184 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 581. The Stag-Hunt. The stag surrounded by huntsmen has fled into a stream which flows through a wood and forms a waterfall in front. Grey clouds with faint light at the edges. The figures are by A. van de Velde. Signed on the right at foot ; canvas, 27 inches by ii inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 454. 582. A River in a Wood. Trees line the bank of a river at the foot of a sunlight hill, which is reflected in the water and relieved against a blue sky with clouds. In front are two ducks. Panel, 6 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 460. 582*7. The Ford. A shepherd drives his flock through a stream. On the banks are high trees and underwood, which are reflected in the water. Clouds in the sky. Panel, 9^ inches by 12 inches. Sale. L. Flameng, Paris, April 14, 1882, No. 66. 583. A Sportsman shooting. In front is a pool. A sportsman has dismounted from his horse to fire at birds flying over the water. Peasants wait at a little distance. Three oaks stand on a green hill, on which sheep are feeding. Cloudy sky. The figures are by Philips Wouwerman. Panel, 21 inches by 25 inches. Sales. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 459. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 86. 584. The Ford. At the foot of a hill covered with grass and trees flows a stream, through which a shepherd drives sheep. Sunlit sky with clouds. In the collections of Cottreau and Antonis Escudero, successively. Sale. Moreau-Chaslon, Paris, February 1884 (4000 francs) ; noted by Paul Eudel, 1885, p. 159. 585. A Wooded Landscape. On the left are tall trees. In the centre is a cottage with two figures in front. On the right is another cottage, with a man standing at the door. In the left middle distance is a river. Cloudy sky. Canvas, 32 inches by 40 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 89. Then in the collection of Lord Mount Temple, Broadlands. 585*7. A Hilly and Wooded Landscape with a Pool in front. To the left is a herdsman with goats under some trees. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 20 inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at Dusseldorf, 1886, No. 285. Then in a private collection in Cologne. 585/1. A Wooded Landscape with a Stag-Hunt. On the left
