Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/155

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xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 141 hill. At the foot, the water rushes over rocks to the foreground. To the left are woods and hills. Cloudy sky. Signed in full; panel, 10 inches by i inches. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1893, No. 54. Sale. C. Turner of London, Berlin, November 17, 1908, No. 72. 433. A Wooded River Landscape with a Waterfall. 33^ inches by 47 inches. Sale. Walmsley Stanley, London, April 5, 1909, No. 152. 434. A LITTLE WATERFALL. In a dune landscape, in the centre foreground, is an old well ; to the left and in front are two sheep ; farther left the shepherd sits by the bank. To the right past the well flows a small low waterfall, spreading out to the front. Beyond are great trees. Between the two on the right is a thatched shed, with a figure under it ; nearer the front is a dog, seen from the back. In the far distance is a man. An early work. Signed with the monogram on the left at foot ; panel, 25^ inches by 25 inches. Sale. Emil Goldschmidt of Frankfort-on-Main, Berlin, April 27, 1909, No. 27 (6200 mark). In the possession of the Amsterdam dealer J. Goudstikker. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Brunner. 435. A HILL LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL. A broad river forms a waterfall in front. To the right is a steep bank with an overhanging oak and a thatched shed. To the left the bank is less steep ; on it are trees. In front, two men and a woman drive sheep through the water. Signed in full on a rock to the left ; canvas, 27 inches by 2i inches. In the Poiret collection, Paris. In the possession of a London dealer, 1910. 435*. A HILLY RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL. Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 38 inches by 33 inches. Sale. J. S. W. S. Erie Drax, London, February 19, 1910, No. 89 (1260, Lesser). 436. A Waterfall, with Two Men catching Fish. Sm. Suppl. 112. In a hilly landscape a great foaming stream flows past two rocks. It has high rugged banks covered in part with trees and bushes. To the right lies a beech trunk, with one end in the water. On a distant hill are woodcutters' huts. In a quiet part of the river two men are catching fish. A fine evening after rain j the clouds are tinged with the yellow light of the sunset. " An example of uncommon delicacy in the finish- ing"(Sm.). Canvas, about 25 inches by 21 inches. Imported into England by the dealer Chaplin and sold to the Earl of Onslow, before 1842 (Sm.).