22 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 47. VIEW OF EGMOND AAN ZEE. Sm. Suppl. 117. Two roads lead from the foreground to the village, whose red-tiled roofs are surmounted by the church seen on the side of the choir with its stumpy square tower. Beyond is a stretch of sea in bright sunlight ; the village itself is in the shadow of a dark cloud. To the left are dunes. Wrongly catalogued as a view of Katwijk ; the village of Egmond is recognisable from the characteristic church with the ruined choir. A fine picture. Signed in full, and apparently dated 1655, though the catalogue men- tions only the monogram ; panel, 19^ inches by 26^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1894, No. 73. In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, Glasgow, 1842 (Sm.) and 1854 (Waagen, iii. 287); purchased as a whole by the city of Glasgow, 1856. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 878. 48. VIEW OF EGMOND AAN ZEE. Similar to 47 and 50. With very few figures. Brightly illumined foreground ; dark cloudy sky. In the collection of Count Schuwaloff, St. Petersburg. 49. VIEW OF EGMOND AAN ZEE. Similar to 47. To the left are leafless trees. In the foreground are notes of colour men with three sheep and a dog running through a pool on the road. Panel, 24 inches by 19! inches. In the collection of Sir Frederick Cook, Bart., Richmond, Surrey. 50. VIEW OF EGMOND AAN ZEE. The village lies in the middle distance, with the sea beyond. The church with its stumpy square tower rises above the houses. In the foreground is a sunlit road through the dunes. The sun's rays also fall on the sea and on a sailing- boat to the right. Blue sky with clouds. A variation of 47. Signed on the left with the monogram ; panel, 12 inches by 14 inches. Etched by L. Lowenstam and R. Norstedt. In the collection of Louisa Ulrica, Queen of Sweden, and there attributed to Rembrandt. In the collection of Gustavus III., King of Sweden. In the National Museum, Stockholm, 1900 catalogue, No. 618. 51. LANDSCAPE WITH THE RUINS OF EGMOND (?). The castle rises in imposing grandeur amid a gloomy landscape under a dark cloudy sky. The half-ruined brick tower is reflected in a still pool, fringed with reeds, which fills the foreground. A wall adjoining the tower shows how large the castle once was. Two persons examine a heap of rubbish. On the left an archway, the former entrance, leads under a second tower, the upper part of which has been destroyed. At the back is a hill overgrown with bushes. To the right, beyond the pool, is a shepherd with his flock. " Signed with the monogram on the right at foot j canvas, 39 inches by 53 inches.
