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.

which are refreshments ; one of them is cutting a slice of ham,
and another merry fellow is endeavouring to embrace a young
woman. In the opposite side is a variety of culinary and other
objects, lying on the ground ; and at some distance from these
is a woman leading off a drunken man, through a door-way.
\st. lOin. by %ft. 4? in.—Cop. (about.) (octagon.)
This excellent production of Teniers is worth . . . 500 gs.
Now at Knowle, Kent.

629- A Landscape, with a large cottage on the right, having
a board fence at its extremity. Near the corner of the house
are four peasants, seated round a table, smoking, &c. ; the
nearest one to the spectator is seen in a hinder view, stripped to
his shirt, and having a red cap on his head and a pitcher in his
hand. The attention of the party is directed to an old man,
wearing a gray jacket and apron, who stands near them, leaning
on a stick ; while a woman, at the door of the house, appears to
be listening to their conversation. The opposite side represents
a hilly country, intersected by a river, which ssows to the front-
ground. Several cottages are seen in the distance; and a
peasant, with a pack at his back, is passing one, situate in a delk
5st. 1 in. by Ost. 7 in.
Now in the collection of the Marquis of Bute, at Luton.

630. A Picture-Gallery, with an arched recess in the middle,
near which is a gentleman, habited in black silk (a portrait of
the artist), standing on the farther side of a table, showing a
chalk drawing to a gentleman, also dressed in black, and wearing
his hat (probably a portrait of the Archduke Leopold, the artist’s
patron). Behind the latter is a youth with a figure in his hand,
and a fourth person is seen beyond him. A book of drawings,
some medals, and bronzes, are on the table; the surrounding
walls are hung with pictures, chiessy imitations of the Italian
school. Signed and dated 1651.
Worth 500,0's.