xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 359 reflected in the slightly ruffled surface of the stream. On the bank in the right foreground grow lofty oaks, in the shade of which stands an angler. A man and a woman are in a boat on the water. In the distance are the wooded banks. The same ruin as in 17, from the same side but from a nearer view-point. Signed in full on the bank at the foot of the trees ; panel, i8| inches by 25 inches. A sketch for the picture is in the Munich Print-room. In the collection of the late F. Fleischmann, London. 19. LANDSCAPE WITH A RUINED CASTLE. For the description, see 17, which is the same subject, painted from the same spot. The chief differences are as follows. First, two tree-tops on the right rise far above the rest. Secondly, the figures have been changed ; on the left there are two adults with a boy between them ; in the right fore- ground there is a horseman with a man on foot at his right and a dog in shadow ; farther back is a man on a grey horse in full sunlight, while a man sits at the bend of the road. An interesting picture of good quality. Panel, 24 inches by 33^ inches. In the collection of Earl Howe, Gopsall. In the possession of the London dealer Knoedler. In the collection of H. C. Frick, New York. 19*7. Landscape with a Castle. A post- waggon and travellers on foot. 30! inches by 38^ inches. From the subject and size this would seem perhaps to be the picture engraved by Adam in the Leuchtenberg collection, 1886 catalogue, No. 159. If so, it should be excluded, for the Leuchtenberg picture is not by Hobbema. Sale. Madame M. J. Cosson and others, Leyden, October 21, 1772, No. 55 (l florin 10). 20. A Wooded Landscape with a Country House. In front a woman walks, while a man stands still. Amid trees is a fine country house. Panel. Sale. J. W. Wessel, Amsterdam, September 28, 1791, No. 30 (42 florins, J. Spaan). 2Oa. A Wood with a Castle. Several figures in a wood. To the left are two figures on a path leading into the wood. In the right distance is a castle. In front are several fallen tree trunks, bushes, and plants. Panel, 21 inches by 26^ inches. Sales. H. Croese, Amsterdam, September 18, 1811, No. 116 (750 florins, or 1300 florins, Waterham). Adriaen Harssevoort, Rotterdam, November 4, 1817, No. 5 (36 florins, Gruijter) measuring 26 inches by 21 inches. 2o. A Wooded Landscape with a Castle. Figures. Sale. Antwerp, March 30, 1846, No. 14.
