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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long stone bridge, with four arclies. Among the numerous figures
and cattle which animate the scene, is a hawking party, con-
sisting of a lady on a gray horse, accompanied by a gentleman
on a bay horse, and another gentleman in a scarlet dress,
on foot by her side ; a huntsman and dogs are with them :
beyond these is a peasant on a mule, driving a herd of cows
through the water; and still more remote are other groups
of cattle. The glowing warmth of a fine summer’s evening
gives a dazzling lustre to the scene. This is a superlative
example of the master. Engraved, No. 107, in the Stafford
Gallery.
] st. in. by 1 ft. 9| in.-—P.
Collection of V. L. Van Slingelandt, 1785. . ISOOyZo. 162/.
•- M. de Calonne (bought in) 1788. 8901/s. 356/.
Same collection, . . . London, 1795 350/.
Now in the Bridgewater collection, Lord Francis Egerton.
Worth 600/.

85. A Landscape, represented under the appearance of a
fine summer’s evening. Upon a road in front are a man on
an ass, driving before him a few sheep, followed by a boy
with cows and sheep; another boy is driving more cattle over
a hill; and in the distance are mountains and buildings, &c.
\ft. 7 in. by 1 ft. 10|m.— P.
Collection of V. L. Van Slingelandt, Dort, 1785. 450flo. 401.

86. The Four Seasons. The subjects are represented in a
series of four pictures, by suitable allegorical figures, composed
with considerable taste, and executed with great mastery of
hand.
2 ft. lOin. by 3 st. 6 in.—C. sound.)
Collection of M. Morelle, . . . 1786. . 7801 fs. 312/.
Now in private hands in Paris.
87. Peasants Dancing. The subject is introduced in the
fore-ground of a richly varied and fertile country. The
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