A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters; in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their (14589738727)

Banks of a River by Jacob van Ruisdael

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Title: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters; in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures; a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference to the galleries and private collections, in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools:

Year: 1829 (1820s)

Authors: Smith, John, -1718

Subjects: Painters Painters Painters

Publisher: London, Smith and son

Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute

Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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he hills. 1ft. 3 in. by 2 ft. 8 in.—G. 324. A View of a Eichly-Wooded Country. The picture isremarkable for a beautiful oak standing at the side of a hillin the-foreground. Two persons on horseback are in thecentre, approaching the front. 1ft. 21 in. by \ ft. \0 in.—F. 325. A Landscape, representing a mountainous and well-wooded country. On the right may be observed a mancarrying a basket on a stick; considerably beyond whom aretwo other persons. A village is perceptible in the distance. 2 ft. by 2 ft. 7 m—P. 326. A Landscape, with a high road passing by the side ofa fine oak tree. Several cows and sheep are on the road, anda peasant is near a hillock on the left. 1 ft. llf in. by 2 ft. 101 in.—V. 327. A Waterfall rolling among Eocks and Broken Timber.The view is partly bounded by trees, beyond which rise somelofty hills. Several houses, and a church, are discernible onthe left. 2 ft. 41 in. by 1/^f. Ill in.—CThe preceding five pictures are probably in the Palace at Hanau. I

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JACOB RUYSDAEL. The following six pictures are noticed in the Catalog .the Collection of the Duke of Brunswick ; but the Writer, no,having seen them, is unable to authenticate them. 328. A Wild an^TO^fei^^Qc^ia^M: r .. with a cascade ofwater falling among iW^FM fl^l^^)reground. 329. A Grand Waterfall in a wild and mountainous country. 330. A View of a Town, situate between two hillsthe foreground is a labor<rer tilling the ground with mi 3ft.^ in. by 3//. ~C. 331. A View over an 0) fields, a village and its towering ciA road from the front passes over awhich is a large tree, under who^e 3 A ^ 332. A Forest Scene, bou;by a stream of water in the i =2 ft. 2 w 1 «v ■ and refreshed 333. A Stag Hunt. Tii-wooded country, bounded in th2 ft. 2 in. by I duced in a weli-mo\ni tains. BANKS OF A RIVER. Jacob Ruysdael. JACOB RUYSDAEL. 103 The following six pictures are noticed in the Catalogue ofthe Collection of the Duke of Brunswick ; but the Writer, nothaving seen them, is unable to authe

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