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 3) (London: Smith and Son, 1831)

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70/.
400/.
400/.

44. A grand Kermiss, or Village Feast, among a very large
assemblage of peasantry, distributed in front of a public house,
are three couple dancing to the music of a fiddle, played by an
old fellow, mounted on a tub. On the left of the picture is a
company arranged round a table, partaking of refreshments ;
amongst them, and close to the front, are a woman with a child
in her lap, and another child by her side; while a man stands
behind her chair, leaning on its back, and apparently conversing ;
a second female, with a child in her arms, is seated near them.
In the opposite side of the picture is a woman raising up a
drunken man; near him are two pigs and a quantity of utensils.
This capital picture abounds with natural incident, and, more-
over, has the advantage of being clear and silvery in tone, and
perfect in preservation.
2 ft. 6 in. by 4ft.—C.
Collection of the Countess de Verrue, 1737.
-of M. L’Empereur, . . 1773.
■-of R. de Boisset . . . 1777.

43. The Companion, Le Berger Reveur. A Landscape,
with two cows, five sheep, and a shepherd seated on the ground,
with his elbow resting on a bank, in a pensive position ; at his
side lie a dog and a bundle.
1st. 1| in. by 9| in.
Engraved by Le Bas.
Collection of the Marquis de Lasse, 1741.

. 1750 fs.
. 10,000 fs.
. 10,000 fs.
Now in the collection of Mademoiselle Hoffman, at Haarlem,
worth 650/.

42. Le Berger content. A Landscape, with a lofty moun-
tain, at the foot of which, and in front, are a cow, six sheep,
and a goat; and on the left sits a shepherd-boy with a crook,
playing a pipe.
'1ft. 1| in. by 9| in.