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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three men and three females; one of the former, said to be in-
tended for a portrait of the artist, is seated caressing his partner,
while another is pulling his lass by the arm, to induce her to
rise ; a page stands near them. At the extremity of the court
are two women holding a man, while several others are forcing
a refractory one out at the door.
Sft- by 4/t—C.
Engraved by Le Bas, both in large and small, under the title of
Fete de Village.
Collection of the Countess de Verrue, 1737. . 2400/s. 96Z.
59- The Companion. Representing the same subject, com-
posed of about sixty-seven villagers, assembled in the open
thoroughfare of a little hamlet. In the centre are five couple
dancing in a ring, and one of the youths is gaily lifting his
partner from the ground; beyond them are two musicians, one
of whom, elevated on a high cask, plays a fiddle; the other,
standing beneath him, blows a bag-pipe ; to the left of these is
a fond couple, sitting on a bank at the foot of a tree. On the
same side, approaching the front, is a company of ten persons
round a table; one of them is a woman, with a child in her arms,
and holding another child by the hand. On the opposite side
is a gentleman (with his back to the spectator) saluting three
ladies; two other gentlemen are near them (these, no doubt,
are intended to represent the artist and friends) ; beyond them
is a page holding a horse. Two houses are on the left, and a
church is in the distance. These are merely the outlines of the
grouping of this excellent picture.
3 ft. by ist.—C.
Engraved by Le Bas, under the title of Rejouissance Flamande.
Collection of the Countess de Verrue, 1737. . 1250/i. 501.
Sold together, in the collection of the Due de Choiseul,
1772. . 37,400/s. 1496L
60. A Village Fete. The view offers, on the left, two
cottages ; from the farthest of these a boarded fence extends
across two-thirds of the picture, in which enclosure are assem-