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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216. Peasants Reposing. In front os a lofty crag, which
occupies two-thirds of the picture, are a man unlading a gray
horse, and a boy with a stick in his hand standing behind
him; a woman with a distaff, and a man in a sheep-skin
jacket, are seated on a bank at the side; and near them are
several sheep and a goat. A cow, lying down, is seen on the
opposite side. Engraved by Visscher.
217. A View of a Pass between lofty Rocks. Upon the
road in front is a boy with a stick on his shoulder, driving
before him two cows, two sheep, and a goat. A man, driving
a laden mule before him, is approaching. Engraved by
Suyderhoef.
218. A Rocky Landscape, with a shallow brook ssowing
over its fore-ground, through which a semale, lifting her coats,
is passing, followed by a man on horseback, playing a pipe,
and a white cow ; another cow is on the farther side of the
woman, and a goat and a dog are in advance. Engraved by
De Ghendt, entitled Les Plaisirs du Village.

219- A Landscape, exhibiting a mountainous scene, with
numerous cattle, consisting of cows, sheep, and goats, dis-
tributed over the fore-ground: among them, and about the
centre, may be observed a woman on her knees, milking a
goat, and a man lying on the ground near her : a lofty rock,
with a cave under it, and two asses at its entrance, is on the
right. A river, traversing the middle, ssows round the base of
a high cliff, the summit of which is crowned with various
buildings.
Engraved by Charpentier, under the title of Le Repos du Berger,
then in the cabinet of M. Baudouin.

220. A Landscape, with a stream traversing the whole extent
of its second distance, bounded by a bank, clothed with bushy