (Parthey, ii. 458); but no longer there. 842*7. Dutch Cottages. A peasant on horseback and a boy on a road. Panel, about 20^ inches by 24^ inches. In the Hemmerlein collection, Bamberg, 1839 (Parthey, ii. 455). 842^. A Wild Landscape with a Farm. The farm stands amid