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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spires, having houses on either side, partly concealed by trees.
Among a variety of figures which enliven the scene, introduced
by Adrian Vander Velde, are a woman and a boy near the
brick house, and on the opposite side three girls at play :
beyond these is a man dressed in black, &c. &c.. Engraved
in the Musee Frangais.
1ft. 6 in. by 1 ft. lljwi.—P.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. 15,000fs. 6001.
Now in the Louvre.

70. A View of the Stadt-house at Amsterdam, taken from
the Kalver Straat, and looking towards the Nieuwe kerk.
Among the numerous figures introduced by Adrian Vander
Velde, is a man driving a roan horse, which is drawing a
sledge loaded with five bales of wool; and in the middle
distance are three gentlemen in conversation. The sky
appears to have been re-painted.
2 ft. 6 in. by 2 st. 2 in.
Now in the Florence Gallery. Worth 300 gs.

71. A View of an open Place in a Dutch Town, bounded
by a wall, and the entrance to a convent, the facade of which
is of white stone, with a pediment surmounted by a cross,
and angels at the sides. On the right is a brick building,
near the entrance to which are two monks. On the opposite
side are a woman with a child at her back, leading another
by the hand, and a beggar with a wooden leg. Many other
figures are distributed over the place ; these are by the hand
of Adrian Vander Velde.
7| in. by 9| in.—P.
This was formerly in the collection of the Prince de Garve.

72. Buildings and Figures. The principal object which
meets the eye is a handsome church upon the summit of a hill,