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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ADRIAN VANDER VELDE.

throughout with elaborate care, and a scrupulous attention to
the details of nature. Dated 1657.
1st. 8 in. by 1ft. Il in.-—C.
Collection of M. Clos, .... 1812. . 4731 fs. 189/.
- the Due d’Alberg, . 1817.285Z.
-—- M. Varoc, . . . 1822. (Mr. Phillips) 378/.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.

91. Cattle passing a Brook. A landscape, on the right of
which the view is open, and terminates with mountains; on
the left are a rustic bridge, and a hill clothed with trees.
The rural scene is animated by a shepherd, with a herd of
cattle, passing through a brook in the fore-ground of the
picture.
1 ft- 9^ in. by 2 ft. l^in.—C.
Collection of M. Mailman, . . . 1813. . 1850fo. 1661.

92. A View in the Meadow of a Dairy Farm. A hovel,
concealed in part by a pollard willow, is on the right; and in
the middle of the fore-ground is a woman, wearing a blue skirt,
milking a red cow ; a cow and a sheep are reposing behind
her : a youth seated on the ground, playing with a dog, is
on the left. Five other sheep, variously disposed, are also
in the field ; and a building among a clump of trees is seen
in the distance. Exquisitely painted. Signed, and dated
1670.
9|m. by 11^ in.—P.
Collection of Hart Davies, Esq. . 1814.62g«.
It was subsequently in the collections of the Baron Mecklenburg,
and Joseph Barchard, Esq.
Now in the collection of the Right Honourable Sir Charles
Bagot, K.B. Worth 150/.
93- A Landscape, with a high-road, on which are various
figures.
Collection of the Due d’Alberg, . 1817. 250gs.