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)

182 ISAAC VAN OSTADE.
10. The Companion. An old man at the fire; and a woman
washing a child.
Collection of P. de Conti . . . 1779. . 1300 fs. 521.
11. A Landscape, with a road skirted by a bushy hedge;
at the side of which is a peasant lying down asleep, and a white
horse standing by him; the trunk of an old tree rises among
the bushes on the right.
Collection of Nogaret .... 1780. . 900 fs. 361.
-St. Victor (by Smith) . 1822. . 1240 fs. 50l.
Now in the collection of William Beckford, Esq.
This little picture was painted in the artist’s best time : it is
beautifully brode in colour, and carefully finished : the old tree is
remarkably natural.
There is a copy of it in the Louvre.
12 in. by 10 in.—P.

12. A Landscape, with a high road traversing it, and a little
brook with reeds growing in it, running in front. A man on
horseback, and a boy on foot, are driving some cows and sheep
along the road, by the side of which two peasants are sitting ;
and masses of trees and groups of figures are seen in the
distance.
Collection of Nogaret .... 1780. . 366 fs. 151.
9 in. by 12 in.—P.
13. A peasant, at the half-door of a thatched cottage, talking
to a traveller, who stands on the outer side of it, dressed in a
purple-coloured jacket, with a little bundle at his back, and a
leathern bag attached to his waist; a woman, with a child
leaning upon her, is seated on the left; and near her are a reel,
and a dog asleep. Engraved by J. Fittler.
Collection of Count de Merle . 1783. . 3140 fs. 1261.
- M. Destouches . . 1794.