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 5) (London: Smith and Son, 1834)

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mits, and on the other, the eye looks over the distant country.
On the left of the fore-ground is a group of peasants and cattle,
assembled round a water trough, and among them may be
noticed a woman on a white horse, holding an inverted cup in
her hand, a man sitting on the edge of the trough, a woman
milking a goat, two herdsmen on the farther side of a heifer,
and a laden mule; and on the opposite side are two goats, and
three sheep. A passage boat, with cattle, &c. is on the farther
side of the river. Engraved by Laurent, entitled Le Passage
du Bae.

1ft. by 1ft. 4| in.

Collection of M. Lormier, . . . 1763.
--M. Dutartre, . . . 1804.
-M, Sereville, . . . 1811.

840 sso.
3050 fs.
±501 fs.

751.
1221.
180Z.

20. Companion. A landscape, exhibiting a diversified scene,
animated with cattle and figures. Among the latter may be
noticed a woman washing linen.
Collection of M. Lormier, Hague, 1763. . lllOjtfo. 100Z.

21. A Landscape, with an archway across a high road.
The picture is distinguished by a woman on an ass, and a man
on foot at her side, passing a chapel on the fore-ground, at the
door of which stands a man with a book in his hand. Various
other figures are in the distance. Engraved by Le Bas, under
the title of Vue des Environs de Sienne.

2 ft. 4% in. by 3 ft. 3 in.—C.
Collection of the Marquis de Brunoy, 1749. . 2001c/<s>. 80Z.
- M. Zachary, Esq. . 1828 325 gs.

22. A Landscape, with a thatched cottage on the right, and
an old leafless tree in front of it. A shallow stream of water
covers the fore-ground, in which a woman is washing linen; a
goat and a cow are on its margin, and beyond these is a herds-