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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564. The Interior of a Guard-Room, with a youth, in front,
beating a drum ; five other figures, variously engaged, are in
the back part of the room. On the right side, and front, are
two cuirasses, a shield, and a saddle, on the ground ; a helmet,
with a plume of feathers, and an arm-piece, lie on a bench.—-
See No. 146, p. 300.
Engraved by Basan, from a picture then in the collection of
M. Lamberts.

565. An Interior, with a company of six figures, three of
whom are engaged at cards ; the youngest of them appears to
be the dupe of the other two. The three others are behind,
looking on.
Engraved anonymous.

566. An Interior, with five figures ; the nearest of them is
seated on a tub, at the end of a small table, filling his pipe ;
his companion, also seated, is on the farther side of the table,
lighting his pipe with a match; a pot of embers and a paper of
tobacco are close to him. Two others stand behind, and a fifth
is turned to the wall.
Engraved by Lempereur, under the title os Amusemens Flamands.
Then in the collection of the Count de Clermont.

567. The Companion. An Interior, with four men and a
woman; the nearest of these to the spectator is an elderly
man, sitting in a chair, smoking his pipe, which he has just
lighted with a match that he still holds in his hand ; his com-
panion, also seated, is on the farther side of a little table,
leaning back against the wall, and puffing the smoke out of his
mouth. A jug and a pot of embers are on the table. The
remaining three figures are in the back of the room, smoking
and drinking.—See No. 490,ybr a similar composition.
Engraved by Lempereur, under the title of Les Delices des
Flamands.