xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 145 448. A WOOD WITH A MARSH. The marsh is in the left foreground. On a sunlit road through the middle of the picture a woman approaches, leading a boy by her left hand. Nearer the front sits a man facing the spectator, with his hands on a stick. In the middle distance to the extreme right and left are two cottages. Cloudy sky. Signed in full on the left, and dated 1646 ; canvas, 22 inches by 26^ inches. In the Roussille collection. In the collection of L. Janssen, Brussels. 448*. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A SUNLIT ROAD. At the roadside a traveller is resting, with his stick and bundle near him. On the extreme right is a ditch. Signed in full on the right ; i8| inches by 15^ inches. In the collection of L. Janssen, Brussels. 449. LANDSCAPE WITH A MARSH, OAKS, AND HUNTSMEN. The huntsmen are in a plain in the middle distance. It was formerly ascribed to Ruisdael and is in fact an unpretentious sketch by him ; but it is now catalogued as " Dutch school, in the style of J. Rombouts." Panel, 12 inches by 9 inches. In the collection of Daniel Mesman, bequeathed to the Museum in 1834. In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1902 catalogue, No. 67. 450. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH WATER. A sheet of water fills more than the left half of the foreground and half the middle distance. Beside it to the left lies a sunlit tree-trunk. In the right foreground is a patch of grass. Beyond the water is a dense wood, in which a group of three oaks is prominent. On the right a road leads away from the water and then bends to the left. A shepherd drives his sheep away along the road, with two men in front of the flock. From the right comes a woman, carrying a basket on her left arm and leading a boy by the right hand ; a dog follows her. To the right is a view over wooded country. Signed on the right at foot ; canvas, 20 inches by 23 inches. In the collection of Martin A. Ryerson, who lent it to the Chicago Art Institute. In the Chicago Art Institute, 1907 catalogue, No. 1138. 451. A POOL ON A WOODED SLOPE. Over the whole foreground spreads a marshy pool, which winds round from the left to the right. In the left foreground on a patch of ground are bushes and a tree- stump. In the right half of the middle distance is dry ground with eight large trees, amid which are two men, one seated and the other standing. On the left beyond the water is a steep wooded bank. White clouds in the sky. Canvas, 12 inches by 17 inches. In the collection of Joseph Depret, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort-on-Main. VOL. IV L
