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304 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 97 jc. Sea-Piece with Ships. 43 inches by 57 inches. In the Schloss Bellevue, Kassel, 1864 (?) (Parthey, ii. 461) ; but not now in the Kassel Gallery. 978. A Stormy Sea. In front the waves break in foam on a pier. In the centre a boat with red sails, carrying three men, goes away. Farther off is another boat with a white sail in full sunlight ; the crew pull the sail round to bring the boat before the wind. On the right are other ships under full sail. In the left distance a ship makes for a town, the church tower and houses of which are visible. Faint gleams of sunlight break here and there through the dense clouds covering most of the sky. Canvas, 20 inches by 26 inches. Sale. G. Th. A. M. Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt of Amsterdam, Paris, May 8, 1865, No. 35. 978*7. Sea-Piece. A ship and a boat. Sale. H. A. J. Munro of Novar, London, 1867 (168, Nieuwenhuys). 978^. A Rough Sea. Ships struggling against the wind. A rain- bow. Great clouds in the sky. Panel, 33^ inches by 42^ inches. Sale. Dr. Goldsmidt, Paris, February 27, 1869, No. 67 (470 francs). 979. A Rough Sea. Several ships, running before the gale, make for a port in the distance. In front a fishing-boat is tossed up by a great wave. Great dark clouds fly before the wind. Signed, and dated in the left-hand corner ; panel, 15^ inches by 23^ inches. Sale. Baron H. von Mecklenburg, Paris, March 12, 1870, No. 34 (1140 francs). 979*7. A Rough Sea. A very cloudy sky. Several vessels, of which one in the foreground makes sail and struggles against the waves. Sales. Ed. Willems and others, Antwerp, August 23, 1871, No. 57 (620 francs, Bernards). 980. Sea-Piece. Fishing-boats and a frigate. Two men on shore to the right. 27^ inches by 36^- inches. In the Munro collection, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 139). Sale. H. A. J. Munro of Novar, London, June I, 1878, No. 98 (1470, M. Colnaghi). 980*2. Sea-Piece. In dull cold weather, a fishing-boat makes for the shore. Other vessels run in the same direction. In front fishermen pull in their nets. Signed with the monogram, and dated 1661 ; panel, 18 inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Ruelens, Brussels, April 17, 1883, No. 236.