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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PHILIP WOUWERMANS.

463. Les Vivandiers. A Halt of three Cavalry Officers at a
sutler’s booth, situate on the left. A fine gray horse, wearing
a handsome saddle, and pistols in the holsters, stands in the
centre of the fore-ground (seen in a side view), with a trough
of provender before him, at the side of which is the rider,
smoking a pipe; the second soldier is nearer the tent, mounted
on a dun horse (seen in a hinder view) with a jug in his hand ;
the remaining one (the most distant) rides a dark horse,
and is seen in front, with a trumpet in his hand ; a man and a
woman are close to the dismounted soldier, and another woman
is busy with a large cask. In the opposite side, and some dis-
tance from the front, is a party of five men and a woman, a
couple of whom are dancing to the music of a pipe and a drum.
This picture is painted in the artist’s second manner. Engraved
by Visscher, again by Le Bas, and also by Tessier, in the Le
Brun Gallery, as a companion to the Coup de Pistolet.
Sold privately, by the writer, for.200 gs.
Again, in a sale at Mr. Christie’s, 1825, (bought by Mr.
Emmerson).150 gs.
14 m. by 15 in.—P. (about.)

464. A Butcher before his Shop, holding a piece of meat on
a block, whilst one of his boys cuts it with a chopper for a
woman, who stands by his side with a basket on her arm : near
the group are an ox, and a dog drinking out of a tub; on the
left two boys, one of whom is beating two dogs, which are
fighting ; and in the back-ground is seen a woman with a child
in her arms.
Collection of Mad. C. Backer, Leyden, 1766. . 345j^o. 31Z.
-St. Victor .... 1822. . 2150 fs. 861.
11 in. by 14 in.—P.

465. A Landscape, with several figures in front of a stable :
amongst them are a man holding a stallion, near which is a