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.

183. A Landscape, with a water-mill, and a thatched cottage
of a picturesque appearance on the left, backed by a clump of
trees. The stream from the mill ssows rippling along the
front-ground, bounded on its farther side by a high brick
embankment, beyond which the eye looks over an open country,
intersected by hedges: two men, fishing for trout, are in the
stream. This is a beautiful example of the master, and of the
choicest quality.
1ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 4 sin.—P.
Collection of M. de St. Victor, . 1822. . 3240/s. 130/.
Imported by the Writer, and sold to the Hon. George J. Vernon,
at the sale of whose collection, inl831, it wTas sold for 130 gs.
Now in the collection of Charles Brind, Esq.

184. A View of the Entrance to a Village, near a high road.
On the right may be remarked a church with its steeple in
ruins, and near it lie some trunks of trees, by which two
peasants, followed by two dogs, are passing. On the opposite
side are several travellers halting at an inn, which is over-
shadowed by trees.
1 ft. 6 in. by 1 st. 2 in.—P.
Collection of M. de St. Victor, . 1822. . 382fs. 151.

185. A Landscape, with a marshy pond on the right,
surrounded by masses of trees and bushes.
1 ft. 6 in. by 2 ft.—P.
Collection of M. de St. Victor, . 1822. . 770 fs. 311.

186. A mountainous Scene, covered with herbage and bushes.
The right is composed of a mass of rocks, overshadowed by
trees ; and the opposite side presents a broken and varied
aspect, with a marshy pool, near which are a man and a woman
on a little winding road.
11 in. by 10 in.—P.
Collection of M. de St. Victor, . 1822. . 1010/i. 40/.