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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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300 PHILIP WOUWERMANS.
front of which are two trees upon a high mound of sand ; and
close to the side of it is a road, upon which are two men with
two horses, and a woman (seated) with a distaff in her hand
and a dog at her side; beyond whom, and near a narrow pass,
is a peasant arriving on an ass. Engraved by Moyreau,
No. 54, under the above title, when in the
Collection of the Count de Bruhl, 1747.
15 J in. by 12| in.

351. L'Accident du Chasseur. A bold hilly landscape,
intersected by a river, through a fordable part of which a
hunting party are pursuing a stag and a fawn, which two
huntsmen in advance are preparing to pierce with their javelins ;
and on the farther side of the stream is a lady, on a white horse,
apparently much alarmed at seeing a gentleman’s horse pitch
head foremost into the water. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 56,
under the above title, and also by Tischler, when in the
Collection of the Count de Bruhl, 1747.
19 in. by 25| in.
352. La Fontaine de Neptune. A Landscape, with a
magnificent entrance to the garden of a mansion, at the side
of which is a fountain adorned with the figure of Neptune in
his car: in front is a party of two ladies and two gentlemen,
mounted on beautiful horses, approaching towards the fore-
ground ; one of the latter is mounted on a white prancing
horse, holding a hawk in his hand; another (who is nearer the
spectator) is blowing a trumpet: on the opposite side are a man,
with a lamb under his arm, and two women, one of whom
carries a large ssat basket of fruit on her head ; and near the
fountain are three horses, and several dogs. Engraved by
Moyreau, No. 57, under the above title, when in the
Collection of M. de St. Port, 1748.
19 in. by 26 in.

353. La Grotte du Marechai. A View of a large picturesque
 
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