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374 MEINDERT HOBBEMA SECT. Canvas, 36 inches by 32 inches. In the Bekkers collection, Cologne. Sale. Winnen, Paris, March 12, 1866, No. 38. 6 1 a. A Country Road. Signed in full ; 12^ inches by 16 inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 78. Then in the possession of the Amsterdam dealer W. Gruijter. 6ib. A Village in a Wood. The figures are by Hobbema. Signed ; panel, 29^ inches by 42 inches. In the Schouten collection, Amsterdam. Sale. F. J. Gsell, Vienna, March 14, 1872, No. 54. 6 if. A Wood with Cottages. 42 inches by 54 inches. Sale. The Earl of Malmesbury, London, July 2, 1876 (1102 : ios.). bid. A Farm. Beside a broad hilly road leading to the left, on which are several figures, stand three farm-buildings. Near the farm is a fenced garden with high trees. Panel, II inches by 21 inches. Sale. A. Baehner, Cologne, September 30, 1889, No. 56. 62. COTTAGES WITH TWO WILLOWS NEAR A POOL. In front is a reedy pool. On the left bank are two old leafy willows, with a wooden shed between them. Beyond, amid low trees, stands a cottage which is reflected in the water in front. To the right a man and a woman converse near a stream which flows away between willows. Signed in full on the left at foot ; panel, 18 inches by 24! inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1895, No. 18. 62a. A Roadside Cottage. A road leads from the right distance diagonally across a hill to the left foreground. In the centre is a clump of great trees. Near them, on the hill, stands a cottage, with a woman at the door. In the centre foreground are two travellers. Two others are on the road to the right and farther away, and two more are to the left, where a village lies amid trees. Panel, 23 inches by 32^ inches. Sale. Frankfort-on-Main, November 28, 1905, No. 57. 63. A Village Scene. Cottages under trees. To the right is a wind-mill. Figures near an inn on the road to the right. 32 inches by 42 inches. Sale. Lord Grimthorpe, London, May 12, 1906, No. 37. 64. A CORNFIELD AND COTTAGES NEAR A RIVER. The river fills the whole foreground. In a boat to the left are two men. Beyond are a cornfield and cottages, in front of which stands a