xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 175 right are the trunk of an old oak and the stump of another amid grass. Beyond is a distant view. The figures are by Berchem. Signed in full by Ruisdael and Berchem, and dated 1652 ; canvas, 33 inches by 41^ inches. Exhibited in the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834 ; at the British Institution, London, 1856; at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1876 ; and at the London dealer Lawrie's, 1903, No. 4. Saks. Pierre de Grand- Pre, Paris, February 16, 1809 (7001 francs). Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 26 (8000 francs); mentioned by Ch. Blanc, ii. 424. S. Wheeler, London, July 29, 1871 (792 : 155., King). G. A. F. Cavendish Bentinck, London, 1891 (1470). In the collection of A. Sanderson, Edinburgh. In the collection of the late F. Fleischmann, London. 551. Peasants fording a Stream. Sm. Suppl. 63. In the fore- ground of a wooded landscape a road winds round a pool and is then flooded ; a man and a woman ford the water. On the other side of the picture four sheep and a lamb are near an oak, at the foot of which lies a tree-trunk. Canvas, 15 inches by 20 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1837. Then in the collection of C. T. Tower, London. 552. Travellers leaving a Wood. In the centre is a river ; to the left of it are three great trees ; in the distance are hills. [Possibly identical with 543.] Sales. Erard, Paris. Casimir Perier, Paris, April 18, 1838 (4805 francs) ; mentioned by Ch. Blanc, ii. 434. 553. A Hilly and Well-wooded Landscape with a River. Sm. Suppl. 30. A river in the centre flows along the foot of a hill and is lost in the distance. A wood of oaks and beeches stretches from the left across two-thirds of the picture. On a little hill to the right are a few scattered trees, among them an old elm with few leaves. At the foot of the elm stands a man ; another stands in the middle of the river, fishing. A fine evening. Canvas on panel, 21 inches by 29 inches. In the collection of the Due de Berry. Imported into England from Paris in 1840 by the dealer Hume. 554. A Hilly and Barren Heath. Sm. Suppl. 31. In the distance is a line of low trees. The soil is a yellow clay, with sunlight on it here and there. Up a road over a steep hill in front a herdsman, seen from the back, drives three sheep and a cow ; beyond are a man and a boy. The figures are by A. van de Velde. Panel, 14 inches by 21 inches. In the collection of the Due de Berry. Imported into England from Paris in 1840 by the dealer Hume, and bought by Chaplin.
