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 a horse; the nearest of these to the spectator is a white
spotted cow, seen in a fore-shortened view, lying down; the
rest of the animals are disposed in the most picturesque manner
over the meadow, which is bounded by a high hedge, beyond
which appears a broad hill, covered with sheaves of corn. The
glowing warmth of the setting sun is diffused over the land-
scape, and its brilliancy is successfully aided by the broad
shadows of the lofty umbrageous trees on the left. The name
of the painter, and date, 1654, are inscribed on the trunk
of a tree lying among herbage in the fore-ground. This is a
highly-finished picture, of the most esteemed quality.
1ft. 11 in. by 1ft. 9 in.—P.
Collection of Linder t de Neuville, . 1765. 1505so. 1351.
- Peter Van Locquet, Amst. 1788. 7540^/Zo.' 678k
It subsequently became the property of M. de Noailles, and was
lastly sold in the collection of Lord Gwydyr in 1829, . 1205 gs.
Now in the choice collection of the Right Honourable Sir Robert
Peel, Bart.
67. A gray Horse, speckled with black, standing in a side
view in the fore-ground of a meadow, with its back near
the trunk of a tree. The view represents a bald barren scene,
with a pond in front, at which a stag is drinking. Signed,
and dated 1653.
1ft. ^in. by 1 ft. 4| in.—P.
Now in the possession of Messrs. Woodburn.
68. The Milkmaid. A woody scene, with a hovel and a
well of a picturesque appearance on the right. In the centre
of the fore-ground is a young woman seated, milking a yellow
and white cow; but while thus engaged, a youth appears to
have crept towards her on his knees for some object of fun, in
which she has detected him, and in return is squirting the milk
from the teat of the animal into his face, at which an old man
standing by is laughing heartily. A cow, of a whitish colour,
lying down, a sheep, an old horse, and a dog, complete the