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,

labours of the day have ceased, and the harvest people have
assembled to enjoy their rural diversion; of these, two young
men are dancing to the sound of a bag-pipe, played by one
of their companions, while the rest are reposing around. A
little removed from this group is a shepherd, leading his ssock
to the fold.—See also No. 11.
1 ft. 11^in. by 2 ft. 5| in.—C.
Collection of M. Lambert, . . . 1787. . 5001 fs. 2001.
88. A Landscape, exhibiting a fertile country, adorned with
clusters of trees, and intersected by a river, rendered addition-
ally interesting by the warmth of a brilliant sun-set. The
fore-ground of this delightful scene is animated by several
peasants driving home their ssocks and herds.
1 ft. by 1 ft. 5 in.—P. (about.)
Collection of the Count de Vismes, 1786. . 4801 fs. 192Z.
- M. Castlemore . . 1791. . 3200fs. \28l.
89- The Hurdy-Gurdy Player. The picture exhibits on
the left a high bank, of a broken and undulated form, sur-
mounted by clumps of trees. About the centre of the fore-
ground is seated a woman, dressed in a red skirt and a blue
mantle, holding a sleeping infant in her arms ; a large package,
a basket, a bottle, and some blue and white clothes, lie on the
ground by her side, and close to her stands an elderly man,
playing on the hurdy-gurdy. Three cows, several sheep, and
a goat, are distributed around them. A clear toned picture,
painted in the artist’s Weeninx manner.
4st. 1 in. by 3ft. 11.—C.
Collection of Madame Bandeville, 1786 ; sold, with a picture by
Isaac Ostade, for . 7602fs. 304Z.
Collection of Sir F. Sykes, . . . 1831. ; 260Z.
90. Peasants with Cattle, fording a River. This delightful
picture represents a fertile country, with a broad river ssowing
obliquely through it, the farther bank of which is adorned