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 1) (London: Smith and Son, 1829)

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GERARD DOW.

45. A lady, elegantly dressed in a green silk corset, bor-
dered with fur, seated, playing on a virginal, which is placed
on a table covered with a Persian carpet; some music books
lie on the table, and a violoncello stands against it in front.
The lady is represented sitting at a window, the curtain of
which is drawn up on one side. A company of three persons
and a servant waiting on them, are seen in the back of the
room. Descamps mentions this picture, which was then in the
collection of the Marechai dTssenhein, 1754.

Collection of Count du Bary . .
1774. .
. 5100/?.
204Z.
- Prince de Conti . .
1777.
. 5000/?.
200^.
-- Geldermeester . .
1800.
. 975 flo.
881.
- N. Desenfans, Esq. .
1801. .
•
170 gs.

Now in the collection of William Wells, Esq. of Redleaf.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1821.
15| in. by 12| in.—P.
46. A young woman at a window, with a parrot in one
hand and the other resting on the cage.
Collection of M. de Gagny . . . 1776. . 7000 fs. 280Z.
8 in. by 6 in.—P. (arched top.)

47. The portrait of a young officer, with a high collar and
a hussar hat and feathers.
Collection of M. de Gagny . . . 1776. . 1320 fs. 531.
- Le Boeuf .... 1782. . 951/?. 38l.
10| in. by 8| in.—P. (oval.)

48. A Grocer’s Shop, called La Marchande Epiciere du
Village. The mistress of the shop is seen behind the counter
with the scales in her hand; and three persons are on the
opposite side, the nearest of whom is an old woman, sitting
down reckoning her money on the counter; a young female