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 6) (London: Smith and Son, 1835)

THE

WORKS
OF
JACOB RUYSDAEL.

1. A Landscape ; enlivened with horses and figures by
Adrian Vander Velde.
1ft. 8 in. by 2ft. 1 in.
Collection os M. Van Leyden, . . 1765. . 122/L. 11Z.
2. A Sea View, representing the approach of a violent storm.
The scene is taken from a pier, or jetty, which occupies the
middle and front, and extends a considerable way into the sea,
forming, with another pier, seen on the left, the entrance of a
harbour; over these the sea breaks with tempestuous violence;
at the extremity of the principal pier, is placed a lofty rustic
beacon, and near it are two sailors, with long poles, waiting
to assist the entrance of a fishing vessel, which is approaching
the port under a press of sail; two other smacks, under bare
poles, are riding at anchor near the pier, on the left; and
several small craft are seen beating about at sea.
3 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft. 4 in.—C.
This interesting picture exhibits a scene affectingly solemn and
sublime. A vast expanse of ocean is presented to the eye, bounded
by dense masses of heavy clouds, which appear slowly rising from
the deep, and rolling forward, in towering heaps, along the w’hole
hemisphere, shedding a twilight gloom over the turbulent sea, whose
dark monotony is occasionally relieved by the glistening of its own