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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female stands near the centre, holding a lamb under her arm,
and at the same time addressing herself to the man, who is
seated on the ground, shearing a sheep; a cow reposes behind
him, and about nine sheep are distributed around them. This
is an excellent and highly satisfactory example of the master.
2 ft. by 2 st. 3 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Prince d’Arenberg. Worth 400 gs.
224. A View over an open and arid country, traversed by
a river, on the bank of which is a building with a round
tower, and a similar edifice is seen on a hill in the middle
distance. Upon a broken road in front, is a woman in a red
jacket and a blue skirt, on a gray horse, accompanied by a
man on foot, and preceded by a man on an ass, and several
cows and sheep, the whole of which are receding from the
spectator. Evening.
1 ft. l|m. by I ft. 5jsn.—P.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826 and 1827.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.
225. The Ford. A mountainous country, with a stream
ssowing along the front, from which a road continues over a
hill, by the side of a rocky mountain. A woman, wearing a
blue skirt, carrying a kid under her arm, is fording the
stream, accompanied by a dog and a goat: two cows stand
in the water, and at some distance from them is a horse
ascending a hill (the rider has been obliterated), and still
farther is a peasant with cattle. An exquisite example.
Dated 1650.
1ft. 1| in. by 1 st. 4| in.—Cop.
Now in the collection os His Majesty.
The preceding is, perhaps, the picture which was sold in the
collection of the Countess of Holderness, 1802, .... 280 gs.
226. Peasants with Cattle in a Landscape. The view
represents a mountainous country, with a large river, bounded