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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groups which are distributed over the fore-ground may be
observed, on the right, a quack doctor at his stall, surrounded
by peasants of both sexes.
Collection of Count Dubarri . . 1774. . 6000 fs. ‘ZMl.
- Tronchien .... 1801. . 4060 fs. 162/.
Cumberland, in his catalogue of the King of Spain’s collection at
Madrid, mentions a capital picture of the above subject.
26 in. by 311 in.—C.

114. A Horse Fair : a composition consisting of about forty
figures and ten horses.
Collection of Count Dubarri . . 1774. . 3230 fs. 129/.
22 in. by 24 in.—C.

115. A Karmesse, or Village Fete. This picture presents an
assemblage of thirty-seven figures, amongst whom are a woman
and three children on the fore-ground. Painted in the artist’s
early, or bamboccio manner.
Collection of Count Dubarri . . 1774. . 1002 fs. 40/.
24 in. by 28 in.—C.
A picture of a corresponding description to the preceding
was sold in the
Collection of L’Abbe Geveny . . 1779. . 1160 fs. Asil.
24 in. by 32 in.—C.

116. La Cures du Cers. A party of huntsmen returned
from the chase, consisting of ten figures and four horses ; these
are distributed over the fore-ground of a landscape ; among
them is a sportsman on a bay horse, holding up, on a stick, the
paunch of a stag, at which the dogs are jumping. This picture
is known under the above title.