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.

178. A Landscape, with the remains of a Temple on an
eminence, and a river, on the fore-ground of which are peasants
watering cattle; and near them is a girl milking a goat.
Evening.—See also No. 158.
1 ft. 11 in. by 2 st. 1 in.-—C.
Collection of Benjamin West, Esq. P. R. A. 1820. . . 145 gs.
179- A View in Italy, representing a mountainous scene,
with a round tower upon the summit of some rocks. On the
fore-ground are a woman, mounted on a mule, accompanied
by two peasants on foot, with cattle. The appearance
indicates the close of a fine summer’s day.
1 ft. 2 in. by 1ft. 6 in.—P.
Collection of M. Brentano, Amst. 1822. . 820yZo. 731.
In a sale in Paris, 1825. . 2000fs. 80l.
A picture corresponding with the preceding is now in the collection
of the Count Perigaux Lafitte.
180. A Landscape, represented under the agreeable aspect
of a fine evening. Part of the ruins of some noble edifice,
with two archways through it, is on the left. The cattle and
figures which animate the fore-ground, consist chiefly of a
herdsman guarding three cows, one of which is lying down
a woman standing in a pool of water wringing linen, a basket-
full of which is placed behind her ; a dog by her side, and
a goat in front of her. An ass and a cow are close to the ruin
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on the right, and a cow and a sheep are on the opposite side.
This is a delightful specimen of the artist’s talent.
1ft. 2| in. by 1ft. 4^ in.—P.
Purchased by Mr. Emmerson, in the Dijonval collection, and sold
to John Lucy, Esq., in 1823, for 350 gs. ; from whom it passed,
at the same price, into the collection of Alexander Baring, Esq.
181. A Landscape, with the ruins of an arch abutting
against two piers, and a cluster of bushes growing on its
summit; near this part are a woman suckling a child, and a