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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also three parsnips: a brass pot, placed on its side, is on the
left of the woman, at the top of which sits a kitten. A house,
with a vine growing over the door, forms the back-ground.
1st. fan. by 10|ni.—C.
This excellent little picture is mentioned by Descamps in La Vie
des Peintres.
Collection of M. Geldermeester, . 1800. . 1800^/Zo. 1621.
- M. Meulman, . . . 1813. . 1850/o. 166/.
--- the Due d’Alberg, . 1817.160gs.
- M. De la Hante, Esq. 1821. 205 gs.
Again in the Fonthill collection, . 1823. 1751.

61. The Duet. A young lady, elegantly attired in a silk
dress, seated in a handsome apartment, playing on the violon-
cello; while a gentleman, habited in the costume of the period,
stands near her, accompanying the music with his voice.
1/if. 2 in. by 11| in.—P.
Collection of M. Tonneman, . . 1754. . 1405 fa). 1261.

62. A Woman cleaning Fish. A woman, of a pleasing
countenance, dressed in a dark-coloured jacket and apron, and
a white tippet, standing before the door of her house, with a
knife in one hand and a ssounder in the other. A basket, con-
taining several of the same kind of fish, is on a table, formed of
a board on the top of a cask, placed before her. A dish, with
two haddocks in it, is on a pail in front, and a brass pot hangs
against a wall on her left.
ll|m. by 10|zn.—C.

Collection of the Marquis Marialva, 1825. Bought by the
Writer privately,. 801.

Now in the possession of M. Heris, Brussels.

63. The Woman taken in Adultery. This composition
represents the accused standing in the centre of the group,
weeping ; on her right is a priest, holding a book of the law,