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)

178 ADRIAN VANDER VELDE.
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be noticed a woman, seated on a bank with her feet in a pool
of water, a peasant sitting a little beyond her, near whom are
two sheep ; and beyond the woman are two cows. A horse
and other cattle are seen more distant. Dated 1662.
1 ft. 5 in. by 1ft. 8 in.—C.
Collection of M. Braamcamp, . . 1771. . 1500so. 1351.
-• N. Desenfans, Esq. . 1801.
Now in the collection of Thomas Emmerson, Esq.

17. The Farm. The view exhibits on the right, the rural
residence of a Dutch farmer, with its adjacent buildings, and a
cluster of lofty trees rising in the centre at the side of a barn.
Five cows, two pigs, three sheep, and some poultry, are dis-
tributed over the fore-ground ; and among them may be noticed
two women and a man : one of the former stands at the head

571.
SOI.
981.

11 in.— C.
1763. .
1772. .
1777. .
from whom

The appearance of a fine afternoon gives
Signed, and dated 1658; the artist being
old.

of a fine cow on the margin of a pond, the other is milking a
cow, and the man appears to have just quitted the barn with a
sieve in his hand,
lustre to the scene.
at the time (if writers are correct), but nineteen years
Engraved in the Choiseul Gallery.
1ft. 7 in. by 1 st.
Collection of M. Lormier, .
- the Due de Choiseul,
- the Prince de Conti, .
- W. Ellis Agar, Esq.;
collection of the Marquis of Westminster.

630flo.
2000 fs.
2450fs.
it passed into the
Now worth 400 gs.

18. A Shepherd keeping his Flock. The view represents a
meadow, with a cottage enclosed in a fence at the side, and a
shepherd seated watching his ssock, which, with a horse and a
cow, are browsing around him. This picture was painted by
the artist when only sixteen years old.
1 ft. 2 in. by 1 st. 1 in.—C.
Collection of M. Braamcamp, . . 1771. • 210 fo. 191.