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)

THE

W O R K S
OF
ADRIAN VANDER VELDE.

1. Cattle at a Fountain. The view exhibits a woody
and sequestered scene, overshadowed in part by trees, and
bounded by hills. In this agreeable spot, its owner, an
opulent farmer, mounted on a gray horse, appears to have
just arrived, and has halted, with his back towards the
spectator, to speak to a woman who is seated on the trunk of
a tree at his right, and by whose side sits a herdsman leaning
on a staff, listening to their conversation. A sheep lying
down, a goat suckling its kid, another kid browsing, and
a sheep knibbling the moss off a tree, are on the left. On
the opposite side are a mouse-coloured cow lying down,
another, of a reddish hue, standing, and a goat reposing close
to the front. A little retired from these, is a flock of five
sheep, browsing under the shade of a high bank. A stone
fountain with some sheep near it, is on the farther side of
the herdsmen. The scene is enlivened by a transient gleam
of sunshine passing over the fore-ground. Signed, and dated
1664. The figures are about twelve inches high, and the
cattle in the same proportion; yet, notwithstanding its
unusual size for the master, the finishing throughout is of
the most precious description.
4 st. 2 in. by 5 ft. 6 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Honourable Henry Windsor.