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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pegs, behind him ; andon the same side, close to the wall, stands
a form, covered with scarlet velvet. Through the door-way,
already noticed, is seen a female servant crossing a court, with
a jug and some pipes; and behind her is a house with an
arched passage, leading into a garden. Dated 1658. The ex-
traordinary luminous effect which pervades this picture, renders
it the admiration of every beholder. It is painted with singular
mastery of hand, and exhibits throughout a consummate know-
ledge of the principles of art.
2 st. 6 in. by 2 st. 1| in.—C.
It was purchased about the year 1820, of a Mr. Hulswit, at
Amsterdam, sor 4500j?o., 300Z., and sold to Baron Mecklenbourg,
of whom the Writer bought it, in 1825, for 15,000 J\s., 600^., and
sold it to His late Majesty in 1826.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826 and 1827.
Now in the Royal Collection.

49- A Company, composed of two Gentlemen and a Lady,
disposed round a table placed near a large window. The lady,
dressed in a black velvet jacket and a scarlet petticoat, stands,
with her back to the spectator, holding a glass of wine to the
light, which appears to attract the attention of a gentleman,
wearing a yellow jacket with straw-coloured sleeves, who sits at
the end of the table, opposite the window, having his gray cloak
thrown across his lap, and his hat and feathers lying on his
knee ; the second gentleman, seated at the farther side of the
table, is amusing himself with two tobacco pipes. At the same
time a woman servant, with a pot of embers in her hand, is
crossing the room, in front of a large projecting chimney, over
which hangs a picture. A brilliant light is admitted at the
window, which falls upon the group of figures, and is admirably
diffused throughout the room, producing the most natural and
agreeable effect.
2 st. 5 in. by 1ft. 11 in.—C.
Collection of M. Van Leyden, . . 1804. . 5500/i. 2201.