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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DAVID TENIERS.

Smelling, by a gardener carrying a pot of ssowers.
Feeling, by a man removing a plaister from his hand.
8 in. by 6 in.—Cop.
Collection of Count Dubarri, . . 1774. . 1020/5. 41Z.

48. Four pictures, representing the Seasons:—
Spring, by a gardener carrying a pot, containing an orange
tree; two men are seen at work in a ssower-garden at a
little distance.
Summer, by a peasant stripped to his shirt, holding a sheaf of
corn; a man reaping, and a woman binding sheaves, are
in the distance.
Autumn, by a portly landlord, holding a glass of wine in one
hand and a jug in the other. In the distance are workmen
tunning wine.
Winter, by an aged man wearing a furred mantle and a fur
cap, seated at a table, warming his hands over a chafing dish.
These are exquisitely painted in the artist’s silvery manner.
6| in. by 4| in.— Cop.
Engraved by Levasseur and Surrugue.

Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1821.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.

Collection of the Countess de Verrue,
1737. . 290/5.
12Z.
-—- M. La Prade,
1776. . 911/s.
367.
- B. de Gagny, . . .
1776. . 1000/5.
407.
•-M. Gros, ....
1778. . 1200/?.
487.
--M. Nouri, ....
1785. . 1230/5.
497.
•-•- M. Destouches,
1794. . 1401/5.
567.
---- Le Brun, ....
1812. . I8OO/5.
727.
- Prince Talleyrand, .
1817. (with the collection.)
--- G. W. Taylor, Esq.
1823.
180 gs.

49. A Sea-Port. The view offers, on the second distance and
left side, a fort with towers, forming, apparently, the entrance
to a city, from whence persons are coming with luggage. Along
the shore, and on the fore-ground, are many others employed