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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in a blue petticoat is standing, leaning upon a red cow,
and apparently conversing with a herdsman who is seated
at a little distance from her : near them are a dog and a
goat drinking in the pool; and a little farther on are a cow
and a calf reposing. A single goat is on the right and front,

and another with her kids in the
distance.
This picture is
of the most exquisite quality. Dated 1668.
2 ft. 1 in. by 2ft. 7 in.—C.
Collection of M. Toileman, . . 1754.
1500jlo. 1351.
- M. Braamcamp, .
1771. .
1800 flo. 162/.
-- M. Smeth Van Alpen,
1810. .
7650/u. 688/.
- M. La Fontain.
1811. (Mr
. Christie') 1800 gs.

This was a sictitious price, as the picture had been previously
sold to His Majesty.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826 and 1827.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.

6. The Sleeping Shepherdess. The view offers a shady
woody scene, with a broken fore-ground, in the centre of
which is a fine red cow patched with white, seen in a side
view cropping the herbage. Close to the left lies a red
calf, beyond which is a sheep lying down at the foot of a
tree, against the trunk of which a dark brown cow is rubbing
its neck: near these, but close to the side, is a woman
reclining asleep. At the extremity of the fore-ground, on
the opposite side, are two sheep and a cow; and among the
trees in the distance stands a cottage.
1 ft. ^in. by 1ft. 3% in.—C.
Worth 300 gs.
7. Companion. A Herdsman and Woman in Conversation.
This beautiful picture also exhibits a hilly and well-wooded
country, with a pond on the left of the fore-ground, in which
is a red cow; and on the margin of the pool stands a mouse-
coloured one in the act os drinking. On the opposite side is
a woman wearing a blue skirt, standing with her back to