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.

is seen, with a fence round it, and two trees within the
enclosure where some linen hangs to dry. The view on this
side is bounded by a wood, in which may be discerned a house.
On the opposite side is a man sitting on some timber, and
beyond him is a fine clump of trees, near a cottage.
Described from a drawing after a picture by Hobbema.

121. A Landscape, exhibiting a richly-wooded scene, with
a large tiled cottage on the left, and an overshot water-mill
attached to a low building at its side, the stream from which
ssows in rippling eddies along the whole of the fore-ground.
Two trees are in front of the cottage, and clusters of trees
extend along the whole of the scene beyond it. This pic-
ture is also distinguished by a man standing on the bank of
the stream, repairing a cask. The most agreeable variation
of sunshine and shade are diffused throughout the scene,
superadded to which, both the colouring and execution are of
the most attractive description.
2 st. 3 in. by 3 ft.-—P. (about.)
Sold privately at Amsterdam, . . 1834. . 6500so. 5241.
Now in the collection of M. Rombouts, at Dort.

122. Cottages and Corn Fields. The view offers a woody
scene, traversed by a road which leads to a cottage, situate on
the left of the middle distance, and partly hidden by trees: a
man, a woman, and a child, are in a group near it, and another
person is approaching on a bye path. A second cottage is
seen through some trees on the right, beyond which is a corn-
field. Some bushes, wild plants, and a fallen tree on the
bank of a pond, give variety to the fore-ground. This
pleasing example of the master is painted with a full pencil of
colour, and possesses the usual attractions peculiar to the
master’s works.
1 ft. Y^in. by 1 ft. 6^ in.—P.
Now in the collection of the Earl of Radnor.