Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/249

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xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 235 739. Landscape with a Pool and an Angler. Sm. 190. In a marshy landscape a pool fills the whole foreground. On either side are clumps of trees. A man stands amid rushes, angling. [Pendant to 740.] Panel, 10 inches by 13 inches. Sale. G. Watson Taylor, London, June 13, 1823 (138 : izs.). In the collection of Alexander Baring, London, 1835 (Sm.). 740. A Shepherd with a Flock of Sheep. Sm. 191. A land- scape with uneven muddy soil. Clumps of elms along the front extend from the left to the centre. To the right is a field of beans in sheaves, at the end of which is a cottage amid trees. On a road to the left a shepherd drives a flock of sheep through water. In front of him is a man with a pack on his back. Farther back are two men, one of them seated. [Pendant to 739.] Panel, 10 inches by 13 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1828. Sale. G. Watson Taylor, London, June 13, 1823 Gii3 : 8s. according to Sm. ; but ,210, Baring, according to Art Sales). In the collection of Alexander Baring, London, 1835 (Sm.). 740*. Rising Ground with a Watercourse. Panel, I2| inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 579 (270 francs). 740^. Landscape after Rain. In the centre, a cottage amid trees. Panel, 25^ inches by 32 inches. In the Darmstadt Gallery, 1843 (Parthey, ii. 461), but no longer there. 741. A Norwegian Landscape with a River. Sm. 228. On a road, which curves downwards from a hill, a shepherd drives sheep and goats. At the end of the road is a woman carrying on her head a bundle of brushwood gathered in a wood which is almost hidden by the hilltop. In the centre are two great oaks. In the right foreground are a river, reflecting the trees on the bank, and a thatched cottage, near which sheep are feeding. Farther back are cottages amid trees. The figures and animals are attributed to Ommeganck. Sm. says that P. J. de Regemorter painted in the shepherd and sheep about 1830. Canvas, 33 inches by 41 inches. In the Van Saceghem collection, Ghent, 1835 (Sm.) Sale. Van Saceghem of Ghent, Brussels, June 2, 1851, No. 55 (2700 francs, De la Croix). 742. A Sunlit Sheet of Water. The water is in the right foreground. To the left a road leads through a wood. A person seated converses with another who is standing. A very clear sky. The trees are especially dark. [Possibly identical with 644^.] Panel. In the collection of the Earl of Dunmore, Dunmore Park, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 455).