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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Collection of Danser Nyman Amst. 1797. . 2450 Jlo. 120Z.
Now in the collection of M. Ilodgshon, Amsterdam.
101 in. by 9 in.—P.

74. The Violin-player. A man at a window, playing on a
violin, from a music-book which lies open before him on the sill,
over a portion of which hangs a carpet, partially covering a
beautiful bas-relief of children playing with a goat. A man
grinding colours, and another looking at him, are in the back
of the room. This picture was most probably intended for the
portrait of an artist; dated‘1651. It is noticed by Descamps,
in La Vie des Peintres. Engraved by Delvaux and Ingouf.
Orleans Gallery . 1798. valued at 300gs.

Collection of Robert Strange, Esq. 1800. . . . 327gs.
Again, the same year . . 373|gs.
Collection of J. Davenport, Esq. 1801, at Mr. Christie’s 290^$.
- Richard Walker, Esq. 1803. . . . 290gs.
- Mr. Phillips’s . . . 1815. . . . SSOgs.

Now in the collection of the Duchess de Berri, Palais Bourbon.
12 in. by 7 in—P. (arched top.)

75. An old woman (said to be the painter’s mother), seated
in a chair, eating some soup, a spoonful of which she is in the
act of raising to her mouth ; a lamp stands burning by her side.
Orleans Gallery ...... 1798.—Engraved.
12 in. by 9 in.-—P.

76. A young woman, leaning upon the balcony in front of
a house. A turkey carpet, carelessly thrown over the wall,
hangs down in front; a canal ssows below; and the tops of some
houses are seen in the distance.
Orleans Gallery. 1798.—Engraved.
14 in. by 11 in.—P.