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i 3 o JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 408. A Waterfall. A torrent, obstructed by rocks, rushes down in a waterfall at the foot of a hill overgrown with bushes. On the hill are two great leafy trees. In the right middle distance are two figures between two sunlit hills. Rainy sky with some bright patches. Signed on the right at foot ; canvas, 27 inches by 2o| inches. Safe. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 457. 409. A Norwegian Landscape with a Waterfall. The water rushes down between rocks in the middle distance, carrying away fallen trees. In the left middle distance firs on a hill stand out against the cloudy sky. On the right and farther back is a cottage at the foot of a wooded hill. Signed in full ; canvas, 42 inches by 58 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 458. 410. Landscape with a Waterfall. On the left is a river with rocky banks. In the left centre are firs, with a great tree on the right. On the bank in the middle is a water-mill. In the distance are other houses. Cloudy sky. Signed in full ; canvas, 39^ inches by 34 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1882, No. 235. Then in the collection of John Walter, Bearwood. 410*. A Waterfall. Sale. Febre, Paris, April 30, 1882 (16,000 francs); mentioned by Paul Eudel, 1883, p. 249. 411. A Wooded River Scene with a Waterfall. In front is a sandhill, with a woman, and felled trees. Fine sky. 26 inches by 21 inches. Sales. Duke of Buckingham, Stowe, August 15, 1.848, No. 425 (169 : is., Duke of Hamilton). Duke of Hamilton, London, June 17, 1882 (1218, Martin Colnaghi). 4110. A Waterfall. The water rushes down amid rocks in front. To the right of the wooded landscape is a sunlit road. Signed, and dated 1653 > panel, 16 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Richardt, Rotterdam, October 26, 1882, No. 49. 412. A Waterfall. A lady, some men, and a little girl on the bank of a waterfall. Farther back, on a road leading into a wood, are a gentleman and two peasants. On the right are wooded slopes. Canvas, 26 inches by 34 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 90 (2300 francs) ; mentioned by Paul Eudel, 1883, p. 348. 412*. Landscape with a Waterfall. [Possibly identical with 43 ia.] Sale. A. Levy, London, May 3, 1884 (357). 41 2a. A Hill Landscape with a Waterfall in front. On the