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.

174. A Landscape, exhibiting a bold and richly-diversified
country, composed, on the left, of a mass of lofty rocks, clothed
with oak and other trees of ample foliage, and with abundance
of underwood ; amidst which lie the stems of fallen timber.
An aged oak stands in the centre of the view, at the side of
which flows a rapid stream, passing under a wooden bridge,
and rushing in gurgling eddies on the fore-ground. Adrian
Vander Velde has given additional value to this splendid pro-
duction, by the introduction of a group of figures and cattle,
consisting os two gentlemen on horseback, one of whom,
wearing a scarlet dress, with his back to the spectator, is
halting on a road in front to speak to a herdsman, who is
driving three cows (one of which is annoyed by the barking of
a dog), several sheep, lambs, and a goat, over the bridge; from
hence the eye looks over a river, the farther bank of which is
occupied by several cottages, to a fertile country, bounded by
mountains. A splendid work of art.
4ft. 2 in. by 5 ft. 6 in.—C.
Collection of M. Le Rouge, . . 1818. 29,700/i. 1188/.
Now in the collection of the Prince of Orange, at Brussels.

175. A Landscape, representing a mountainous country,
richly clothed with trees and underwood, and admirably
relieved by a brilliant sky, the azure of which is ressected in
some water on the fore-ground, which ssows to the opposite
side, and thence into the distance. A great variety of ssags
and aquatic weeds grow luxuriantly along the bank of the
water.
1 ft. Sin. by 2 ft. 4 in.—C.
Collection of M. Le Rouge, . . 1818. . 3530 fs. 142/.

176. A picturesque Landscape, the most prominent object
in which is a windmill, surrounded by trees, at the base of
which is a river.
1ft. Qin. by 2 ft.—C.
Collection of M, Le Rouge, . . 1818. . 1210yi. 48/.