4H MEINDERT HOBBEMA SECT. Signed in full on the left at foot ; 24! inches by 33^ inches. In the Dutuit collection, Rouen. In the Petit Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 906. 175. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH WILLOWS BY A STREAM. In the right middle distance a cottage stands hidden behind clumps of great trees on the right of a sunlit road leading to a stream in front. The stream fills part of the foreground and goes away to the left distance. On the right bank are willows, reflected in the water. On the extreme left, far back, is a dark clump of trees. To the right of these, sunlit meadows with trees extend into the distance ; among the trees are cottages. In the right foreground a tree-trunk lies amid rushes. On the left of the road sits a woman ; a man approaches her. Farther to the right is another woman. A broad picture. Reproduced in the Klassischer Bilderschatx, No. 875. In the D'Absac collection, Paris, according to this authority. 176. A RIVER AT THE EDGE OF A WOOD, WITH A CHURCH AND MILL (or, Village by the Water-Side). Sm. 45, and Suppl. 13. A river flows from left to right across the foreground and then bends sharply towards the left centre distance, round a projecting bank, on which, almost in the centre, is a clump of tall trees. To the left of these is a dark wood, reflected in the water. On the nearer bank, across the front, a road leads to the water, with bushes to the right, and a low bushy tree at the right edge. On the projecting bank, in the right centre, a man and a boy are angling. In the right distance, across the bend of the river which reflects the light clouds, is a village in sunlight with a wind-mill to the right, the tower and nave roof of a great church rising above trees to the left. Broadly handled and richly painted. [Pendant to 245.] Signed with the monogram on the left at foot ; panel, 9^ inches by i inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1876, No. 204. Sales. P. J. Hogguer, Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 23 (621 florins, Hulswit). Sir Charles Bagot, London, July 18, 1836 (157 : ios., Seguier for Lord Lansdowne). In the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne,. Bowood, 1854 (Waagen, iii. 161). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 61. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 47 ; bought as a whole in 1907, by the London dealers Duveen Brothers. In the possession of the dealers Duveen Brothers, Paris. 177. A WOODED LANDSCAPE. A wooded slope extends from the left towards the right to a clear pool, beyond which is seen the distance. On the bank is a tree with autumn foliage. Brown bushes line a road through the trees. On the road are two figures. The sky is covered with clouds.
