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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extends over a hill, above which is seen the spire of a distant
church. Two ducks are on the pond in front, and a woman
washing linen is on the farther margin. A dark picture.
2ft. 1 in. by 2 st. 6 in.—C.
Now in the Hermitage at St. Petersburgh. Worth 120/.
302. The Ruin of a Castle. This picturesque object stands
on an elevation in the centre of the view, and is concealed in
part by trees; bushes cover the sloping sides of the hill, and a
pond, fringed with ssags, extends along the front. A peasant,
angling, is on a bank of the pook
1ft. 1J in. by 1 ft. 6| in.—P.
Now in the Hermitage at St. Petersburgh. Worth 120gs.
308. A View over a Heath, of a broken and undulated sur-
face, with a clump of trees on a. knoll in the centre, and a hedge
beyond it. On the opposite side is a rough road, intersected
by another, leading in various directions over the heath. A
traveller, followed by his dog, is on the road, and in the
distance other figures are seen.
1st. l^in. by 1 ft. 6| in.—P.
Now in the Hermitage at St. Petersburgh. Worth lOOgs.
304. A Forest Scene, composed of a marshy pool in the
centre of the fore-ground, and a group of three young oaks
growing on its bank. Amidst a cluster of bushes on the
opposite side, stands a decayed beech tree, and the trunk of
another lies at its base: a little beyond these the view is
bounded by a forest of bushes and trees, approached by a
road from the front, on which are a man and a woman standing
in conversation, with a woman seated at the side. The aspect
is that of evening. Painted with masterly precision in the
handling.
3ft. by 4 ft.—C. Cabout.)
Engraved by P. E. Morelli, when in the collection of the Count
de Bruhl, in 1750.
Now in the Hermitage at St. Petersburgh. Worth 350/.