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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70. A View of a woody Country, with a castle in the
distance. The composition is formed of a large stream,
extending along the fore-ground, traversed on the left by
a bridge, from whence a winding road is continued through
a forest. On the opposite side the view opens over some
undulating meadow lands, and alights on the ruins of a castle,
which is seen in the distance. This picture is painted in
a loose, free manner.
2 st. by 2 st. 9 in.—P.
Collection of M. Vander Berg, Amst. 1833. . 4200flo. 3781.

71. A Landscape, exhibiting a highly picturesque scene,
represented under the aspect of a fine summer’s day. The
view offers, on the right, a water-mill with a red-tiled roof, and
an adjoining cottage, standing among thick clusters of trees;
the mill-stream ssows along the front, and receives on its
translucent surface the ressection of surrounding objects. The
opposite side of the picture is composed of an irregular row of
high trees along the front, through an opening of which is
seen a meadow, and beyond it a thick wood; two men are
angling in the stream in front, and a group of three peasants
is in the meadow. A brilliant ray of sunshine passes across
the middle-ground, the luminous effects of which are diffused
throughout the picture. Painted in the most esteemed manner
of the master.
2 st. 4 in. by 3 ft. 4 sin.—C.
Collection of M. Van Sasseghem, Ghent, 1827.

72. The Charcoal Burners. The view represents a forest
scene, composed on the right of a grove of trees, and a
road passing through it, on which are a man and a woman
approaching a stream of water, which divides the landscape,
and is crossed by a rustic bridge, on which is a peasant; and
considerably beyond him rise volumes of smoke, from the
operation of making charcoal. On the left, the spire of a church