xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 273 wooded hill fills the right half of the picture. In an open grassy space at the top are three oaks. Sheep graze under the trees, and a man, seen from the back, sits conversing with a man who stands facing the spectator. On the nearer slope, which is clear of trees, are the remains of a fence. In the right foreground are two portions of a tree-trunk. On the left is broken country. In the middle distance are two men, seen from the back, one of whom stands while the other is seated. Farther away are a little stream, a cottage with a tree, and several small figures. A range of light green dunes closes the view. Cloudy sky ; dark green foliage. Signed with the monogram on the left at foot ; panel, 16 inches by 21 inches. In the possession of the London dealer L. Nicholson. 888. DUNES, WITH MANY TREES. Sm. 319. The fore- ground is broken and intersected by sandy paths. In the centre is a pool, with two logs lying on the bank. Two young trees grow on a knoll to the right, beyond which is a sportsman with two dogs near him on a path. Clumps of trees bound the view in the centre ; a clump of trees at the side partly mask a hill. [Pendant to 254.] Canvas, 21 inches by 23^ inches. In the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle ; it was there in 1835 (Sm.). 889. DUNES WITH TREES. On the left is a steep uphill path. On the top stands a man with a stick ; another man is seated ; on a road to the right is a waggon. In the centre foreground is a stream. To the left of it are willows ; to the right is a white-thorn bush in flower. In the right middle distance are hedges, a cottage, and sheep grazing. An early work. Signed in full in the centre at foot, and dated 16-7 (the third figure, which is illegible, must be a 4) ; panel, 28 inches by 36 inches. Etched by J. L. Raab. In the collection of Maximilian I., King of Bavaria, who presented it in 1823 to the State. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 544. 890. LANDSCAPE NEAR HAARLEM (or The Bush). Sm. 300. In the centre foreground, on a bank, is a clump of low bushy trees and bushes ; the trees bend to the left, as if in a westerly breeze, and stand out against the sky. To the right, on a sunlit road with a slight ascent, a man walks away ; a dog follows him, and two dogs, one of them crouching, are on the road before him. At the far end of the road is a cottage-roof ; to the right is a bank with more bushy trees. To the left of the trees, in the centre, fields with fences and trees stretch away into the distance, where the great church and the roofs of Haarlem are seen on the horizon ; the left middle distance is in sunlight. A great expanse of cloudy sky with the sunlight breaking through on the right. An early work. The figures are by another and possibly a later hand. Signed in full on the road to the right ; canvas, 26 inches by 32 inches. Engraved in the Musee Franfais ; etched by Daubigny. VOL. IV T
