Oak trees growing among massive boulders by a spring, a wood beyond; A lake surrounded by thickly wooded hills; A mossy tree trunk with a fallen branch and a sapling, a wooded landscape beyond; An extensive river landscape, after Claude; A extensive river landscape with a fortified bridge at the foot of a mountain; An extensive river landscape with figures by a weir, a bridge and mountains beyond; A rocky gorge blocked with falled trees; A stand of trees; and A rectangular pond in a formal garden

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Oak trees growing among massive boulders by a spring, a wood beyond; A lake surrounded by thickly wooded hills; A mossy tree trunk with a fallen branch and a sapling, a wooded landscape beyond; An extensive river landscape, after Claude; A extensive river landscape with a fortified bridge at the foot of a mountain; An extensive river landscape with figures by a weir, a bridge and mountains beyond; A rocky gorge blocked with falled trees; A stand of trees; and A rectangular pond in a formal garden
inscribed and dated 'Aude der 24.. Juli 1818.' (9)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey ink, watercolor (1-6), heightened with white (7-9), watermarks Pro Patria (1-4), VANDERLEY (5-6), encircled wreath and GR with crown (7-8) and PROPATRIA (9), in contemporary mounts (1-4, 6-8)
12¾ x 16 in. (324 x 405 mm.); 13 x 16¼ in. (327 x 415 mm.); 12 5/8 x 8 in. (321 x 204 mm.); 8 x 12¾ in. (204 x 324 mm.); 8 x 13 in. (204 x 327 mm.); 8 x 12 5/8 in. (204 x 320 mm.); 12 5/8 x 8¼ in. (321 x 206 mm.); 12¾ x 8 in. 9324 x 204 mm.); 13 x 8 3/8 in. (327 x 213 mm.) (9)

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(4) is a copy, without figures, of Claude's Pastoral landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (Roethlisberger 110).
(8) Illustrated in plate III, p. 134.

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