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)

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JACOB RUYSDAEL.

road from the opposite side traverses an extensive ssat field,
appropriated to bleaching grounds, at the extremity of which
are several cottages among trees. The scene is animated by a
man and a boy, followed by a dog; they are going towards a
little wooden erection in the middle, near which is a woman
with a child. The aspect of a cloudy day gives a sombre hue
to the surrounding country.
Uft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 5^ in.—C.
Collection of the Earl of Halifax, 1808 183 gs.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.

103. A Cavalier on a gray horse, and a Soldier on foot,
arriving. The view represents a forest, intersected by two
roads, which divide from the fore-ground round a clayey bank,
on which stands a noble oak, of rich and varied foliage, whose
boughs mingle with other trees which recede in succession into
the middle distance. Upon a road from the front, leading
between clusters of trees to a distant wood, is a cavalier, armed
with a gun, and mounted on a gray horse, accompanied by
a soldier on foot, having on a helmet, and carrying a bundle
under his arm, and a pike on his shoulder, and also a youth
with a basket: these are approaching a stream which ssoods
the road, at the side of which is seated a traveller in a red
jacket; and on the road leading to the right of the spectator
are a herdsman and a woman, with three sheep and a dog.
The whole of these are by the hand of Berghem. A variety
of objects give interest to the fore-ground, among which, on
the riffht, are the trunk of an old oak, and the bole of another
amidst herbage, beyond which the view opens over the distant
country.
3 ft. 3 in. by 3 ft. 5 in.—C.
This picture is signed by both artists, and dated 1652 ; Ruysdael
being then, according to the erroneous statements of his biographers,
only 16 years of age.
Collection of M. Grand Pre, Paris, 1809. . 7001/5. 280/.
- the Duchess de Berri; exposed for private sale, at
Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, . . 1834. . . . Price 480/.