i 2 6 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Canvas, 25^ inches by 29! inches. In the collection of the Baron van Brienen van Grootelindt, The Hague, 1835 (Sm.)- Safe, G. Th. A. M., Baron van Brienen van Grootelindt, Paris, May 8, 1865, No. 34 (10,000 francs). 390. A Waterfall. The water, divided into two branches by rocks, falls in front. The river flows past a hill, over which a road leads from a village to a wooden bridge across the stream. Three men approach the bridge ; one of them holds two dogs in leash. Cloudy sky. Canvas, 27! inches by 22 inches. Sale. Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 77 (12,500 francs, Reijel). 391. Entrance to a Wood, with a Waterfall. On the right is a heath with sheep grazing, watched by shepherds. On the left is sandy ground in sunlight. In the centre a little stream flows down in cascades. In the distance is a tree-clad slope forming the entrance to a wood. At the edge of the wood are peasants and sheep. Great silvery white clouds in the blue sky. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 31 inches by 36^ inches. Sale. Breb , Paris, March 26, 1866, No. 42. 392. A Norwegian Landscape with a Waterfall. From hills and rocks in the distance flows a torrent which forms a waterfall in the middle distance, and broadens into a basin in front. At the side of the fall are foam-swept rocks. To the right are great trees with thick foliage. In front is a bare and shattered tree-trunk ; its knotted roots are in full sunlight. To the left, in the shelter of rocks, is a cottage, with dense smoke pouring from the chimney. Farther away are figures and sheep. The cloudy sky is lighted by the setting sun. Canvas, 22 inches by 18 inches. Sales. Tardieu, Paris, between 1840 and 1843 (?). The Hon. W. P. T. Long Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, Brussels, June 15, 1846. Weber de Treuenfels, Paris, April 8, 1867, No. 26 (4210 francs). 393. A Torrent with a Waterfall. From the top of the hill in the distance comes a torrent, flowing diagonally across the landscape and forming a. waterfall, divided by a rock in front, where it rushes into a great .basin. On a hill to the left are oaks. In front is a bare tree-trunk without roots or branches. On the bank to the right lie fallen trees. In the distance, on a wooden bridge over the torrent, are two figures and a dog. [Possibly identical with 399^.] Canvas, 26^ inches by 22 inches. Sale. Weber de Treuenfels, Paris, April 8, 1867, No. 27 (3000 francs). 393#. A Waterfall in a Landscape. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 619. Then in the collection of Robert Napier.
