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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little boys. The picture is further animated by peasants
with cattle.
9^ in. by 1 ft. Qin.—P.
Collection of M. Tronchien, . . 1780. . 1000^/1?. 40/.
- the Count de Vaudreuil, 1784. . 881_/s. 351.

10. Huntsmen Halting near some Herdsmen. The view
exhibits an open country, apparently in the neighbourhood
of Arnheim, intersected in the distance by a winding river,
on which are vessels, and the surrounding hills adorned
with habitations. On the right of the fore-ground are two
gentlemen on horseback, one of whom, wearing a blue dress,
rides a gray horse; the other, habited in scarlet, is mounted
on a bay one: the latter appears to be speaking to two herds-
men, who, with a ssock of sheep, a cow, and a laden ass, are
in the shade of a hedge row, and of some lofty trees ; at the
same time a third gentleman is seen galloping towards them
from the opposite side, where a peasant is seen attending
cattle. Abundance of herbage, mingled with docks, brambles,
and large stones, give picturesque beauty to the fore-ground.
The sultry heat of a fine summer’s morning pervades the
scene, and the dewy exhalations still obscure the distant
objects. This is a work of the choicest quality.
4 st. by 5 st. 8 in.—C. (about.)
Collection of M.Vander L.V. Slingelandt, 1785. 1920/o. 173/.
- M. Dubois, . . Paris, 1785. 4000^/1?. 160/.
- William Smith, Esq. M.P. sold by private hand to
Edward Gray, Esq., from whom it passed, in 1830, for the sum of 1300/.
Now in the collection of Alexander Baring, Esq.

11. The Companion represents a similar view, in which are
introduced huntsmen, and peasants with cattle. Among the
former may be noticed a gentleman on a gray horse, in full
gallop, preceded by a boy, and followed by dogs: a second