20O AELBERT CUYP SECT. 668. A River Estuary. With ships on the right and in the dis- tance. In the left foreground is a boat with figures. On high ground to the right is a church with other buildings. [Pendant to 252.] Panel, u inches by 13^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1878, No. 85. ^j._(Possibly) Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 59 (3 florins 10, with pendant). J. S. Phillips, London, 1866 (252, Fordham). In the collection of J. E. Fordham, London, 1878. 668*. Ships on the Maas at Dordrecht Sales. London, 1874 (.115 : ios., Bell). (Probably) Bell, London, 1881 (126, Perlington) measuring 40 inches by 36 inches. 668. Sea Piece. On a broad and placid river a vessel with numerous passengers is under full sail. On the left another sailing-vessel is taking in passengers. A third vessel near the shore is preparing for departure and hoisting sail. There are windmills in the distant pastures, which are full of cattle. Panel, 24 inches by 32 inches. Sales. E. Ruelens, Brussels, April 17, 1883, No. 65. 669. Shipping on a River (or, A Sultry Morning). On the river both in the foreground and in the distance are many vessels with figures. On the farther bank is Dordrecht. A cloudy sky. Signed, A. Cuyp, and dated 1643 P ane l> 22 inches by 32 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 107. In the collection of Captain W. A. Hankey, Beaulieu, Hastings, 1885. 670. Ships on the Sea (or, Homeward Bound). On the sea, which is slightly ruffled, two vessels are sailing in the foreground to the right ; others are in the distance. The coast is to the right. A cloudy sky. Panel, 18 inches by 25 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 101, by de Zoete. Sale. S. Herman de Zoete of Hayes, London, 1885, No. 216 (535 : ios., Colnaghi). Note. No. 101 in the Winter Exhibition of 1884 was attributed to Jan van de Capelle, and No. 109, "River Scene with Boats," on canvas, 19 inches by 19 inches (also H. de Zoete's property) to Cuyp. But these entries seem to have been transposed. For No. 101 was sold as a Cuyp in the 1885 sale, and No. 109 as a Van de Capelle (which fetched 399, Agnew ; and was in the Sir James Knowles sale, May 29, 1908, 1102 : ios., Colnaghi). 670/7. A River Landscape. At evening, with numerous three- masted ships, sailing-vessels, and boats. In the foreground two fishermen
