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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This picture contains upwards of one hundred and fifty figures,
Dated 1646.
2 ft. 8 in. by 3 ft. 9 in.—C.
Collection of M. de Gaignat, . . . 1768. ,18,030/;?. 721Z.
—- M. de Calonne, Land. 1795. 700 gs.
138. Villagers merry-making. The company consists of nine
persons, among whom is a couple dancing to the sound of a
bag-pipe, played by an old man in a green dress, standing about
the middle of the front-ground, and near a form, on which are
a cloth and a jug. A cottage is on the left, in the front of which
are five peasants, among whom is a man caressing a female,
while sitting by her side ; the hostess stands at the door.
5 sin. by 10 m.—Cop. Worth 150k
Engraved by Le Bas, under the title of La Septieme Vue de
Flandre.
Collection of M. de Gaignat, . . . 1768. . 671/?. 211.
Subsequently in the collection of the Duke de Cosse, and now in
the Louvre.
139. The Interior of a Hermitage, formed in a rock, in which
are seen St. Francis, occupied reading a book to a brother of
the Order, who is near him ; on the fore-ground are scattered
a variety of vegetables, the humble food of the eremite.
1st. 1 in. by 11 in.—P.
Collection of M. Mariette, . . . 1775. . 696 fs. 28l.
140. Christ crowned with Thorns. The Interior of a guard-
room, in which is represented the suffering Saviour, seated, with
his hands bound, and naked to the waist; he is surrounded by
five soldiers, one of whom is forcing a crown of thorns on his
head; a second, bowing the knee before him, offers him a reed for
a sceptre; while a third points at him the singer of derision ; the
remaining two stand by with spears in their hands, looking on.
Within an adjoining room are seen four soldiers, around a fire.
1ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 4 in.—Cop.
Etched in the small collection of Le Brun.
Collection at Paris,. 1809. . 8150fs. 3261,