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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letting ssy an arrow at the enemy ; and another, a negro, whose
horse has fallen, is defending himself with a spear. Engraved
in the Musee.
Claimed from the Louvre in 1815.
13 in. by 17 in.—P.

426. A Landscape, with an old willow and a rippling stream
on the left front, near which is a higgler giving some hay to his
horse, which he has unharnessed from a cart, in which is seated
a woman suckling her child; in front lies a dog, and in the
distance are two figures. Engraved in the Musee Napoleon.
Claimed and restored, by the Allies, in 1815.
12 in. by 10 in.—P.

427. A View of a Hay-field, with figures mowing; the prin-
cipal group is composed of two men, one of whom is drinking
out of a pitcher; a woman and a child in front, and two horses
(a gray one feeding, and a dark one lying down near a pool of
water) to the left. Engraved in the Musee Napole'on.
Collection of M. De Witt . . . 1741. . . SOOJlo. 271.
Valued by the Experts du Musee 1816. . . 6000yi. 240/.
Now in the Louvre.
11 in. by 13^ in.—P.
428. Le Marechai ferrant. A party of four Cavaliers halt-
ing at a Farrier’s Shop on the right, one of them has dis-
mounted, and is having one of his horse’s bind feet measured
by the smith for a shoe, whilst another man holds his leg, and
a third stands at its head; the nearest of the other three gen-
tlemen has a trumpet slung behind him ; and in front, towards
the right, are two children, a dog, and three fowls. Engraved
in the Musee Francais.
Sold in the collection of the Due d’Orleans, 1749.
Again in the collection of M. Lormier, Hague, 1763, 1205sso. 108/.
Claimed from the Louvre in 1825.
12 in. by 15 in.—P.