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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48. Le Manege. A landscape, with an open space,
forming a kind of an area for exercising horses, bounded by
a grove of trees. Several grooms with horses are distributed
over the ground, and amongst them is one exercising a fine
prancing gray charger; a cavalier is putting on his spurs,
preparatory to mounting a black horse, which is held by a
page near him; and further on is seen a bay one. Various
other horses and dogs complete the composition. A highly-
finished picture. Dated 1654.
1ft. 7 in. by 1 ft. 1 in.—C.
Collection of M. Montaleau, . . 1802. . 7020 fs. 281Z.
- M. Emler, . . . 1809. . 10,001 fs. 400Z.
- Alexis De la Hante, Esq. 1821. (bought in) 421 gs.
In the Fonthill Abbey sale, . . 1823 290 gs.

49- A Farriers Shop. In front of a building of a
picturesque appearance, are two men shoeing a piebald
horse; one of them, stripped in his shirt, and wearing a red
cap, holds up the hind leg of the animal, while the other is
about to fix on the shoe. A brown horse stands near them,
and a little farther is a man on a white horse, preceded by a
burthened ass. Within the shop are seen some men at work,
and a dog lies near the door.
1 ft. 8 in. by \ft. 4 in.—C.

Collection of M. Van Leyden, . . 1804.
——-- M. Le Noir de Breuil, 1821.
- M. Lapeyriere, . . 1825.
Now in the collection of Edward Gray, Esq.

6500 fs.
5500fs.
8045fs.

2601.
2201.
3221.

50. Banditti. The view represents a wild mountainous
scene, forming a retreat for marauders, two of whom appear
to be in ambush, waiting for some travellers, who are seen
on a bridge in the distance.
1 st. 11 in. by 2 st. 1 in.
Collection of M. Leyden, . . . 1804. . 2000fs. 301.