xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 403 From a noted Russian collection, in which it was regarded as a Hobbema with figures by Berchem. Sale. V , Paris, September 24, 1862, No. 9. i44<r. Landscape with Cattle passing through a Dense Wood. A herdsman drives the cattle. In front is a fallen tree amid bushes. To the right is hilly and wooded country with a church tower. [Possibly identical with 143.] 43 inches by 58 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 223. Then in the collection of A. Dennestoun. 144^. A Wooded Landscape with Cottages. To the right are cottages. A dog is on a path ; cows and figures are on a road. Figures by A. van de Velde. 33^ inches by 33^ inches. Sale. Baron de Hirsch, London, February 6, 1897, No. 38. 145. A WOODED LANDSCAPE. Sm. 89. To the left is a clump of tall trees, with two anglers in front. Under the trees are several cottages, and another stands in the centre beside a sunlit road, along which a man with a stick in his right hand walks to the right. Farther right two peasants, with a dog in front, walk to the left. Here is a view of flat country. In the right foreground is a still pool. Signed in full on the left ; canvas, 38 inches by 52 inches. Engraved in aquatint by Prestel. Exhibited with the Six collection, Amsterdam, 1900, No. 44. In the Van Winter collection. In the Six van Hillegom collection. In the collection of J. Six, Amsterdam. 146. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH COTTAGES AMID TREES. Sm. 27. In the left foreground is a cottage, surrounded with tall trees, whose branches overhang a road leading past. On the road are three men ; two of them converse with a woman seated at the roadside. In the middle distance is another cottage amid trees, in sunlight. Under the trees are other cottages and figures. Further right are a man and a woman ; on a road beyond is yet another cottage. Sunlit clouds. Figures by the artist himself. A notable work. Canvas, 37 1 inches by 52 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1892, No. 67. Acquired by Philip Hill from Woodburn (for 630). Sale. Willett Willett, London, 1813 (514: ios.). Exhibited in Maddox Street, London, 1828, for private sale (priced at 1800). In the collection of Edward Gray, Harringay House, Hornsey, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of James Morrison, Basildon Park, Reading, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 307). In the collection of the late Charles Morrison, Basildon Park, Reading. 147. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH AN ARTIST
