Smith, John: 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 the 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 (Part 6) (London: Smith and Son, 1835)

68 JACOB RUYSDAEL.
water. The general appearance is that of harvest time,
indicated by a field of corn in sheaf, seen on the right; but the
labours of the husbandman have been interrupted by a recent
thunder storm, and a deluge of rain, evident by the washed
soil of the road, and the water in the moat. The brilliant
hemisphere is still partially obscured by masses of rolling
clouds, from amidst which issues a transient gleam of sun-
shine, which passes over some windmills, and the adjacent
country in the distance; the rest of the landscape is partially
obscured by shadow. This capital picture may be cited as
a chef-d'oeuvre of the artist in this peculiar department of
landscape painting.
3 st. 7 in. by 4 st. 8 in.—C.
Collection of M. Geldermeester, . 1800. . 315 flo. 281.
■- the Marquis de Marialva, 1825 ; bought privately by
the Writer, in whose sale, by Mr. Stanley, in 1828, it was sold for
450 gs.
Collection of Mr. Abrahams, . . 1831. .... 2751.
Now in the collection of Richard Sanderson, Esq.

215. The Ruins of a Fort. A landscape, representing the
same view as the preceding picture, but differing in many of
the details, and having only a single figure, which is seated on
the wall of the fortification, drawing. Large fleecy clouds
floating over the hemisphere give variety of light and shade
to the landscape.
1 st. 9 in. by 2ft.— C.
Formerly in the collections of Mr. Cleve and Sir George Yonge,
Bart.
Now in the collection of William Wells, Esq., Redleaf.

216. A Waterfall. The composition presents a wild
romantic scene; a wide expanse of water, bounded by hills,
rolls in broken torrents on the front-ground amongst masses of
rocks, covered with bushes. A shepherd and a few sheep
enliven the acclivity of a woody hill; and at a little distance