xiij JACOB VAN RUISDAEL Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 41 1 inches by 34^ inches. In the collection of Count Koucheleff Besborodko, St. Petersburg, 1835 (Sm.). Sale. Count Koucheleff Besborodko, Paris, June 5, 1869, No. 30 (26,800 francs). 675*2. Landscape with a Rustic Bridge. A village. In the Rendron collection. Sale. Lord Ashburton, London, June 8, 1872 (336, Everard). 675^. A Country Scene. A rustic bridge of red brick crosses a little river. A woman washes linen on the bank. A man crosses the river farther back. On the far side is a clump of trees with cottages, surrounded by hills. In front, on the water, are rank weeds. The cloudy sky contrasts well with the ray of sunlight on the bridge. Signed in full ; canvas, about 20 inches by 15 inches, or the reverse. Sale. London, June 23, 1873 noted by a later hand in Sm.'s copy of his catalogue. 675^. A River Landscape with a Bridge. Sale. (Wynn?) Ellis, London, 1876 (168, Warneck). 676. Landscape with a Clump of Trees. A road winds round a clump of trees in the centre ; on the road are two figures and a dog. In front is a wooden bridge over a river. To the right is a cottage with another clump of trees. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 20^ inches by 26^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1878, No. 90. Then in the collection of Robert Williams, London. 676*7. Landscape with a Bridge and Ducks. Sale. W. B. White, London, May 1879 (225 : 155., Lesser). 676^. A Hilly River Landscape. A bridge and figures. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 771. Sale. Townend, London, 1883 (598 : ios., Agnew). 67 6c. A River Landscape with a Bridge. A horseman crosses. Sale. London, April I, 1896, No. 60. 677. The Bridge. From a wooded hill on the right a brick bridge leads over a little stream. Two men are at the farther end of the bridge. At the foot is a boat amid rushes. Signed with the monogram ; panel, n| inches by 16 inches. In the collection of T. Humphry Ward, London. Sale. C. Sedelmeyer, Berlin, November 16, 1897, No. 43. 678. LANDSCAPE WITH A BRIDGE. Sm. 12. On the left are two wooded hills. Between them a weedy stream flows to the front, where it is crossed by a bridge. On the bridge are a woman on a grey horse, preceded by a man on foot, two cows, and a flock of sheep.
