xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 151 Signed with the monogram ; 27 inches by 20 inches. In the Chanenko collection, Kieff, 1899 catalogue, No. 307. 477. A WOODLAND SCENE WITH A STILL POOL. In the centre of the middle distance is a clump of thirteen trees. In front is a still pool, with bushes and small trees on the bank to the left. A winding road leads from the right foreground to a cottage in the middle distance. Along the road comes a shepherd with sheep ; beyond are two figures. Between the trees and to the left and right of them is a plain with a cornfield to the left. Signed in full ; canvas, 20 inches by 26 inches. Purchased in 1760. In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 300. 478. A WOODLAND SCENE WITH A STILL POOL. In the left foreground is a still pool overgrown with reeds, on which are three ducks. On the bank in the right middle distance are tall trees. Other trees and willows are near them to the right and beyond. Under the trees a man stands leaning on a stick. On the bank to the left are bushes. In the centre and on the extreme left is a view of a plain. Cloudy sky. Signed with the monogram; panel, 13! inches by 14 inches. Acquired in 1744 from the Wahls collection. In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 301. 479. LANDSCAPE WITH A HUNT. On the right are rocks; on the left is a waterfall. The figures may be by Lingelbach or, perhaps, by A. van de Velde. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 14^ inches by 14 inches. Exhibited at Leipzig, 1889, No. 205. In the collection of Rudolf Brockhaus, Leipzig. 480. A POOL AT THE EDGE OF A WOOD; WITH TWO ANGLERS. On the left is a thick wood. In the centre is a pool, near which are two anglers and a dog. On the right, amid trees, is a ruined castle. Beyond the pool is a view of open country. Morning. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1648 ; panel, 2o| inches by 27 inches. Exhibited at Leipzig, 1889, No. 199. Bought in 1887 from the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer. In the collection of the late Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, 1900 catalogue, No. 69. 481. FOREST SCENE. Sm. Suppl. 64. In an oak wood is a shallow pool filling the foreground and the centre of the middle distance. The water reflects the trees on the right. In the right foreground is a leafless birch ; at its foot another birch, which has been felled, lies partly in the water. On the left bank, near great oaks, are two sportsmen, who have sent their dogs across the water into the wood on the right. The figures are very small. Canvas, 42 inches by 56 inches.
