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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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Karel du jardin.

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Their play appears to interest a muleteer, who stands by
leaning on his beast. Near a high building in the back-ground
is seen a woman, washing linen at a stone trough.
1 ft. 8 in. by 1st. 4| in.—C.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.

104. A Landscape, with Travellers watering their cattle at
a fountain. The principal figure is a woman, dressed in blue,
and mounted on a dull gray horse, which is drinking at a
stone trough, while she is in the act of pouring water out of
a cup. A laden mule, a donkey, and a man, are on the
farther side of the woman ; and to the left is a peasant at the
side of a well, drinking out of a pail.
Collection of the Duchess de Berri, Paris, 1826.

105. Two Muleteers with their Beast, halting at an inn
on the road. The nearest is mounted, and has a glass of
liquor in his hand ; the other has descended from his beast, and
is occupied tightening its girth. The fat landlord is seen
mounting the steps to enter the house, at the end of which is
a group of figures regaling under a covering of vine foliage.
Dated 1658.
1 ft. 4nin. by \st. 1 in. (about.)
Now in the collection of M. Valdou, Paris.

106. The View ossers a hilly country, with some buildings
in the centre of the middle distance, and a stream extending
along the front, which a woman, leading a little boy, is
fording, accompanied by a dog, and preceded by a burthened
ass and a red cow. Upon a bank on the right of the picture
are a white cow and a sheep, near a reed fence. Dated 1662.
1 st. 4>in. by 1 st. 7^ in.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1821.
Now in the collection of William Wells, Esq. Redleaf.
 
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