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)

226 SCHOLARS AND IMITATORS OF A. V. VELDE.
Petes. Vander Leeuw was the son of a painter, and
acquired the first rudiments of the art from his father, whose
manner he soon relinquished for that of Adrian Vander
Velde’s. Such was his enthusiastic admiration of that artist’s
works that he studied them incessantly; never venturing to
paint without having one of them before him. By these
means he attained an extraordinary facility in imitating his
favourite master.
Vander Leeuw was born at Dort, in 1664, and died in
1705.
Jacob Vander Does. It does not appear from the
statements of writers, that this, clever painter derived any
knowledge of the art from Adrian Vander Velde; but a
careful comparison of their works will create a belief that he
aimed at an imitation of that master’s style. Not only is
the scenery he represented very similar, but the animals
(particularly the sheep) are equally so; and although the
pictures by Vander Does have in most instances lost much
of their pristine beauty, by the effect of time on the colours,
which have become dark and heavy, there is still much to
commend in them. One of his finest works, was sold in
the collection of M. Vander Pals, Rotterdam, in 1824, for
1410/so., or about 126Z.
He was born at Amsterdam in 1623, and died in 1673.
John Vander Bent. This painter’s name is introduced
on the present occasion, in consequence of his having studied
under Wouwermans and Adrian Vander Velde, neither of
whose admirable styles did he imitate, but chose, in pre-
ference, the works of Berghem for his models.
He was born at Amsterdam in 1630, and is supposed to
have died with grief for the loss of 4000 ssorins, of which
he was robbed, in 1690.