164 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. right foreground lies a tree-trunk. Beyond is a cornfield ; farther back, amid trees, rises the steeple of a village church. The figures, which are strongly relieved against the landscape, are by A. van de Velde. The picture dates from about 1660. Signed in full in the right at foot ; canvas, IQ| inches by 26 inches. In the Schonborn collection, Vienna, 1896 catalogue, No. 73. 526^. A Wooded Landscape. In front, before a ruined wall, a man stands angling in a little pool. Canvas, 16^ inches by 19^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 4, 1769, No. 43 (26 florins, De Winter). 527. Cows standing in the Water. A ruin to the left. Farther away a boat with peasants. A herdsman with cattle in a wood. Vigorous and artistic. Dated 1658 ; panel, 19^ inches by 42 inches. Sale. H. Aarentz, Amsterdam, April 1 1, 1770, No. 69 (44 florins, Yver). 527^7. A Woodland Scene. In front is a small stream. A man with a bundle on his back and a boy. In the middle distance is a shepherd with sheep. Panel, 19 inches by 23 1 inches. Sale. F. I. de Dufresne, Amsterdam, August 22, 1770, No. 291. 527^. A Wood with a River. A little boat with peasants. Very light and natural. Canvas on panel, 23^ inches by 32 inches. Sale. Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 1 60. 527^. A Sportsman shooting Ducks. In the foreground of a wooded landscape. Sale. J. M. Cok, Amsterdam, December 16, 1771, No. 164 (15 florins 10). 527^. A Wood with a Little Pool. On the right, near part of a ruined wall, two anglers stand fishing. Canvas, 16 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, January 20, 1772, No. 24 (42 florins, Fouquet). $2jda. A Wooded Landscape with a Pool. Panel, 13 inches by 10 inches. Sale. The Hague, May 25, 1772, No. 164 (21 florins, Van den Burgh). 527^. A Wooded Landscape with a Little Pool. Panel, 21 inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 27, 1774, No. 175. 527/1 A Hilly and Wooded Landscape. Sm. 10. In front is a shallow stream. Twelve sheep are crossing. A shepherd and another man stand on the bank. Engraved by Le Bas, 1774. Then in the collection of the Due de la Rochefoucauld.
