xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 421 204. The Entrance to a Wood. Sm. 42. Near it are cottages on the banks of a pool. A traveller goes towards a grove of trees in the centre. To the right are a man and a woman. Panel, 20 inches by 33 inches. Sale. A. Paillet, Paris, June 2, 1814 (2900 francs) ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 301. 205. A Cottage in a Wooded Landscape. Sm. 49. Called Hobbema's cottage. Sale. London, 1815 (53$ : IDS.). 206. Landscape with Two Pools and a Road. The road leads away between the pools. On it are two figures. Near the water are clumps of trees and an angler. In the centre is a sunlit vista. [Possibly identical with 154.] Panel, 24 inches by 33 inches. Sale. L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, April 8, 1816, No. 42 (2060 florins, Nieuwenhuys). 206,2. The Entrance to a Wood at the Edge of a Pool. Panel, 25! inches by 20 inches. Sale. H , Rotterdam, April 18, 1816, No. 17 (130 florins). 207. A Wooded Landscape. The sunlight falls on the trees and bushes in the distance. In the left foreground is a pool. Near an uphill road are three woodcutters and a horseman who speaks to one of them. Panel, 23^ inches by 35^ inches. Sale. La Fontaine, Paris, May 28, 1821 (i 1,900 francs) ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 346. 208. The Entrance to a Wood with a Stream. The stream flows away by the wood. A man comes down a hilly road. Panel, 36 inches by 51 inches. Sale. J. Hulswit, Amsterdam, October 28, 1822, No. 28 (1017 florins, Gruijter). 2oSa. A Wooded Landscape with Water. Figures. Panel, 28^ inches by 23 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. no (2 florins, Van den Berg). 2o8. A Wooded Landscape. Panel, 10 inches high. Sale. P. de Heere de Holy of Dordrecht, Rotterdam, August 31, 1824, No. 8 (321 florins, Harrington). 208^. A Woodland Road, a Ford, and Two Peasants. Sale. Marquis de Belleville, London, June 13, 1825 (315, Isaac). 209. A Wooded Landscape with an Angler. Sm. 15. On the right a broad road leads to a cottage, at the half-door of which is a woman ; a man and a girl are in front of her. Nearer the spectator is a peasant, followed by a dog. Near the centre is a clump of leafy trees. To the
