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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for cattle is made, and near the entrance to which is seated a
young woman suckling an infant; her attention is directed at
the same time to a herdsman, who stands by the side of a cow,
leaning on it, and holding a staff in his hand. Two asses, one
of which is coming from the door of the shed, three sheep, and
a goat, are in the group. Engraved by F. Vivares. Visscher has
etched the same, with variations, after a drawing by the master.
318. The Ford. The view represents a mountainous and
arid scene, with a river winding round the base of lofty cliffs :
among the numerous figures and cattle which give interest to
the picture, is a woman, mounted on a mule, with a faggot
before her, in conversation with a woman on foot by her side,
who has an infant slung at her back, which a little boy is
caressing; these have their back to the spectator, and are
approaching a river, through which peasants are passing with
a herd of cows. On the fore-ground is also a boy with a basket
of vegetables under his arm, playing with a dog; near him are
two goats, and three sheep; and a little retired on the left
are a man and a woman sitting together on a bank. Engraved
by Aliamet in the Dresden Gallery, and S. Granichee has
given a print of a portion of the picture.
5 st. 7 in. by 3 st. 1 in.
Now in the Musee at Dresden.
319- Peasants Watering their Cattle near a Ruin. The
view exhibits on the right, a bald open country, and on the
left some rocks, clothed in part with bushy trees, and a ruin
forming a fountain. The principal object in a group which
arrests attention is a young woman, wearing a yellow gown
and a blue mantle, mounted on a white horse, holding a cup
in her hand, and apparently speaking to a herdsman who is
behind her, near two cows; this group, including two goats,
occupies the centre. Close to the left is a herdsman at the
water trough, and near him are a cow, a goat, and a dog.
d he general aspect is that of a cool morning.
\ft. 3 in. by 1 st. S^in.—P. Worth 160g.s.