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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29- A Peasant and a Woman, with five sheep, &c. The
view represents a woody country, interspersed with cottages;
a pond is on the left, overgrown with ssags and other weeds;
a cluster of lofty umbrageous trees is near the centre, in the
shade of which two travellers are reposing; and on a road
traversing the right, are a man and a woman in conversation,
near whom are five sheep and a dog.
2 st. 8 in. by 3 ft. 5 in.—C.
Collection of M. de Preuil, . . • 1809. . 2950fs. 118Z.

30. A View of a Dutch Mansion House, and its adjacent
grounds. The building is situate at the extremity of a
parterre on the left; its grounds are divided into uniform
walks, adorned with statues, and bounded by dwarf hedges,
a row of lofty trees, and a moat. On the opposite side is
a high road, leading in a perspective line into the distant
country; a gentleman on horseback, apparently in conver-
sation with a man on foot, is on the road, and beyond these is
a coach drawn by two gray horses: many other figures con-
tribute to animate the scene; these are introduced by Hels
Stockade.
3 st. ^in. by 3 ft. 10|m.—C.
Collection of M. Lanjac, . . . 1808. . SOOiyi. 120Z.
- the Chevalier Erarci, • 1832. . 7210/s. 288Z.

31. A View, exhibiting a wide extent of richly-wooded
country, with a water-mill in the centre, and a lock adjoining,
from whence ssows a broad stream of water to the front-ground.
Some lofty trees are on the left, between which passes a rough
road, where a peasant, followed by a dog, is driving three
cows and two sheep: in advance of these is a gentleman in
a scarlet jacket, in the act of presenting his gun at a covey
of ducks, which are on the opposite side of the water: these,
with the figures and cattle, are by the hand of Berghem.
A boat, laden with sacks, lies near the shore, beyond which is
seen a red-tiled cottage, adjacent to which are woody meadows.