DOI chapter:
The Works of Jacob Ruysdael
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JACOB RUYSDAEL.
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Village church; through a ravine in the same hill rushes a
Volume of water, which falls in a foaming cataract into a
channel beneath, along which it rolls in rapid eddies towards
the left, and gurgles amidst stones over a great portion of the
fore-ground. A high bank, of a broken form, on which lie
the trunks of three trees, makes the boundary of the stream
on the right: from hence the eye is conducted to a rustic
bridge, over which a shepherd is driving a ssock of sheep.
The aspect is that of a fine day.
3 st. 3 in. by 2 ft. 9| in.—C.
It is impossible to commend too highly this beautiful production
of art, for nothing ever came from the pencil of the painter more
faithful to nature, or more perfect in its mechanism and general
arrangement.
Collection of M. le Baron Lockhorst, 1826.
It was subsequently purchased by the Writer, and sold for
700 gs.
Now in the collection os the Earl of Onslow.
223. A Winter Scene. The view represents an open ssat
country, traversed by a canal on the left, and a road-way in
the middle, terminating with the town of Delft in the dis-
tance. A solitary cottage, near which a single traveller is
passing, and a few leassess trees, occupy the middle ground.
The clouds, surcharged with rain or snow, impend with
solemn gloom over the dreary landscape, and produce an effect
illusive and sublime.
1 ft. 5 in. by 1ft. 8 in.—C.
Collection of Mr. Smith, . . . 1828. (Mr. Stanley) 68 gs.
Now in the collection os H. J. Munro, Esq.
224. A Waterfall. A wild and mountainous scene, divided
in the middle distance by a river, ssowing transversely through
it, and falling in two cascades among rocks on the left, where
it is crossed by a rustic bridge, over which a man with a sack
at his back is passing, followed by his dog. Clumps of trees
and bushes clothe the summit of a hill on the left, and three
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Village church; through a ravine in the same hill rushes a
Volume of water, which falls in a foaming cataract into a
channel beneath, along which it rolls in rapid eddies towards
the left, and gurgles amidst stones over a great portion of the
fore-ground. A high bank, of a broken form, on which lie
the trunks of three trees, makes the boundary of the stream
on the right: from hence the eye is conducted to a rustic
bridge, over which a shepherd is driving a ssock of sheep.
The aspect is that of a fine day.
3 st. 3 in. by 2 ft. 9| in.—C.
It is impossible to commend too highly this beautiful production
of art, for nothing ever came from the pencil of the painter more
faithful to nature, or more perfect in its mechanism and general
arrangement.
Collection of M. le Baron Lockhorst, 1826.
It was subsequently purchased by the Writer, and sold for
700 gs.
Now in the collection os the Earl of Onslow.
223. A Winter Scene. The view represents an open ssat
country, traversed by a canal on the left, and a road-way in
the middle, terminating with the town of Delft in the dis-
tance. A solitary cottage, near which a single traveller is
passing, and a few leassess trees, occupy the middle ground.
The clouds, surcharged with rain or snow, impend with
solemn gloom over the dreary landscape, and produce an effect
illusive and sublime.
1 ft. 5 in. by 1ft. 8 in.—C.
Collection of Mr. Smith, . . . 1828. (Mr. Stanley) 68 gs.
Now in the collection os H. J. Munro, Esq.
224. A Waterfall. A wild and mountainous scene, divided
in the middle distance by a river, ssowing transversely through
it, and falling in two cascades among rocks on the left, where
it is crossed by a rustic bridge, over which a man with a sack
at his back is passing, followed by his dog. Clumps of trees
and bushes clothe the summit of a hill on the left, and three