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26 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Signed on the right at foot ; a small picture, almost square. Mentioned by Waagen, Suppl. 437, as in the collection in 1857. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House. 64. VIEW OF HAARLEM FROM THE DUNES OF OVERVEEN. In the foreground are bleaching-grounds at the foot of the dunes. [Pendant to 63.] Almost square. Mentioned by Waagen, Suppl. 437, as in the collection in 1857. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House. 65. VIEW OF HAARLEM FROM THE DUNES OF OVERVEEN. Sm. 220. It agrees in essentials with 55, and is one of the best examples of the numerous pictures which Ruisdael painted from this view-point. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; canvas, 22 inches by inches. Sale. Gerrit Muller, Amsterdam, April 2, 1827, No. 59 (6700 florins, J. de Vries). In the Royal Gallery, The Hague, 1907 catalogue, No. 155. 66. VIEW OF HAARLEM FROM THE DUNES OF OVERVEEN. A replica of 65 ; said, by Lafenestre and Richtenberger in their catalogue of the Hague Gallery, to be the better picture of the two. Signed in full ; canvas, i inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at The Hague, 1881, No. 258 ; and at Brussels, 1882, No. 204. In the collection of Victor de Stuers, The Hague. 66*. VIEW NEAR HAARLEM. In front is a lake with ruins at either side. On the water is a man in a boat. A spacious landscape with a cornfield and, in the distance, the church tower of Haarlem. Signed in full in the centre at foot ; canvas, 13 inches by i6| inches. In the collection of George Salting, London, bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1909. In the National Gallery, London, No. 2561. 67. VIEW ACROSS THE WOODED PLAIN OF HAARLEM FROM THE DUNES OF OVERVEEN. Sm. 2O2. In the right middle distance is a house. In the left distance are two small towers. In front water flows between rugged banks. A very fine picture, notable especially for the tone of the sky. Canvas, i6| inches by 23^ inches. Engraved in the Stafford Gallery, No. 120. In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton, London, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 49). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 266. 68. VIEW OF HAARLEM. The town is seen across a broad plain. The church of St. Bavo can be clearly distinguished. In the fore-