xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 309 Signed in full, according to the Sedelmeyer sale-catalogue, but the Frankfort catalogue does not mention a signature ; canvas, 14^ inches by
inches.
Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 165. Sales. C. Sedelmeyer, Vienna, December 20, 1872, No. 144. Lippmann von Lissingen of Vienna, Paris, March 16, 1876, No. 38 ; bought for the Institute by the Frankfort Art Union. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort -on -Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 272. 993. DUNES IN WINTER. On a hill to the left are trees and a cottage. All are covered with snow. The figures are by Ruisdael himself. The sky is unusually dark. Signed at foot ; a small picture almost square, according to Waagen. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 970. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House. 994. A DUTCH CANAL IN WINTER. Sm. 342. To the left of the canal is an old brick building. Beyond is a cottage, with a fence round it. Two men with sticks play a ball-game on the ice. A man with a basket on his back stands near. Very dark sky. This has not darkened so much as other winter landscapes by Ruisdael. Panel, loj inches by i inches. In the collection of J. M. Commetter, Hamburg, 1835 (Sm.) ; given by him to the Kunsthalle. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 154. 995. A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH A WALLED BRIDGE. The bridge crosses on the right a frozen canal, on which are many figures ; it leads to a town, the houses of which are only faintly visible. In the snow in front, beside the canal, lie planks and casks. Heavy snowy sky. Rather dark. [Pendant to 996.] Signed in full ; canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at Copenhagen, 1891, No. 192. In the Holstein collection, Holsteinborg, Sjaland. 996. A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH A BROKEN BRIDGE. In the middle distance, over a frozen canal, is a wooden bridge with only three of its wooden supports remaining, and the middle one of these much decayed ; to the right beside the bank is the brick foundation, near a leafless tree. In front are many bridge-timbers and tree-trunks. In the left distance are cottages and trees. All are covered with snow. Heavy snowy sky. [Pendant to 995.] Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at Copenhagen, 1891, No. 193. In the Holstein collection, Holsteinborg, Sjaland. 997. A WINTER LANDSCAPE: EVENING. Various low cottages and leafless trees. On a road leading away are several men. A very fine picture of the best period.
