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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house, standing by the side of a high road on the declivity of
a hill, the ground-ssoor of which serves for a farrier’s shop,
and is entered by an arched-top door, from whence the smith is
coming, with a hammer in one hand and a shoe in the other,
intended for the near fore-foot of a horse that stands in the
road, with a cavalier and a dog at his head ; another gentleman,
on horseback, stands close by ; and against the house is placed,
a ladder, at the top of which is a man dressing a vine. Engraved
by Moyreau, No. 59, under the above title.
Now in the Dresden Gallery.
23 in. by 19 in.
354. Les Marchands Forains. A group of three horses upon
a hill on the fore-ground, the farthest of which from the spectator
is mounted by a cavalier ; the next (a white one) is laden with
goods; and by the side of the third, which is without a rider,
stands a man with a stick, near whom are seated a man and a
woman, with a child : on the right stands a large cottage, upon
the summit of a hill. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 60, under
the above title, when in the
Collection of the Count de Bruhl, 1748.
15 in. by 18 in.
355. La Bwvette des Dames. A View in the outer court of
a mansion surrounded by walls, in an arch of which, on
the right side, is a fountain, composed of the figure of a
woman, with a child: the middle is occupied by a hunting
party, consisting of a gentleman on a piebald horse, blowing
a horn; a lady dismounting from her steed, assisted by a
cavalier; and another with her back to the spectator: a man
pouring out a cup of wine, five dogs, a page, and other objects,
complete the composition. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 63y
under the above title, when in the
Collection of M. de la Haye 1749.
---- John Knight, Esq. (Mr. Phillips) 1819. . 95 gs.
---, M. Zachary, Esq. (Ditto) . . 1828. . 150 gs.
17 in. by 21 in.—C.