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78 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 231. A WATERFALL NEAR A CASTLE ON A HILL. In the foreground of a landscape is a waterfall. Near it are two men. In the distance are hills, on one of which stands a castle. Of the early period. Signed with the monogram on the left bank ; panel, 6 inches by 6 inches. In the Provincial Museum, Hanover, 1891 catalogue, No. 473. 232. A WATERFALL NEAR A CASTLE ON A HILL. Sm. Suppl. 109. In the left foreground is a tree-stump; the withered trunk lies to the right with one end in a stream. In the right centre of the middle distance is a waterfall, crossed by a wooden bridge. The left bank is overgrown with great oaks and firs. To the right is a steep wooded hill, on whose bare and lofty summit stands a castle. In the water in the right foreground is a rock. Cloudy sky. Signed in full ; canvas, 44 inches by 57^ inches. Bought for the Danish Royal collection in 1755 (for 80 rix-dollars). In the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, 1842 (Sm.). In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 298. 233. A WATERFALL. Sm. Suppl. 108. In a landscape of the usual type two tree-trunks float in the stream above a waterfall. Amid trees to' the right stands a cottage. To the left are two men conversing. Signed in full ; canvas, 46 inches by 37 inches. Bought for the Danish Royal collection in 1755 (for 100 rix-dollars). In the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, 1842 (Sm.). In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 299. 234. A WATERFALL. Sm. Suppl. 92. A waterfall, rushing down amid great rocks, fills the whole foreground. In the centre of the middle distance is a great mass of rock, with the thickly wooded bank beyond. There are more woods on the left bank and in the distance. Finely lighted clouds. In the dark manner but very good. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 27 inches by 21 J inches. In the collection of Count Moltke, Copenhagen, 1885 catalogue, No. 56 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 235. A WATERFALL IN A MILL-STREAM. Sm. Suppl. 01. A stream rushes down in front over a timber weir, which is partly worn away on the right. In the right foreground are two tree-trunks ; behind them, on a rock, is the stump of a tree. On the left a path leads through a wood of firs and oaks to the waterfall ; two figures come forward. In the right middle distance is a water-mill. In front of it is a meadow, with figures, enclosed by a low fence in front. In the distance are hills. Signed in full on a rock to the right ; canvas, 39! inches by 34 inches although Sm. says, about 27 inches by 21 inches. Sm. describes this as a pendant to 234, but the dimensions are widely different. In the collection of Count Moltke, Copenhagen, 1885 catalogue, No. 58 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.).