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xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 21 Signed on the left with the monogram; canvas, i8| inches by 24! inches. Sales. Vanderbueken of Louvain, Brussels, 1 840. J. J. Chapuis, Brussels, December 4, 1865, No. 350 (3300 francs, E. le Roy). 43. The Ruins of the Castle of Brederode. In the centre the ruins of the castle stand in sunlight. A wood-path leads towards it, separating it from the cornfields, and joins a road with high trees which shelter two little cottages roofed with tiles. In front, below the cottages, are meadows beside a stream ; figures spread out linen to bleach. In the hilly distance are mills and the outlines of two neighbouring towns. Signed in full on the ground to the left ; canvas, 15^ inches by 15^ inches. In the Papin collection. Sale. Prince Demidoff, San Donate, near Florence, March 15, 1880, No. 1113. 44. The Ruins of the Castle of Brederode. Sm. Suppl. 99. The castle stands on top of a rugged and well-wooded hill, with a river flowing at the foot. A man is angling. To the left two men converse. Described from a print by J. Huck (Sm.). Sm. says that it corresponds with 39 and 40^ ; but the two men conversing are not in 39 and are not mentioned in the description of 400. 44*. Landscape in the Neighbourhood- of Cleve. Sale. Amsterdam, September 16, 1739 (Hoet, i. 604), No. 84 (29 florins). 44^. The Maas at Dordrecht. The town is in the right back- ground. In front lies a frigate at anchor. Several persons have just left the ship in a boat and go to the left. In front numerous passengers in a sailing-boat which makes for the frigate. Here and there are other boats. Signed in full on the side of a boat ; canvas, 23 inches by 35^ inches. Sale. Baron E. von Niesewand of Miihlheim on Rhine, London, June 9, 1886, No. 49. 45. The Three Convents in Drenthe. In a flat wooded country a fairly broad stream flows to the left. The walls and towers of the three convents are seen on the right. Two fishermen in a boat and other figures on a path along the bank enliven the scene. Signed with the monogram in the right-hand bottom corner, and dated 1 654 ; canvas. Sale. Hopken-Melenberg and others, Berlin, May 6, 1892, No. 51. 46. EGMOND AAN ZEE IN WINTER. The church with a square tower that is seen in 47 and 50, but as viewed from the south. A very dark picture. Signed on the right at foot ; canvas, n| inches by i8 inches. In the collection of G. Revilliod, Geneva. In the Ariana Museum, Geneva, 1903 catalogue, No. 80.