xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 211 flows round the base of the knoll to the front. In the middle distance is a rustic bridge over the stream. Beyond are clumps of trees on rocky hills. On a road leading to the bridge is a man, followed by a dog. Beyond are three other figures. Canvas, 24 inches by 30 inches. Engraved by Jury. Sale. Paillet, Paris, 1799 (1701 francs). In the Wilmens collection, Frankfort-on-Main, 1835 (Sm.). 669. The Wooden Bridge. Sm. 257, and Suppl. 98. A wooded landscape is intersected on the right by a broad stream. The banks are fringed with flags and water-weeds, and skirted in part by bushes and trees. On the right a road, parallel with the stream, winds over a hill. A leafless beech stands in front of an oak with rich autumn foliage. A woman and child cross a wooden bridge in front. Canvas, i6| inches by 23 inches. Exhibited in the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834, for private sale (priced at jioo). Sale. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 27 (2751 francs, Chaplin). 670. Landscape with a Cloudy Sky. Sm. Suppl. 88. To the left is flat country with a ruin in front and a brick bridge of a single arch with a flight of steps at the side down to the water. Amid a few low trees rises a church spire ; beyond is a hill. In the right foreground is a thatched cottage with a high tree. At a well hear it is a woman in a red dress. Cloudy sky, with a gleam of sunshine. [Possibly identical with 138-] Canvas, about 18 inches by 25 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1 840. Then in the collection of Andrew Fountaine, Narford Hall. 671. A Hawking Party. A landscape is intersected by a river flowing under a wooden bridge. On the bank, at the foot of a sandhill, are cottages. In front are sportsmen ; their beaters and falconers appear in the middle of a road leading through a wood. Sale. Paris, November 13, 1841, No. 19 (1280 francs). 672. Landscape with a Bridge. Sm. Suppl. 45. In the fore- ground of a hilly landscape flows a stream between high banks, connected by a rustic bridge in the centre. On the right bank is an old oak, beyond which is a thatched cottage. On rising ground to the left are bushes and trees, with the stump of an old birch. A shepherd has crossed the stream and drives sheep up the bank. Cloudy and gloomy sky. Canvas, 14 inches by 26 inches. In the possession of the Brussels dealer E. le Roy, before 1842 (priced at 5000 francs). 673. Open Country with a High Road. Sm. Suppl. 8. In the centre a road leads over a bridge into the distance, where is seen a broad
