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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MINDERHOUT HOBBEMA.

right. Upon the road on this side are a man and a woman
walking together, and beyond them are two other persons.
The genial inssuence of sunshine pervades the scene.
Described from a drawing.

78. Peasants in a Waggon, returning from a merry meet-
ing. A view on a high road, leading through a well-wooded
country, interspersed with cottages, one of which stands on
the left and front, partly concealed, and overshadowed by trees.
The opposite side also is occupied by clusters of lofty trees,
of luxuriant foliage, above the tops of which rises the steeple
of a church. Some cottages are in the centre of the middle
distance, from one of which several people are coming in
haste, apparently with the intention of overtaking a waggon
drawn by two horses, and filled with merry villagers, whose
approach is hailed with cheers by two men standing at the
side of the road. The figures are by the pencil of Lingel-
bach. The landscape is agreeably diversified with sunshine
and shade, and presents the aspect of a fine summer’s day.
2 ft. 11 in. by 3 ft. 5| in.—C.
This capital picture was imported by Mr. Philip Hill, from whom
it passed into the collection of Lord Radstock, and is now in the
possession of Abraham Robarts, Esq.

79. A Landscape, representing the artist’s favourite scene,
varying only in its details from others so frequently described.
A winding road on the right, leads through a country com-
posed of corn and other fields, interspersed with clusters of
trees and cottages. A peasant is seated at the side of the
road, and another appears to be approaching. Two cows and
three sheep are feeding on a verdant bank, and a fourth
sheep has descended to slake its thirst in apool; beyond which
the eye looks through a vista to the distant country.
3 ft. by 3 ft. 9 in.—C.
Now in the collection os the Earl of Egremont.