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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from these are a rustic hovel and other habitations, distributed
amongst trees. On the opposite side, and beyond the stream,
the spire of a church and a few buildings are seen rising, from
behind clusters of trees. The view terminates with blue
mountains, partly lost in the clouds. This capital picture is
painted in a broad manner, and has the advantage of being
unusually clear.
2yk. in. by 4? ft. 4<in.—C.
Collection of M. le Baron Denon, 1826. . 18,700fs. 7481.
A picture, very similar in subject and size, was sold in the collec-
tion of M. Marin, in 1790, for 38/.

217. A View in a Forest, traversed by a white sandy road,
over which (and near the fore-ground) ssows a shallow stream,
where a waggoner has halted his team to water his horses.
Nearer the front are a gentleman, wearing a red cloak, on
a bay horse in full gallop, and a man on a roan horse, followed
by a dog. Four persons are fording the stream, and a
traveller, with a laden horse, appears to be chatting with a
woman, who is seated with a child by the road-side. The
figures and cattle are by the pencil of Philip Wouwermans.
2 ft. by 2 ft. 9J in.-—C.
Now in the collection of M. Six Van Hillegom.

218. A Landscape, with the ruins of an ancient brick
building on the right, and an old oak tree in the middle, at
the side of which passes a rough broken road, leading into the
distant country. Two peasants, followed by a dog, are some
distance off on the road.
1ft. 6 in. by 1ft. 9 in.—P.
Collection of the Duke of Bedsord, 1827. (Christie, bt. in) 70 gs.

219- The Bridge. A landscape, representing a well-wooded
country, in which the principal object that meets the eye is a
brick bridge, of a picturesque appearance, over a rapid stream