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54 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 158. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER-MILL. A river fills the whole foreground. In the centre it rushes down under three water- wheels and a raised sluice-gate, between two mills on either side. The right-hand mill has been burnt and is in ruins. In the distance are clumps of trees. Two men stand on the footbridge above the sluice. Signed in full on the right at foot in the water ; canvas, 2i| inches by 26 inches. A copy is in the Schloss, Coburg. In the Grand Ducal Museum, Weimar, 1894 catalogue, No. 172. IS8 A . A Water-Mill. Mentioned in the inventory of the goods of the widow of Jan Troost, Amsterdam, May 26, 1671 (valued at 40 florins) ; noted by A. Bredius. 1588. A Mill with a Waterfall. Sale. B. Keerwolff, Leyden, September 9, 1748, No. 12 (23 florins, Frans van Mieris). 158*. A Water-Mill with a Rushing Stream. Sale. Sonne and others, Amsterdam, July 5, 1759, No. 94 (i florin 10, De Moni). 158^. Village with a Water-Mill by a Stream. Very naturally painted. Canvas on panel, 2o| inches by 27 inches. Sale. Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 157. 158^. Landscape with a Water-Mill. A water-mill stands near an old ruin. In front are small figures. Sunny. Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 21, 1774, No. 185 (61 florins, Fouquet). i$%d. A Water-Mill with a Ferry- Boat. Sm. 93. A pic- turesque water-mill stands on the bank of a river. A ferry-boat, with a horse and five men in it, crosses the river. Near the mill is a man in a little boat. On the other side are an old round tower amid trees and a wall with an archway. In the distance is a high hill. Engraved by Duplessis Boisseau. Sale. Mariette, Paris, 1774. 158*. Landscape with a Water-Mill. At the side is a little village with fine trees in front. Two goats graze. In front is a little pool with ducks swimming. At the side is a water-mill with some small figures. Panel, 16 inches by 19^ inches. Sale. Jan Maul and others, Leyden, September 28, 1782, No. 80 (30 florins, Coders). Three Water-Mills (or, The Washerwomen). Sm. 59. On the banks of a river flowing through a landscape are three water-mills. Beyond is a hill clothed with trees. Boys bathe in the stream, and women