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28 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. In the Bryan collection. In the collection of the New York Historical Society, 1908 catalogue, No. 343. 74. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF HAARLEM. A view from the dunes across the plain. The villages are visible, but not Haarlem itself. In front, on the bank of a pool, is a ruined tower. Signed in full on the right at foot j i6j inches by 18 inches. In the Dutuit collection, Rouen. In the Petit Palais des Beaux- Arts, Paris, Dutuit bequest, 1907 catalogue, No. 927. 75. THE BLEACHING -GROUNDS OF OVERVEEN, WITH HAARLEM IN THE DISTANCE (or, View in the Environs of Haarlem). In front and to the right are dunes. At the foot of these is a large bleaching-ground, in which several persons spread out linen. Beyond is a little wood, and to the left are a few cottages. Farther back is a sunlit sandhill, above which rises the tower of St. Bavo. In the distance to the right is a wide plain. A fine blue sky with clouds. [Possibly identical with 82.] Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 20^ inches by 25 inches. Etched by Lowenstam. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1908, No. 42, by Duveen Brothers. Sales. Evrard Rhone, Paris, May 6, 1861, No. 51. Isaac Pereire, Paris, March 6, 1872, No. 151 (5550 francs). In the collection of the Marquis du Blaisel. In the collection of Max Kann, Paris. Sale. Prince Demidoff, San Donato, March 15, 1880, No. 1034. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 184. In the collection of Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 77 ; bought as a whole by the London dealers Duveen Brothers, August 1907. In the possession of the dealers Duveen Brothers, Paris. 76. VIEW OF HAARLEM FROM THE DUNES OF OVERVEEN. In the style of 65, 55, 56, and so on. In the collection of Madame Andre-Jacquemart, Paris. 77. VIEW OF HAARLEM. No bleaching-ground is shown. In front is a sunlit road ; beyond it are a village and a massive castle-tower amid trees. Canvas though the 1886 catalogue says on panel 15 inches by 14^ inches. In the Leuchtenberg collection, St. Petersburg, No. 129. 78. THE BLEACHING - GROUNDS OF OVERVEEN, WITH HAARLEM IN THE DISTANCE. The bleaching- grounds, in sunlight, are surrounded with cottages and out-buildings. In the distance is the church of Haarlem. Cloudy sky.