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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55. The Guitar Player. The view represents some public
place, or sea port, in Italy, and is remarkable for several hand-
some edifices, and a fountain of rich and elegant sculptured work.
Among several persons distributed on the fore-ground may be
noticed a Spaniard playing on the guitar, and looking with a
smiling countenance at two ladies, elegantly attired, who
appear to be attracted by the music ; two other persons, one
of whom wears the habits of an Armenian, and the other of a
Turk, are in conversation together. Every part of the scene
is animated with some object of picturesque beauty or interest.
Painted in the Weeninx manner.
2 st. 7 in. by 2 ft. 4 in.—C.
Collection of M. Lempereur, . . 1773. . 5100/5. 204Z.
——-- Randon de Boisset, . 1777. . 5000 fs. 200Z.
M. Tolozan, . . . 1801. . 4551/?. 182Z.

56. View of a Mountainous Country, with a broad road,
and a pool of water in front. On the left are a woman,
wearing a yellow bodice and a blue skirt, carrying a lamb
under her arm, and a boy with a stick, driving a red cow;
four goats, a sheep, a dog, and a fifth goat, are on her left: a
little retired, on the opposite side, is a second group, composed
of a man on a dark gray horse, a boy on foot, two cows, and
four sheep ; the road winds round the base of a hillock, and
at the extremity of the turning are two travellers on horseback;
beyond these, the view is bounded by blue mountains. This
is a gem of superlative beauty and excellence; the drawing
and finishing of the animals have in no instance been surpassed
by the master.
1st. ll|m. by 1 ft. 7 in.—C.
Collection of Randon de Boisset, . 1777. . 3500 fs. 1401.
-M. Le Boeuf, . . . 1782. • 6200fs, 2481.
- M. B. . . . Paris, 1827. . 8180/?. 327Z.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, K.B.
Worth 500 gs.