268 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 861. LANDSCAPE WITH A COTTAGE. The cottage stands on a hill. At the foot is a pool. Blue sky with clouds. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 8 inches by 10 inches. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1892, No. 72. Then in the collection of E. H. Lawrence, London. 862. Landscape with an Old Cottage. The cottage stands under a clump of young trees. A woman is at the door. Two peasants sit near an old wheel. In front are larger trees and a little pool. To the left under trees is a cottage. Signed ; 22 inches by 26^ inches. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857. Sale. George Field, London, June 10, 1893, No. 33. 863. Two Cottages under Trees. Near a little pool are thick bushes and groups of trees, through which are seen the roofs of two cottages. Two peasants converse. Signed on the left at foot ; panel, 9^ inches by 14 inches. Sale. L. von Lilienthal and others, Cologne, December 21, 1893, No. 366. 864. THE ENTRANCE TO A VILLAGE. In the left middle distance, half hidden by trees, are a church and two houses behind it to the right. On the right is a wood on rising ground. In the centre a road leads to a watercourse in the right foreground. A man seated by the road- side converses with a man standing and a boy ; farther back are more figures. Distant hills. Peaceful sky, with warm sunlight. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 2o| inches by 25^ inches. Engraved by Martial. Sales. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 452. Laurent Richard, Paris, May 28, 1886. Bellino, Paris, May 20, 1892. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1895, No. 38. 865. THE VILLAGE ON THE HILL. In front is a pool. Near it to the left is a tree-trunk. Farther back is a wooden bridge, at the entrance to the village street. The houses stand to the left. In the distance is the church. In the right foreground, beside the road, are rocks covered with moss and bushes, on the top of which is a great oak. In the street a woman with a child stands in front of a seated man. To the right is a distant view. The blue sky is seen here and there through grey clouds. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 35 inches by 41 1 inches. Etched by G. Greux. Sales. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 449 ; and May 21, 1883, No. 87 (17,800 francs). In the collection of Baron de Gunzbourg, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of loo Paintings," 1896, No. 37.
