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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ADDENDA
TO THE
WORKS OF ALBERT CUYP.

279- A View of Het Huis te Merwe, on the banks of the
Maes, during a fine winter's day. This favourite object of the
artist exhibits a large ruin in the form of a tower, and occupies
a considerable portion of the picture on the left: in front of it
are four persons in a sledge, drawn by a white horse, the driver
of which is at the side : a little in advance of these is a man
with his back to the spectator, having a stick on his shoulder,
skating; and beyond him are several people with horses near a
tent, at the side of the ruin, and many others are distributed
over the ice in the distance. The cheering rays of the
declining luminary sheds an artificial warmth to the scene.
2 st. 10 in. by 2 st. 2 in.—C. (about.}
Now in the collection of Lord Coventry.
280. The Shepherd and Shepherdess. The composition of
this picture offers, on the left, a rich cluster of trees on the
summit of a knol, on the declivity of which reclines a shep-
herd, while a shepherdess stands by his side, pointing to some
distant object: on the same side, and close to the front, is a
large cow, of a tawny yellow colour, lying down ; and a little
retired from her stands a black and white one, seen in a front
view. The fore-ground, on the opposite side, is abundantly
covered with docks and other herbage ; beyond which the eye
looks over pasture lands to a river. The aspect of a fine
evening pervades the scene.
3 st. 6 in. by 4 st. 6 in.—C. (about.)
Now in the collection of Lord Coventry.

END OF THE FIFTH PART.