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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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312 ALBERT CUYP.
back to the spectator: at a little distance off, on the left, are
ten more cows and three villagers in the shade of a mountain.
The front is enriched with herbage, plants, and trunks of trees.
The effect is that of early morning, portending a hot summers
day.—See also No. 80, for a similar picture.
1 st. 1 in. by 1 st. 7 in.—C.
Collection, anonymous, .... 1803. 13,500/s. 540Z,

101. A View of the Town of Flushing, with various vessels
and boats. Taken at sun-set.
1 st. 5 in. by 1ft. 9 in.—P.
Collection of M. Van Leyden, . . 1804. . 4000/s. 160/.

102. A Farmer on Horseback in conversation with a herds-
man. The picture represents a view over the meadows of a
Dutch farm, in which are seven cows; the nearest of them to
the spectator, of a dark brown colour, is lying down ; a second
is of a dun colour; the rest are varied in hue, and are disposed
in a picturesque manner in groups. The farmer, riding a gray
horse, appears to be speaking to the herdsman, at whose side
stands a little boy, wearing a large hat. More towards the
right lies a youth in a fore-shortened view asleep on the ground :
a dog, of a black and white mixture, completes the group.
The gleams of evening sunshine are diffused throughout the
rural scene.
2 ft. 9 in. by 3st. 7 in.—C.
Sold by Messrs. Woodburn for. 500/.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.
A picture corresponding in some measure with the preceding
description, was sold in the collection of Richard Hulse, Esq. in 1806,
for 430 gs.
103. A Woman keeping Cows. A landscape, exhibiting a
mountainous country, with a river on the right, extending
into the extreme distance. In a meadow, composing the left
 
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