j8 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Signed on the left at foot ; canvas, 40$ inches by 53! inches. Sales. Duke of Somerset, London, June 28, 1890. London, July 7, 1900, No. 87. C. Sedelmeyer, Paris, May 25, 1907, No. 164 (18,600 francs, Ricard of Frankfort). 34*. Landscape with the Castle of Bentheim. In the fore- ground to the right are tall trees, and to the left a shattered birch. In the centre, farther back, is a river with a wood on the left bank. In the left distance, on a hill, is the castle of Bentheim. Cloudy sky ; a distant view across the river. A shepherd with sheep ; in front a horseman gallops to the left towards the river. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, i8| inches by 23! inches. In the collection of Gustav, Ritter Hoschek von MUhlheim, Prague, 1907 catalogue, No. 107 ; but not in the sale, Vienna, March 24, 1909. 35. THE CASTLE OF BENTHEIM. Seen from the side with large buildings in front. Dark in tone. In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange ; sold as a whole in August 1907 to the London dealers Messrs. Thomas Agnew. 35*. The Castle of Bentheim. Canvas, 43 inches by 56 inches. Sak.T. H. Ward, London, December 12, 1908, No. 142 (189). 35*. A PANORAMIC VIEW WITH THE CHURCH OF BEVERWIJK. On the right is a slope with a cornfield ; the corn is in sheaves. A small picture. In the collection of James Simon, Berlin. 36. VIEW OF BEVERWIJK. In the middle distance is a flat landscape. The sky is filled with heavy clouds, but a ray of sunlight falls on the meadow to the right. In the foreground, in deep shadow, is a sheet of water, on which is a little boat. On both sides are ruins amid groups of trees. Wrongly described in the catalogue as a view of Haarlem. Canvas, i6| inches by 13^ inches (or the reverse). Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 572; and at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 1895, No. 112. In the collection of E. A. Leatham, London. 37. A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DUNES, WITH BEVERWIJK IN THE FOREGROUND. In the Schloss, Meiningen. 38. THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE OF BREDERODE. A square ruined building of red brick stands on the right. A small tree grows on the top of the walls. At the foot are bushes. Great trees
