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272 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Traces of a signature on the right at foot. In the collection of Sir Hickman Bacon, Bart., Gainsborough. 884. An Inn in the Dunes. Signed in full, and dated 1647 j panel, 15^ inches by 20 inches. Exhibited at The Hague, 1 88 1, No. 257. In the collection of Victor de Stuers, The Hague. .a. DUNES. On the right is a cottage with a stunted willow. In front is water with plants. In the left distance is a little figure. Dark sky ; a strong bluish-green tone. An early work. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; panel, 2oJ inches by 26 inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, from whom the society for enlarging the art collection in the museum bought it in 1889. In the Haarlem Museum, 1907 catalogue, No. 239. 885. RABBITING. On a hill in front is a sportsman with a big dog chasing a rabbit which is about to dive into its burrow. On the left is another sportsman with several dogs. At the foot of the hill is a village half-hidden amid trees, with a great mill. Farther back is a plain with little huts and fences, stretching away to the dunes, over which, on the right, is a view of the sea. Cloudy sky. A bright clear picture. [Compare 897.] Signed on the left with the monogram; panel, 12^ inches by 15 inches. Sale. Plessis-Belliere, Paris, May 10, 1897, No. 129. In the possession of the Paris dealer E. Warneck. Bought in Paris, in 1900, by the society for enlarging the art collection in the museum. In the Haarlem Museum, 1907 catalogue, No. 240. 886. DUNES, WITH A MAN DRIVING AN ASS. On the right, between lofty trees, a road leads up to a sunlit hill on which horsemen with dogs are resting. On the road in front is a man with a pack-ass. In the left foreground are a watercourse and low bushes in front of a fence ; farther back are high trees. A cottage stands behind trees in the centre of the middle distance. On the extreme left is a vista. Signed in full in the left foreground, and dated 1647 ; panel, 28 inches by 38 inches. Engraved by G. Greux. Exhibited in Vienna, 1873, No. 160; at Leipzig, 1889, No. 201. In the collection of Madame Blanc, Paris. Sales. Lippmann von Lissingen, of Vienna, Paris, March 16, 1876, No. 37 (29,100 francs). Prince Demidoff, San Donato, March 15, 1880, No. 1047. In the collection of Rodolphe Kann, Paris, sold from it in 1888 to A. Thieme. In the collection of the late Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, 1900 catalogue, No. 68. 887. DUNES, WITH THREE OAKS ON A HILL. A