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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NICHOLAS BERGHEM.

51. A Pair of Landscapes, &c. In one is a man mounted
upon a block of stone, at the side of which is a woman wash-
ing linen; and near them are two cows, a sheep, a dog, and a
goat. Engraved from a drawing.
Sold separately, in the collection of M. Marin,
1790. . 8401/s. 136Z.
52. The Companion represents a man on a mule, two goats,
and a dog.
10| in. by 1 ft. 1 in.—Cop.
Collection of Randon de Boisset, . 1777.(Pair)2000i/s. 80Z.

53. Cattle at Pasture. A landscape, with a hilly fore-
ground, over which are distributed five cows, three sheep, a
ram, and a goat; of these, two cows and two sheep are re-
posing together in the centre of the fore-ground ; a woman
is seated on the right, occupied at needle work, and on a bank
behind her sits a herdsman playing on a pipe. The exquisite
quality of this little picture has obtained for it the appellation
of Le Diamant de la Curiosite. Engraved by Daudet,
entitled Le Troupeau Hollandois.
9 in. by 11| in.—Cop.
Collection of Randon de Boisset, . 1777. . 6401 yi. 256Z.
- M. Lambert, . . . 1787. . 8950fs. 3581.
- the Due de Praslin, . 1793. . 9200fs. 3881.
Valued to William Becksord, Esq. in 1822, at . . . 400 gs.

54. A Mountainous Landscape, with buildings, and, towards
the front, a river, on which are two boats, one of them laden
with hay. On the fore-ground (which forms the bank of the
river), are a woman on a mule, a peasant on foot by her, and
another woman milking a ewe; near them are a herdsman,
leaning on a cow, a man with a staff, an ass kicking at a dog,
and another dog, which appears to be running after a cow:
more to the left are a braying ass, a sheep, a goat, &c.
2 ft. 10 in. by 2 ft. 8 in.—C.
Collection anonymous, . . 1773. 2900fs. (Le Brun) 120Z.