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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1213. A Landscape, presenting on the right an open meadow,
in which are twelve cows and four women; three of the latter
are milking, and the fourth stands with a pail on her head; a
farm-house is seen at the extremity of the field ; this part is
divided by a stream running obliquely to the left side and front,
close to which are two sportsmen, one of whom is firing at
some ducks; on the farther side of the water the country
offers a richly-wooded scene.
Engraved by Bolswert.

1214. A View on the Sea Coast, represented under the effect
of a raging storm, attended by ssashes of lightning and heavy
rain; the right offers an extent of open sea, bounded in the
middle distance by lofty mountains, at whose base appears a
fortified town, and vessels riding at anchor near it. The fore-
ground and middle distance are composed of a low rocky shore,
on which grow a few stunted trees, sheltering two buildings
resembling convents. The left side and front rise to a rocky
hill, over which are passing a man and a woman, bending
under the violence of the storm.
Engraved by Bolswert; and also by Le Moitte, when in the
collection of the Count de Bruhl.

1215. A Shipwreck, taken from a description in the third
book of the ACneid. The view exhibits a lofty rocky mountain
(the Strophades), on the summit of which stands a blazing
beacon, and around its base beats the turbulent and boisterous
ocean, whose violence has dashed a vessel against the rocks.
Only two mariners remain on board of the sinking ship ; a
third, thrown upon the shore, is seen clinging to a broken tree;
while a fourth has climbed up a bank and is assisted by a man
kneeling at the side of it. In the left are five men who appear
to have escaped from the storm and are engaged in making a
blazing fire; beyond these are two others hastening towards
the coast. A rustic bridge in the centre crosses a ravine leading
to a pass, formed between the rocks, to ascend the mountain ;