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.

with turbulent impetuosity on the fore-ground, which it covers
with foam and spray: high hills, clothed with trees and
underwood, compose its boundary. Upon a winding road
over a hill, in the centre, and farther side of the stream, may
be discerned peasants driving a ssock of sheep.
3st. 1 in. by ?>ft. 1 in.—C.
Collection of Prince Galitskin, Paris, 1825. . 7340yL 294/.
This capital picture was very much disfigured with dirt when sold
in this collection. The Writer subsequently purchased it for 500 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1828.
Now in the collection of Abraham Robarts, Esq.
210. A View in Holland, under the aspect of winter. The
picture exhibits an open ssat country, with a canal on the left,
winding round to the middle distance; a road runs parallel
with it at the side, and appears to lead to a village on its
opposite banks. A low wooden erection, probably a sluice,
stands on the second distance, near the canal; a man, with
two bundles of rushes, is on the farther side of it, and another
man stands on the road, with a long boat hook in his hand;
other figures are also seen upon the same road, which passes
over a bridge, composed of a single arch. Two windmills
and a low house, near them, stand at the extremity of the
middle-ground, and apparently on the banks of the canal.
The country is covered with snow, and the sky appears to be
still charged with more. This is an admirable delineation of
nature.
1ft. 8 in. by 2 ft. 1 in.—C.
Collection of M. Sydervelt, . . 1766. . 221.
- M. Lapeyriere, . . 1825. . §755 fs. 2701.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.
211. A Landscape, covered with snow. The composition
consists of a canal, with villages on its banks, and a variety of
figures sliding and skating.
1 ft. 10 in. by 2 ft. 8 in.—C.
Collection of M. Lapeyriere, . . 1825. . 1210yi. 48/.