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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up a hill in the fore-ground; the gentleman, mounted on a
white horse, is blowing a horn; beyond them are others,
arriving; and on the spectator’s right are a lady and a gentle-
man (partly hidden by an intervening hill), following a stag,
which is bounding before them towards a group of trees,
fenced with net-work ; upon the summit of the hill, on the left,
is a large pile of ruins ; and on the opposite side, a marshy
soil, beyond which are a cottage and some trees. Engraved by
Le Bas, under the above title.
Collection of M. Meijers . Rott. 1722. . 553 flo. 497.
- M. Du Pile . . . 1739.
29 in. by 45 in.—C.
4. Les Sangliers forces. A hunting party, consisting of
four gentlemen, well mounted, and two others, at some distance
off, galloping towards them, accompanied by numerous attend-
ants on foot, and a pack of hounds, in pursuit of wild boars,
two of which the dogs have caught, and a third is under the
trunk of a fallen tree, at bay ; the landscape on this side is
mountainous, and well wooded ; the heights are surmounted
by ruins, and an archway is pierced through the hill.
Engraved by Le Bas, 1741, when in the collection of M. de Vaux.
Collection of M. Meijers . Rott. 1722. . 902y?o. 81Z.
- M. de Vaux .... 1752. . 2992 fs. 120t.
29 in. by 45 in.—C.
5. A rabbit hunt and fishing party.
Collection of M. Meijers . Rott. 1722. . 305 flo. 321.
6. Saint Martin dividing his cloak with a beggar.
Collection of M. J. de Roore, Hague, 1747. . 250 flo. 22l.
16| in. by 14 in.

7. La petite Chasse au Cers. A richly-wooded Landscape