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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and sheep, are passing; amongst them is a woman mounted on
an ass, who is pointing to some distant object, while another
woman on foot points in a contrary direction: the latter
female is preceded by a dog, a sheep, and a laden mule.
This picture is also painted in a free and spirited manner.
Dated 1680.
1st. Qin. by 2 st. 1 in.—C.
Now in the Belvidere Palace, Vienna. Worth 200 gs.
257. A Cool sequestered Scene, bounded by hills, and
adorned with a few trees. On the fore-ground are a woman,
seated on a bank, and a man standing by her; near them are
seven geese in a pond, and on the opposite side is a peasant
holding an ox by a cord, and at the same time sounding a
horn for the cattle to approach. A dark picture.
1 ft. by 1 st. 3 in.—P.
Now in the Belvidere Palace, Vienna. Worth 100 gs.
258. A View in a Meadow, bounded by a lofty mountain,
in which are five cows, several sheep, and a goat. A herds-
man is reposing on the ground, to the right, and a black and
white goat, and a sheep, are near him.
259- The Companion represents a similar view, with a large
hovel on the left, near which are a yellow cow, with a white
face, lying down, and a little dog lapping milk out of a brass
bowl, while a woman with a can in her hand stands in the
centre, looking at the puppy ; a group of three sheep lie near;
and beyond her is a woman milking a dun-coloured cow : two
other cows, and several sheep, are in the meadow.
1 ft. 21 in. by 1ft. S in.—P.
Now in the Belvidere Palace, Vienna. Pair worth 300 gs.
260. An Allegorical Subject, intended to represent the
triumph of Christianity over Idolatry.
6 ft. by 4 ft. 6 in.—C.
Now in the collection of Prince Lichtenstein, Vienna.