260 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. with a dog sits in the middle, conversing with a man, followed by a child. In the distance are another man and woman. Canvas, 1 9^ inches by 24 inches. Sale. Clos, Paris, November 18, 1812 (2251 francs) noted by Ch. Blanc, ii. 294. 830*. Cottages near Water. Attractive and very natural. Sale. Amsterdam, April 14, 1813, No. 9 (20 florins). 830^. A Dutch Village by the Sea. Figures. Sale. H. van der Werff, Rotterdam, April 19, 1816, No. 39 (57 florins, Tessier). 830*:. A Wooded Landscape. In front are two figures. To the left is a cottage amid trees. A ray of sunlight falls in the distance. Panel, 13^ inches by n inches. Sale. D. Luchtmans, Rotterdam, April 20, 1816, No. 129 (80 florins). 831, A Farm by a River. Sm. 53. The farm stands amid trees, among which are an oak, a willow, and an elder bush. Another house amid trees in the distance. [Compare 1075^ and d.~ Panel, 9^ inches by 12^ inches. In the collection of Prince de Talleyrand, offered for sale in Paris, July 7, 1817, but bought as a whole by W. Buchanan, the London dealer. In the possession of De la Hante, London, before 1835. 831*7. A Cottage amid Trees. At one side amid great trees is a thatched cottage. At the other side is an open landscape with a pool in front. Tree-trunks. Figures by Isack van Ostade. Canvas, 32 inches by 37^ inches. Sate. J. A. Snijers, Antwerp, April 27, 1818, No. 9. 831^. Cottages and Trees. On rising ground. Natural. Panel, 21 inches by 26 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 16, 1819, No. 148 (60 florins, Roos). 831*:. Landscape with Houses. A rocky landscape. Two cot- tages under high trees. Canvas, 2i| inches by 25^ inches. Sale. C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 92 (311 florins, Brondgeest.) 831^. A River Landscape. Wooded banks with cottages and figures. Panel, i inches by 15 inches. Sale. T. London de Ghellinck, Ghent, September 3, 1821, No. 191. 832. The Entrance to a Village. Sm. 184. Near a high road. On the right is a church with a ruined steeple. Two peasants, followed by two dogs, pass by some tree-trunks which lie near. On the left travellers halt at an inn in the shade of trees.
