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24 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner with the monogram; canvas, 25 inches by 32 inches. Sale. (Probably) Amsterdam, April 15, 1739, No. 75 (16 florins). In the collection of Count Bloudoff, Brussels. In the collection of the Countess A. BloudofF, Brussels, who sold it in 1886 to the Hague Gallery (for 4800 florins). In the Royal Gallery, The Hague, 1907 catalogue, No. 534. 540. Het Bosch, The Hague. With the Huis ten Bosch, or " House in the Wood," in the background. 29 inches by 36 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739, No. 63 (27 florins). 55. VIEW OF HAARLEM, WITH BLEACHING- GROUNDS IN FRONT. Sm. Suppl. 52. In the immediate foreground is part of the hill, near Overveen, from which one views the broad plain. Below, to the left, is a row of five gabled cottages roofed with red tiles; on the meadow to the right long pieces of linen are spread out to bleach. The sun shines on the houses and part of the bleaching- grounds, but the shadow of a passing cloud lies on the edge of them. There is also a patch of light in the right middle distance, behind a farm hidden amid trees. At the back are the roofs and church towers of Haarlem, partly illumined by sunlight. The clouds are high in the sky. Signed in full on the left at foot; canvas, 17 inches by n| inches. In the collection of Baron van Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, 1 842 (Sm.). Sale. A. W. C. Baron Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, September 5, 1851, No. 54 (1750 florins, Roos). In the collection of L. Dupper, Amsterdam; bequeathed in 1870 to the Rijksmuseum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Dupper bequest, 1910 catalogue, No. 2071. 56. VIEW OF HAARLEM FROM THE DUNES OF OVERVEEN. In the foreground lies the village of Overveen; in the meadows linen is spread out to bleach. In the distance is Haarlem with its red roofs, windmills, and church towers, dominated by the lofty church of St. Bavo. The clouds are high in the sky. Similar to 55 and 65, but not so fine. Signed in full on the right at foot; canvas, 2o| inches by 26 inches. In the Suermondt collection, Aachen; acquired in 1874 ^7 the Berlin Museums. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 885C. 57. VIEW FROM THE DUNES OF OVERVEEN. In the foreground are dunes, thinly overgrown with heath and bushes, which stretch down to the village of Overveen with its bleach ing-grounds. In the distance to the right is seen part of the town of Haarlem, but not any of its churches. On the horizon is a narrow strip of the Haarlemmer Meer. Beyond it are seen the steeples of the Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk of Amsterdam. [Possibly identical with 83^.] Signed in full on the right at foot; canvas, 12^ inches by 16 inches.