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 4) (London: Smith and Son, 1833)

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61. The Vegetable Market. Behind a stall, well stored with
vegetables, stands a woman who appears to be about to hand a
basketful os garden-stuff to a woman with a brass market-pail on
her arm; near the latter is a genteel youth. Through an
arched door, in the back-ground, is seen a canal.
2 ft. 5 in. by 2st.—P.
Collection of M. Geldermeester, . 1800. . 575flo. 521.
A picture of a similar composition occurs No. 42.

62. The Amorous Couple. The young woman holds a
glass of wine in her hand, and appears disposed to take some
money, which the peasant ofsers her.
4| in.—Cop. Cround.)
Collection of M. Geldermeester, . 1800. . 41j?o. 4Z.
63. An Assembly of Peasants; among whom are a man and
a woman playing at tric-trac, and a man playing a bag-pipe, &c.
1 ft. 4 in. by 1 ft. 7 in.—C.
' Collection of M. Geldermeester, . 1830. . 205flo. 18Z.
64. The Fat Family. A company of ten persons, most of
whom are assembled round a well-furnished table ; one of
them, and the nearest to the spectator, is a portly xnan who
has risen from his seat, and is drinking off a goblet of liquor;
on his right is a fine jolly woman in the act of replenishing
her plate. Painted in the artist’s finished manner.
1 ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 5 in.—P.
Now in the collection of Peter Norton, Esq.
65. The Well-fed Family. A company of eight persons, ‘
each of whom indicate, by their looks, the blessings of plenty.
On the left sits a fine portly woman, who is in the act of
putting a slice of lemon into a jug; on the opposite side is
seated her husband, leaning on a table, observing her ; a man
stands on his left, cutting a slice of cheese, and a child is seated
on the ground in front, with a gofer cake in her hand.
1ft. 2^in. by 1 ft.—P.