xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 423 To the right is a ruined house on a sandy hill, amid trees. On a rough road, leading to a cottage amid trees, a man and a woman come forward. In the distance rises a church spire. To the right is a pool. A smaller replica of 236. [Pendant to 253.] Panel, 13^ inches by 18 inches. Sales. (Probably) J. Pekstok, Amsterdam, December 17, 1792, No. 48 (120 florins, with pendant). Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, July i, 1833, No. 33 (705 florins, Woodin) ; Sm. says that it was bought from Woodin. 214*. A Wooded Landscape with Cottages. Panel, 9 inches by 14 inches. Sale. W. J. Schellink and others, Rotterdam, April 24, 1834, No. 23 (42 florins, De Reus). . A Wooded Landscape. Sale. Rotterdam, September 15, 1834, No. 62. 215. A Wooded Landscape with Figures. Sm. 47. Almost certainly identical with 150 or 151 (Edinburgh). Sale. Hart Davis, London, 1814 (170). In the collection of Sir J. Erskine, Bart., in 1835 (Sm.). 2 1 6. A Wooded Landscape with Distant Cornfields. Sm. 126. To the left is a cottage with two fine oaks in front. Near these is a thick wood, from which a stream flows beside a high bank to the front, amidst flags and other water weeds. A man and a woman come away from the cottage, at the half-door of which is another woman. In the shade of the wood are three other figures. A man with a stick in his hand walks along a road on the right leading by a cornfield. Apparently similar to 157 (Oppenheim). [Pendant to 219. Possibly identical with 211.] Panel, 24 inches by 33 inches. In the possession of O'Neil, 1835 (Sm.) ; he had recently bought it from Stacy of Norwich. 217. A Wooded Landscape with a Pool. Sm. 74. Out of a sedgy pool in front, an old oak rises on the left ; its branches mingle with those of other trees at the edge of the pool. On a path to the right, a man and a boy stand conversing with a seated woman. Beyond them a tree bends over the water. At the edge of the pool are three peasants. "A good example" (Sm.). Canvas, 27 inches by 35^ inches. Sale. T. G. Campbell, London, 1831 (288 : 155.). In the possession of the London dealer Nieuwenhuys, 1835 (Sm.). 2 1 8. A Wooded Landscape with a Large Pool. Sm. 62. In the left foreground is a large pool, into which a stream rushes down a wooden spout. In the centre, on a bank, is an old oak ; near it are a decayed tree and the stem of another. In the adjacent meadows are numerous clumps of trees, among which the sun shines. To the right is
