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)

130

PAUL POTTE1L

giving the old man a jug of liquor, is introduced, is in the Gallery
of the Hermitage at St. Petersburg,
o o
A picture, described “ Horsemen in front of a Stable,” dated
1643, was sold in a sale, anonymous, by Mr. Christie, in 1818,
for. 120 ps.
o

26. Cattle quitting their Shed. A meadow, bounded in
part by a hedge, and having a house of a picturesque
appearance on the right, out of which are coming two cows,
and at the side of the door is seated a woman with a little
boy in her arms, who is endeavouring to strike the animals
as they pass with a stick. Two hogs are at the side of the
house ; and in the adjoining meadow are a brown cow and
a yellowish one, butting each other, and a herdsman separating
them : beyond these is a third cow, of a yellow colour. The
distance offers some ssat pasture lands, bounded by a line of
low trees, from amidst which rises the steeple of a village
church. The lustre of a fine summer’s morning gives warmth
and brilliancy to every object; and the upper hemisphere is
beautifully mottled with light ssickering clouds. Signed, and
dated 1647. An admirable example of the master.
1 ft. Sin. by 1ft. 7^ in.—-P.
Collection of M. Van Pompe, Leyden, 1780. . 5oQ5flo. 4>95l.
- M. Van Leyden, Paris, 1804. 33,600ys. 1344Z.
- Anonymous, . Paris, 1811. 20,000^5. 800Z.
In both the preceding sales it was bought in, and afterwards sold
to the Duke d’Alberg. It is now in the collection of the Count
Czernini, at Vienna, who is said to have paid for it 36,000^3. 1480Z.

27. Orpheus Charming the Brutes. The subject is intro-
duced on the fore-ground of a woody landscape, composed
of a lofty hill on the right, clothed with bushy trees, with
its base extending to the opposite side, where the view is
bounded by the skirts of a forest. The minstrel is represented