2562. COUNTRY SCENE, WITH RUINED CASTLE.

_Ruysdael_ (Dutch: 1628-1682). _See 627._

This is one of the best known of Ruysdael's small pictures, much prized

for its luminous quality: its pedigree has been traced through famous

collections for over 100 years. In the Bredel sale (1875) it fetched

£2310; in the Dudley sale (1892), £1470. It is No. 786 in vol. iv.

(1912) of Smith's _Catalogue Raisonné_.