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xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 361 Signed, and dated 1662 ; panel, 21 inches by 27 inches. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, according to the Konigswarter catalogue. Sales. J. Enschede, Haarlem, May 30, 1786, No. 17. J. de Vos, Amsterdam, July 2, 1833, No. 17. In the collection of Dr. Jackson, Leeds, 1868, according to the Konigs- warter catalogue ; but no Hobbema belonging to Dr. Jackson was mentioned in the Leeds catalogue. Sale. Baron Konigswarter of Vienna, Berlin, November 20, 1906, No. 39 (22,500 mark). 24. LANDSCAPE WITH A RUINED CASTLE. For description, see 17; it is the same subject from the same view-point. The principal differences in the figures are that here on the right bank sits an angler with a woman, while on the water are three persons in a boat. Signed ; panel, 2o| inches by 26^ inches. In the collection of Baron Kolisch, Vienna. Sale. Baron KSnigswarter of Vienna, Berlin, November 20, 1906, No. 40 (46,000 mark). 25. DUNES WITH COTTAGES AND OAKS. In the centre of the middle distance two great oaks stand close together. A road runs past them from the left to a stream in the right foreground. On the road to the left of the oaks is a waggon-frame with three wheels ; to the right are a man with a stick on his shoulder and a woman. Be- side the road to the left is a thatched cottage with a lofty oak in front of the right-hand corner. Another road branches off in the centre towards the left foreground ; to the left of it lie two sheaves. Yet another road leads away past the figures to a cottage on the right, in front of which are several figures. From this road a little path bends to the left ; on it are a couple of peasants. Beyond them are seen in the distance a wind-mill and a church tower. Panel, 21 J inches by 23^ inches. Purchased by the Elector Palatine Karl Theodor. In the Augsburg Museum, 1899 catalogue, No. 631. 26. A COTTAGE BESIDE A VILLAGE STREET. In the right middle distance stands a thatched cottage under some oaks. At the open half-door a woman converses with a peasant who stands outside with a child. To the right another man and woman are conversing. Past the cottage runs a broad road towards the foreground, the left half of which is filled with a still pool. In the left middle distance is a clump of trees ; through the trunks is seen sunlit pasture. The animals are most probably by A. van de Velde. Signed ; panel, 2o| inches by 24^ inches. Sale. Baron Konigswarter of Vienna, Berlin, November 20, 1906, No. 38 (42,000 mark), Budapest Museum. In the Budapest Museum. 27. A CANAL IN A VILLAGE.- In the right foreground, close by the water, are two cottages. To the left of them is a house with a