322 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 1035. LANDSCAPE AND FIGURES. Very dark trees fill more than the right half of the picture, and are reflected in a dark pool in front. To the left, beyond the pool, is a big tree-trunk. A woman in blue leans against it, conversing with three other persons. A little to the right of them is a boy playing with a dog. In the left middle distance are dunes with a few trees ; sunlight falls on the dune to the extreme left, making it almost white. Blue sky at top, with light clouds to the left. Well preserved and very fresh. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 20^ inches by 26 inches. In the collection of John Graham-Gilbert, bequeathed by Mrs. Graham- Gilbert to Glasgow in 1877. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 879. 1036. LANDSCAPE WITH A CLOUDY SKY. In front stands a solitary withered tree, which is very white. The full light falls on a willow and a low hedge. Small and unimportant figures. Signed on the left at foot with the monogram, and dated 1649 ; panel, 9| inches by 8 inches. In the collection of F. X. P. Fabre, Montpellier, who gave it to the museum in 1825. In the Montpellier Museum, 1910 catalogue, No. 753. 1037. LANDSCAPE WITH A SLENDER FIR TREE.- The fir stands in the left foreground, in front of a rocky bank on which a group of travellers are resting. Beyond there is a hill with leafy trees. At the foot of the fir tree flows a mountain stream, coming from a valley with steep sides overgrown with fir trees and leafy trees. The sunlight breaks through grey clouds and illumines the tree- tops. Signed in full ; canvas, 31^ inches by 26 inches. Successively in the Winkler and Von Quandt collections. In the Oldenburg Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 187. 1038. Woodland Scene. A landscape with a very dark clump of trees. In front lies a felled tree. Near it are figures, which have apparently been painted in by a later hand. To the left is a distant view. Canvas, 31 inches by 38 inches. In the collection of Sir Frederick Cook, Bart., Richmond, Surrey, No. 180. 1038* and b. Two Hilly Landscapes. With trees. One by morning and the other by evening light. Canvas, 14 inches by i6| inches. Sale. N. Albrechts and others, Amsterdam, May II, 1772, No. 83 (30 florins, Uiterlimmingen). 1038*:. A Burning. Panel, 15^ inches by nj inches. Sale. The widow of P. Ploos van Amstel and others, The Hague, May 4, 1778, No. 49 (2 florins, Berkenbos). 1038^. A Northern Hill Landscape. With great trees. At the
