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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thatched house, with a ssag ssying in front of it; and adjoining
it are some peasants’ cottages, and several roads, leading in dif-
ferent directions, across the country, to cottages, in front of
which are other groups of peasants, similarly engaged.
1 st. 7 in. by % ft 6 in.—P.; or, 1ft. 6 in. by 2 ft. 4 in.-—-P.
Collection of the Duke de la Valliere, 1781. . 5500 fs. 2201.
-- M. Robit, .... 1801. . 7800/5. 3121.
The preceding is probably the picture afterwards sold in the col-
lection of Sir Simon Clarke, Bart, and G. Hibbert, Esq. 1802, 820 gs.

252. The Court of a Country Ale-house, in which are as-
sembled about thirty persons, several of whom are round a
table under a straw shed, and others are playing at bowls.
1 ft. 8 in. by 2 ft. 9 in.—C.
Collection of the Duke de la Valliere, 1781. . 2400/s. 961.

253. An Interior. Three youths are in front; two of them
are seated, smoking their pipes ; the third is leaning on a round
table. A little farther in the room are five peasants playing at
cards ; near the chimney, and on the right, is an old woman,
entering the door with some cheese in her hand. A pitcher
stands upon a bench in front.
11 in. by 8| in.— P.
Collection of the Duke de la Valliere, 1781. . 631/s. 251.

Q54<. Teniers and his Family. A view of the terrace of a
country house, on which are sive persons, three of whom are en-
gaged in a concert. The artist has represented himsef, playing on
a violoncello, accompanied by his wife, who sits on his right, with
a music-book in her hand, leaning on a table, which is covered
with a cloth ; a youth stands behind with a book in his hand, and
another book is lying open on a table. The artist’s father stands
within the door of the house, a small part only of which is seen ;
nearer the front is an elegant youth, in the dress of a page, with
a jug in one hand and a glass on a salver in the other. A wine