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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 2) — London: Smith and Son, 1830

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322 RUBENS.
1205. A Landscape, exhibiting a wild sequestered scene,
composed of a bold broken hill, occupying a large portion of
the view; its sides and summit are covered with bushes and
lofty trees, and its base encompassed by a stream overrun with
bulrushes and other aquatic plants. On a bank, in the left and
front of the picture, are two women, one of whom has a can on
her head and a basket under her arm ; the other, wearing a
scarlet skirt, is getting up water in a pail; behind them are
three cows, one of which is rubbing its head against a tree; the
view on this side is bounded by a thick grove of trees.
sst. 6 in. by 3 st. 6 in.—P. Worth 700 gs.
Engraved by Bolswert.
This very admirable production is of the highest quality and ex-
cellence, grand and powerful in its effect, and beautiful in the ter-
mination of its detail.
Imported from Holland by Mr. Emmerson, in 1818, and now in
the collection of Jeremiah Harman, Esq.

1206. A richly-wooded Landscape, traversed by a winding
stream, which ssows along the front, and is crossed on the left
by a rustic bridge ; near which stands a herdsman leaning on a
stick, tending a ssock of nineteen sheep that are browsing on
a sloping bank skirted by a thick wood of young trees ; passing
among which, in the distance, are seen a huntsman and dogs;
in the right side, and close to the front, is a cluster of trees
growing on a bank.
2 ft. 2 in. by 3 ft.
Engraved by Bolswert.
Collection of the Due d’Orleans, Paris, 1749.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1819.
This beautiful landscape is now in the collection of the Earl of
Carlisle.

1207. A Landscape, with an ancient chateau on a hill in the
left, and an old bridge and a well; on the same side, but
nearer the front, is a man watering two horses near the
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