42 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. In the distance are trees and a village ; the church with its tower rises on the right ; in the centre is a windmill, and farther to the left in front of the trees is a hut, apparently with sheep in front of it. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 15 inches by 20 inches. Bought by Riedel in Leipzig at the Michaelmas fair of 1751. Presented by Count Wackerbarth to King Augustus III. of Poland, Elector of Saxony. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1503. ma. VIEW OF A PLAIN WITH A CORNFIELD. Sm. 265. The cornfield is on the left. A lofty oak with shattered top is almost in the centre. A road leads from the left background past the oak towards the front. In the centre a man and a woman walk forward on the road, which is flooded by heavy rain ; a boy sits in the water and a dog drinks. Beyond, in shadow, a shepherdess tends a large flock of sheep. On the extreme right a man, with a bundle on a stick over his shoulder, walks away, followed by a dog. In the right centre a patch of landscape is in brilliant sunlight. In the right and centre distance is the edge of a wood. To the left, through the trees, is a distant view. Grey clouds in the sky. Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 18 inches by 21 inches. In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, 1910 catalogue, No. 882 ; it was in the collection in 1835 (Sm., who valued it at .262 : ios.). 112. VIEW OF A PLAIN WITH A CORNFIELD. Sm. 182. A view from a height across an open plain, intersected by two roads, with a swirling stream in front. A peasant is at work in a hemp field, beside the right-hand road. Near the left-hand road is a cornfield. A traveller, preceded by his dog, walks towards a village with a church tower, opposite which stands a windmill. Signed in full on the right at foot ; panel, io inches by 14 inches. Sale. Robert de St. Victor, Paris, November 26, 1822 (1660 francs). In the collection of Sir Hickman Bacon, Bart., Gainsborough. 113. A CORNFIELD. A cornfield lies on a slope to the right. To the left is a withered tree. A man walks down the slope to the field. Farther to the left at the lower corner of the field are two figures, with a dog. The road divides in front to right and left. In the left-hand corner is part of another cornfield. Beyond it is a cottage amid trees. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 18 inches by 22| inches. In the collection of Sir Hickman Bacon, Bart., Gainsborough. 114. [Entry cancelled.] 115. A HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH A CORNFIELD. The cornfield lies to the left. On the right is a road j on it in the fore- ground is a horseman in a red cloak, followed by a dog, while two other figures are seen to the right farther back. In the left foreground lie tree- trunks. In the centre the roof of a house rises above some trees. On the right is a view of a sunlit plain. Good, but a trifle empty. The sky is the best part of the picture.
