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Paintings in the Collection of Henry Clay Frick, 1915 [page 15]
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MEINDERT HOBBEMA (1638-1709) LANDSCAPE WITH BUILDING AND FIGURES Canvas, 51 1/8 inches by 37 inches
A WATERMILL and cottages. This admirable picture exhibits a view of some rural hamlet in Holland. On the right are luxuriant clusters of umbrageous trees, between which may be discerned an overshot watermill; a cottage of a picturesque appearance, embowered in trees, occupies the centre of view, the inhabitant of which stands at the half-door, conversing with a villager. Within the shade of overhanging trees on the left is a second cottage with a thatched roof. A high road from the front divides the scene, and leads to the distant landscape. The picture is further identified by a man and a boy standing in conversation with a traveller seated by the roadside, and a man in a scarlet jacket near a pool of water on the right. The brilliancy of a summer's afternoon completes the charm of the scene." —Quoted from Smith's Catalogue Raisonne. Formerly owned by the Earl of Burlington.
A VIEW OF A WOODY COUNTRY Panel, 43 1/2 inches by 30 inches
A WOODY country, interspersed with houses, forming apparently a straggling village. A large clump of trees is on the right and beyond it is a cottage, in front of which are a man and a boy, and still more remote are other cottages, some of which are partly concealed by trees. On the foreground of a road which intersects the whole scene, are two men and a woman; one of the former, wearing a red jacket, is seated, and the other carries a piece of timber; near the latter is a traveller sitting on a log.
Formerly in the Blathwayt Collection.
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