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 BUYSDAEL.

159- A Landscape, composed of a hill covered with trees,
and a meadow on this side of it, traversed by a brook, which
falls in a cascade on the fore-ground. A monastery stands on
the declivity of the mountain, and a windmill is on its summit;
a shepherd is seated in the meadow, watching his ssock; and
towards the right stands a tree, which forms a fine contrast to
the azure sky.
8| in. by 11 in.—P.
Collection of M. La Perrier, . 1817. . 1200ys. . 48^.

160. A Waterfall. The composition represents a wide
expanse of water, covering the centre of the picture, bounded
on either side by banks clothed with forest trees, and rushing
in a foaming cataract between rocks on the front-ground.
Upon a rocky eminence on the left, is the stump of a beech,
and its broken trunk lies against the bank. At a considerable
distance off, on the same side, is a wood-cutter’s house, partly
concealed by trees; and near it is a rustic bridge over a
narrow part of the river. The view is bounded by trees.
Engraved by Vocht, in the Lucien Buonaparte Gallery.
2 st. 3 in. by 1ft. 10 in.-—C.
Sold privately in 1817.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.

161. Companion. In the composition of this picture, the
stream ssows round the base of some lofty rocks on the left,
falls with impetuosity in a divided column on the fore-ground,
and is broken in its fall on the left by a spar of timber, lying
in a slanting position against a bank, on the farther side of
which is a rustic bridge, which two peasants, followed by a
dog, appear to have crossed: from hence, the eye is conducted
to a lofty mass of rocks, surmounted by a cottage amidst
trees. A cluster of young oaks stands on the verge of a bank
in the centre of the view, and a second rustic bridge is dis-
cernible beyond it. Both this and the preceding are good