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xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 39 iota. The Castle of Kronenburg. In a fine landscape. With a herd of cows and sheep by A. van de Velde. About 28 inches by 33 inches. Sale. Lambert van Hairen, Dordrecht, October 13, 1718 (Hoet, i. 218), No. 3 (77 florins). i oib. View of the Castle of Loevestein, near Gorkum. Panel. Sale. Van Barneveld, Van den Haute, and others, Antwerp, February 26, 1844, No. 85. ioif. The Country-House of Middellaan in the Haarlem Wood. With accessories. 26^ inches by 21 inches. Sale. N , Leyden, June I, 1765, No. 60 (56 florins, Bach ; probably bought for Fouquet, according to Van der Marck). loid. View of the Church at Muiderberg. In a hilly landscape. Panel, i8| inches by 24 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 27, 1774, No. 7. 102. COAST SCENE WITH MUIDEN AND MUIDER- BERG IN THE DISTANCE. Sm. 20. To the right are the dunes. On a road at the foot are an officer and two ladies, with a page. Several shrimpers and other persons are in the shallow water. Two men carry a passenger to a boat in which are two sailors. In the distance are fishing-boats. This picture and its pendant, 927, "are delightful repre- sentations of nature and most enviable works of art " (Sm.). Canvas, 21 inches by 26 inches. Engraved in the Choiseul Gallery, No. 118. Sales. Due de Choiseul, Paris, April 6, 1772, No. 68 (1701 francs, with pendant). Dulac, Paris, 1778 (2299 francs, with pendant ; mentioned by Ch. Blanc, i. 439). Prince de Conti, Paris, April 3, 1777 1779, according to Sm., but see to the contrary Ch. Blanc, i. 439 (2401 francs, with pendant). Marquis de Marigny, Paris, 1781. Marquis de Menars, Paris, end of February 1782, No. 102 (1850 francs, with pendant, Thamont). B , Paris, 1827 (2000 francs, without pendant). In the collection of Baron J. G. Verstolk van Soelen, The Hague, 1835 (Sm.) ; sold as a whole in 1846 to Thomas Baring, H. Mildmay, and Lord Overstone. Sale. H. B. Mildmay, London, June 24, 1893, No. 65 (.1785). 103. The Village of Rijswijk. A road bordered with high trees leads to the village church. To the right is a cottage in the shade of a great oak, with two persons in front of it. Cloudy sky ; some of the clouds are sunlit. A fine picture. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 14 inches. Sale. D. Vis Blokhuyzen, Paris, April i, 1870, No. 63 (2120 francs).