xm JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 305 981. A Stormy Sea. In the right foreground is the coast, with waves breaking on a jetty. In the distance are buildings. On the open sea are ships under sail j one has a blue flag. Blue sky with dark clouds. Signed with the monogram ; 2O inches by 26^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 79. Then in the collection of Colonel W. A. Hankey, Beaulieu, Hastings. 982. Sea-Piece. Fishing-boats. On the right is a large sail. In the left foreground are two men on a projecting piece of land. Farther away are two frigates. Storm-clouds in the sky. Canvas, 28 inches by 37 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 85. Sale. Albert Levy, London, May 3, 1884 (793, bought in). Lent by Albert Levy's executors to the exhibition of 1885. 982*7. A Rough Sea. A storm coming on. Several sailing-boats fight the great waves. In the right distance is a three-master. Signed with the monogram on the left at foot j canvas, 10 inches by 14 inches. Sale. A. Baehner, Cologne, September 30, 1889, No. 121. 982^. Sea-Piece. On a rough sea are sailing-boats. The crew of one boat are reefing the sails. Clouds indicate an approaching storm. Signed ; canvas, 16 inches by 20 inches. Sale. St. Remy zur Biesen and others, Cologne, December 9, 1892, No. 165. 98 2c. A Stormy Sea. The waves run very high. Three three- masted vessels are fighting them. Cloudy sky with stormy petrels. Signed with the monogram on a floating plank ; panel, 34^ inches by 23 inches. Sale. The widow Marie von Robert and others, Cologne, March 27, 1893, No. 260. 982^. Sea-Piece. Frigates and other ships on a river in rainy weather. On the bank is a town. A rainbow. Signed with the monogram ; panel, ii inches by i6| inches. Sale. C. T. van Wijngaerdt and others, Amsterdam, November 7, 1893, No. 94 (130 florins). 982*. Sea-Piece. A sea running high, with jagged reefs, near which is a wrecked ship. In the distance are several larger ships and a boat with men. Panel, 4 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Wyl von Wymetal and others, Cologne, June 14, 1895, No. 212. 983. Sea-Piece: A Fresh Breeze. Sm. 277. Almost in the centre of the middle distance two fishing-boats sail to the left. On the right, near the front, a small rowing-boat lies near a sandbank ; two men VOL. iv x
