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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bellowing. Other cattle are variously distributed about the
meadow, and a hut is visible among the trees.
1J?. 2| in. by 1/Z. 4| in.—C. on P.
Collection of M. Nieuhoff, Amst. 1777. K SOOflo. SOI.
--M. Van Leyden, . . 1804. . 4200 fs. 168Z.

30. The Sleeping Herdsman. A woody scene, on the left
of which are a herdsman lying asleep near a tree, and a woman,
dressed in a white jacket and a blue skirt, sitting by him,
apparently in conversation with a farmer on a dun-coloured
horse; their dog lies by them. In the meadow, forming
the fore-ground of the picture, are several sheep, goats, and
cows, one of which is drinking at a fountain.

1st. \in. by 1 st. %\in.—P.
Collection os the Prince de Conti, . 1777.
- M. Tolozan, . . . 1801.
- the Chevalier Erard, 1832.

2610/s.
2580/s.
3320/s.

1047.
103Z.
133^.

31. A View on a Canal in Winter. The dreary scene is
animated by a number of persons partaking of the various
amusements of the season : among these may be remarked, on
the left fore-ground, four gentlemen playing at hockey; one
of them is in the act of striking the ball. On the opposite
side, and a little retired from the front, are a boy and a girl
pushing a sledge, on which are two women; and beyond them
are two horses and several figures, near a tent. This picture
has always been deservedly esteemed as a bijou of the rarest
excellence. Dated 1668. Aliamet has executed a faithful
engraving, entitled Amusement (THwer.
1ft. by 1ft. 2 in.—P.
Collection of M. Mariette, .
•-- the Prince de Conti,
-- Count Pourtales, .

1775. . 4000/s. 160Z.
1777. (withdrawn.)
1826 ; bought, with the
Count’s Dutch and Flemish pictures, by the Writer and Thomas
Emmerson, Esq. and valued at . 300 gs.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.