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.

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The following six Pictures are noticed in the Catalogue of
the Collection of the Duke of Brunswick ; but the Writer, not
having seen them, is unable to authenticate them.
328. A wild and mountainous Country, with a cascade of
water falling among rocks on the fore-ground.
3 ft. 5 in. by 3ft. 3 in.—C.

329- A grand Waterfall in a wild and mountainous country.
3 ft. 5 in. by 3ft.—C.
330. A View of a Town, situate between two hills. In
the fore-ground is a labourer tilling the ground with an ox,
and on a road leading to the town are several travellers.
2 st. & in. by 2 ft. 10 in.—C.

331. A View over an open Country, diversified with corn
fields, a village and its towering church, and a distant forest.
A road from the front passes over a hill towards a house, near
which is a large tree, under whose shadow sits a woman.
3 ft. 7 in. by kft. 9 in.—C.

332. A Forest Scene, bounded by distant hills, and refreshed
by a stream of water in the front-ground.
2ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 10 in.—C.

333. A Stag Hunt. The subject is introduced in a well-
wooded country, bounded in the distance by mountains.
2 ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 10 in.—C.