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)

JACOB RUYSDAEL.

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148. A grand Cataract, with woodland scenery and build-
ings. The chief object in this composition is a powerful
torrent, interrupted in its course by fragments of rock, and
which, after dispersing itself in various directions, falls with
great violence on the fore-ground.
Sale at Mr. Christie’s, u . . . 1814.200gs.

149. A View of a Water-Mill, represented at the moment
when the workmen are shutting the sluice. On the right is
a bank crowned with picturesque village scenery.
Sale at Mr. Christie’s, .... 1814.200/.

150. A Landscape, representing a finely-wooded scene,
composed, in the centre, of clusters of trees, of rich and
varied foliage: a stream of water flows at their base. Several
trunks of trees, bushes, and plants, diversify the fore-ground ;
and a village is seen towards the right, in the distance. The
figures which enliven this excellent picture are by Adrian
Vander Velde.

3 st. 1 in. by 3 ft. 10 in.—C.

Collection of Madame Catelan, . 1816. .10,000/$. 400/.
- M. Le Rouge, . . 1818. . 10,400/$. 416/.
——- Count Pourtales, . 1826; bought, with many
other fine pictures, by the Writer, in conjunction with Mr. Emmerson.
Again, in the Count’s collection, . 1826. (at Phillips’s) 300 gs.

151. A Landscape, with a group of trees in the middle,
illumined by a faint gleam of sunshine. The fore-ground, which
is in shadow, is diversified with plants, trunks of trees, and
a brook ; and the distant country is varied with plains and
meadows. The scene is animated with figures and cattle,
amongst which are a man and a girl descending a hill.
3 ft. 1 in. by 3 st. 11 in.—C.
Collection of Madame Catelan, . 1816. . 5000/$. 200/.
-—- the Chevalier Erard, 1832. . 3990fs. 160/.