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284 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Canvas, 14 inches by 19 inches. Sale. V. Phaland and others, Amsterdam, April 24, 1906, No. 113 (510 florins). 920. Dunes. In front and in the middle distance are dunes with low bushes, forming a defile on the right. In the right middle distance the dunes are in full sunlight. In the left distance is the placid sea with sailing-boats : on the shore are two men. Cloudy sky. Signed on the left at foot ; canvas, 14 inches by 19 inches. Sale. Baron L. von Loewenstein and others, Frankfort-on-Main, December 5, 1907, No. 57. 921. THE COAST OF THE NORTH SEA. Sm. 122. To the right is the line of sandhills. The sea is agitated by a fresh breeze ; on it are a few small vessels, with two larger vessels near the shore. Several fishing-boats lie on the beach. Among many figures five women and four men are prominent ; a man carries a woman towards the water. Fishermen are busy with their nets. An old boat lies in shallow water. Three casks and other things are scattered about the sand. " An admir- able production " (Sm.). Signed in full on the left at foot j canvas, 33^ inches by 44 inches. Sale. Charles Offley, London, 1809 (130). In the collection of J. Leader, London, 1835 (Sm.), which was sold, March 18, 1843. In the possession of Nieuwenhuys. Sale. Prince Demidoff, San Donato, April 18, 1868, No. 14. In the Chantilly Museum, 1899 catalogue, No. 138. 922. VIEW OF THE SEA FROM THE DUNES. Men stand near a signal-mast on high dunes in the right centre, and look out to sea. On the right the roofs of two houses rise above the dunes. In the left middle distance is the sea with sailing-boats. On the shore are several men, partly hidden by the dunes, above which rise the masts of several boats. In the centre foreground is a post ; another one lies beside it. The dunes in the left foreground are in shadow ; elsewhere, and especially in the centre, they are strongly lighted. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 10 inches by 13^ inches. In the collection of Maurice Kann, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort-on-Main. 923. ON THE DUTCH COAST. To the left is the sea, gently agitated in a light breeze. To the right is a very narrow strip of shore, with dunes. In the centre two ladies and two gentlemen are walking ; a boy is in the water to the left. To the right and nearer the front are two gentlemen and a beggar-woman with a child in her arms. Other figures are on the shore, in the distance on a projecting headland, and up on the dunes. To the left, farther back, fishing-boats with sails lie at anchor. On the left are faint traces of a boat which the artist has painted out. A replica of 924, to which it is inferior, and of 929.