308 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. the horizon are the church tower and houses of a town identified by Sm. as Delft. On the farther bank of the river, on the extreme right, is a wind-mill. Dark clouds. A good and genuine picture. Signed in full ; canvas, 17 inches by 2o| inches. Engraved by Brunet-Debaines. Exhibited at Berlin, 1906, No. 119. Sale. Smith, London, 1828 (71 : 8s.). In the collection of H. J. Munro, 1835 (Sm.). Bought by Sm. in 1840 and sold to a Paris collector according to a MS. note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue. In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., London. In the collection of Prince Demidoff, San Donate. In the collection of Max Kann. In the Brooks collection. Sales. Auguste Courtin, Paris, March 29, 1886 (14,700 francs). Haro, Paris, May 30, 1892, No. 47 (7200 francs). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 183. In the collection of Franz von Mendelssohn, Berlin. A SNOWY LANDSCAPE. Figures by Ruisdael himself. In the style of 986 and others. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 14 inches by i inches. Exhibited at Berlin, 1890, No. 253, and 1906, No. 120. In the collection of Max Steinthal, Berlin. 989. A COTTAGE IN WINTER. In the right distance is a village. On the left is a bank, with wind-blown trees. Several figures. Signed in full on the left at foot j canvas, 16 inches by 14^ inches. In the collection of the Due d'Arenberg, Brussels; W. Btlrger's 1859 catalogue, No. 55. 990. A Winter Landscape. In the collection of Comte d'Effine, Brussels noted by A. Bredius. 991. A WINTER LANDSCAPE. On the right a road leads past snow-bound fields ; a man with a dog is on the road. At the road- side to the left is a clump of trees. Nearer the front, to the left, is a barn. Evening. A group of cottages in the distance emerges faintly from the twilight. Canvas on panel, n inches by I2| inches. In the De Neufville-Gontard collection, with which it was acquired in 1817 ; mentioned in the inventor}' of the goods of J. M. de Neufville-Gontard, 1794. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort -on -Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 271. 992. A WINTER LANDSCAPE. A snow-bound plain with trees to right and left. In the centre a road leads to the distance ; away to the right is a cottage. In the centre foreground stands a solitary lamp- post. To the left of this are two travellers with a dog.
