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

1300flo. 117Z.
975flo. 91Z.
Worth 600Z.

sitting at the side of the hill, playing on his harp, the divine
harmony of which has drawn around him the lion, the bear, the
elephant, the unicorn, the dromedary, and the camel; together
with those of a domestic kind, as the horse, the cow, the goat,
the sheep, the stag, and numerous other beasts and small animals,
both wild and tame, each of which appears to be listening to
the enchanting sounds. Every object is painted with the
most scrupulous attention to detail, but it must be owned
that few of the animals possess the characteristic expression
peculiar to its kind. Signed, and dated 1650.
%ft. lin. by %ft. ll^in.—C.
Collection os M. Lormier, Hague, 1763.
- M. Vander Wouw, . 1764.
Now in the Musee at Amsterdam.

28. A View in Holland. The scene exhibits on the right,
a house, at the half door of which stands a woman, and a row of
three lofty trees rise in front of it; beyond these is seen passing
a coach drawn by two horses. In the middle ground are
two cows, the nearest of which to the spectator is lying down;
and close to the side are three sheep. Signed, and dated
1652. Engraved in the Poullain Gallery.
1 ft. 6| in. by 1 ft.. 2 J in.—P.
Collection of M. Randon de Boisset, 1777. . 2420/?. 971.
- M. de Poullain, . . 1780. . 3200/?. 128Z.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1819.
Now in the collection os Jeremiah Harman, Esq.

20. Two Cows and a Bull in a Meadow. The view
merely represents the summit of a hill, with an old tree and
a board fence on the left; and the composition consists of
a fine cow, of a whitish colour, marked with yellow patches,
represented in a side view, lying down in the centre of the
fore-ground ; the other cow, of a dingy dun or mouse colour,
stands in a fore-shortened view with her back to the spectator,