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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approaching, and a woman standing at a tub, washing. The
distance is terminated with clumps of trees and low hedges,
enclosing meadows, over which passes a gleam of sunshine.
2 st. by 2 st. 9 in.—P.
This picture was in the collection of William Smith, Esq., M.P.,
and was sold to M. le Chevalier Bonnemaison; it was asterwards
put up to sale at Mr. Phillips’s in 1822, and bought in for 305Z.
Collection of M. La Fontaine, . . 1824. (bought in) 480 gs.
Put up at auction, at Mr. G. Robins’s, 1831 182 gs.

58. A Landscape, exhibiting a view- strikingly resembling
English scenery. A large cottage, with adjacent barns,
fenced round with paling, occupies the centre. Two roads
diverge from the fore-ground, one of them leading to the
spectator’s left, is skirted by lofty trees and bushes ; on this
road is a man in a one-horse cart approaching the front, where
he is met by a man on foot, wearing a scarlet jacket. The
opposite road leads in a winding direction to some distant
cottages, and a cavalier, mounted on a chesnut horse, and
followed by two dogs, is passing by some paling towards
them. The figures and animals are by the pencil of Barent
Gael. This picture is painted with a full pencil of colour,
and possesses extraordinary freshness, and breadth of effect.
2 ft. by 2 ft. 10 m.—P.
Collection of Count Pourtales, . 1826. (Mr. Phillips) 420gs.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Wharncliffe.

59. View of the Ruins of Brederode Castle, and the sur-
rounding country. The remains of this once noble building
occupy the summit of a hill, the declivities of which are broken
and varied with bushes and shrubby trees; a stream winds round
its base, dividing it from the adjacent meadows. Near a clump
of lofty trees on the right of the fore-ground, are a sportsman
with his dog and gun, and two men on the bank of the stream,
angling. The distant scenery is animated with several other