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4 o JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 104. View of Schiedam. Sm. 152. On a dyke to the left a road bordered with trees leads to a wooden bridge connecting several huts and cottages. Farther back lies Schiedam, surrounded by trees and dominated by a high tower. Under its walls flows the Schie towards the right foreground ; some vessels are in the stream. Canvas, 2i inches by 17 inches. Saks. General Verdi er, Paris, 1816 (3700 francs). Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. 132 (5720 francs). 104/7. View of the Town of Weesp. Seen from the Vecht. Several vessels on the water. Figures. Panel, 29! inches by 54^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 19, 1801, No. 97 (18 florins 10, Van der Vinne). 105. THE WINDMILL OF WIJK BIJ DUURSTEDE The Rhine flows from the left distance, filling almost the whole fore- ground except for a strip of the right-hand bank which is seen in front. The bank is lined with piles ; reeds grow on it in the centre foreground. In the right middle distance is the great stone mill, with its sails at the back and inclined to the left. It rises far above the low trees around it and the episcopal palace beyond it to the left. To the right of the mill is a cottage ; farther to the right rises the church tower of the town. On a road along the bank to the right are three women. In the right fore- ground lie two millstones. On the river in the left distance are two sailing-boats. To the right of them, behind a bend in the stream, rise two masts. A fine cloudy sky. The mill still stands at this spot where the Rhine divides to form the Lek and the Kromme Rhyn (or " Crooked " Rhine). But it is not so high as it seems in the picture ; and the lower part is now square and not round, and has a passage through it. Houses now stand where the low trees are seen round the mill. One of Ruisdael's finest pictures. [Compare 183 and 936.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 33 inches by 40 inches. Engraved by L. C. van Kesteren, W. Steelink the elder, and J. H. Graadt van Roggen. Sale. ]. Noe, 1841. In the collection of A. van der Hoop, Amsterdam ; bequeathed to the town in 1854. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Van der Hoop bequest, 1910 catalogue, No. 2074. 105/7. Wijk aan Zee. View of the shore with ships. Exemplary in style. 45 inches by 62| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 5, 1754, No. 57. 106. LANDSCAPE WITH A CORNFIELD. To left and right are trees, with cornfields between. A man in a dark costume walks to the right. On the left, amid trees, is a cottage with smoke rising from the chimney. On the right is another cottage amid trees. Through a vista in the centre is seen a church steeple. An early work of about