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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ADRIAN VAN OSTADE.

A picture corresponding with the above is in the collection of
Ridley Colbourne, Esq.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1818.
12g in. by 10| in.—C. on P.

53. A boor seated at a table, lighting his pipe in a pot of

embers. Half-length figure.

Sale, at Paris ....... 1774.
Collection of Du Lac .... 1778.

5s in. by 5 in.—P.

201 fs. 81.
337 fs. 131.105.

54. A pair. One represents a peasant, dressed in a violet-
coloured waistcoat and a gray mantle, with a jug in his right
hand and a pipe in the other; a dog is lying at his feet,
gnawing a bone; and beyond him is a sailor, sitting at a table,
smoking ; the back-ground is terminated by houses.
5| in. by 4 in.—P.

55. The Companion. A peasant with his hat on, and dressed
in a brown waistcoat and a gray mantle ; near him is a dog;
and three figures, close to a bridge, are seen in the distance.

Collection of Count Dubarri
■-L’Abbe le Blanc

1774.
1781.

500 fs.
500 fs.

20l.
201.

56. A strolling musician at the door of a cottage, on which a
boor, with a red cap on and a pipe in his hand, is leaning, and
two children standing by, listening. Half-length figures.
Collection of Wassenaar . Hague, 1750. . 335 fo. 30l.
-Lord Radstock . . 1826 90 gs.
12g in. by 10| in.

57. The Interior of a large room, with an arched door at
the end of it; among a company (of about twenty-six persons)