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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PAUL POTTER.

21. A Meadow, in which are three Cows. The nearest to
the spectator, of a yellow and white colour, is grazing;
another is lying down near a barricade and an old shed; and
the third, of a dark colour, stands in a fore-shortened position.
In a distant meadow in the opposite side are seen cattle
grazing. The appearance of a fine warm afternoon enhances
the beauty of the scene. This little picture, which is dated
1642, is of the most exquisite quality.
9 J in. by 1 st.—P.

Now in the collection of M. Valdou, Paris.

Collection of M. Randon de Boisset,
1777. .
2551fs.
102/.
- M. Robit, ....
1801. ,
. 6100fs.
244/.
- M. de Preuil, .
1811.
. 9000fs.
360/.
- Prince Talleyrand, .
1817. Bought, with
many
other fine pictures, by Mr. Buchanan,
and valued at
480/.

22. A Woman Teaching a Child to walk. A landscape,
with a cart-shed on the left, in front of which are groups
of cattle and figures, consisting of eight sheep, two cows, a
horse, and four figures; amongst the latter is a woman
milking a cow, which stands at the extremity of the group,
and near her are a man and a woman teaching a child to
walk. The fore-ground is tastefully broken, and varied with
the stump and trunk of an old tree, &c. Dated 1653.
1 st. I in. by 11 in.—P.
Collection of M. Fabricius, Haarlem, 1744. . 375 flo. 34/.
- M. Randon de Boisset, 1777. . 4000/s. 160/.
-- M. Destouches, . . 1794. . 3600^/w. 1447.
In a public sale at Amsterdam, . 1803. . 8100^5. 324/.
Collection of Lucien Buonaparte, London, 1816, (by Mr. Stanley,
bought in) for . .... 330gs.
Since purchased by M. Nieuwenhuys.
Now in the collection of the late Prince Augustus d’Arenberg.

23. A Meadow, in which are three oxen; the one nearest
to the spectator stands upon some rising ground, on the left,