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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

DOI Kapitel:
The Works of John and Andrew Both
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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.62940#0224

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208 JOHN AND ANDREW BOTH.
another traveller on a mule: these are approaching the
spectator. Additional beauty is given to the picture by the
delightful aspect of a fine summer’s evening. This is a
brilliant production, of the choicest quality.
3 st. 5 in. by 4 ft.—C.
Collection of the Baroness Thoms, 1816. . 56\0fo. 3051.
Now in the Musee at the Hague. Worth 800Z.

99. A View in Italy. The composition exhibits, on the
right, a chain of lofty hills, extending from the front into the
distance. A stream gushes from the side of a hill, and ssows
rippling among rocks to the front, where it is crossed by
a rustic bridge, on which is a herdsman with cattle. The road
from thence continues round on the left; in this part are
a traveller on a laden mule, and another on foot by his side.
1 ft. 7 in. by 1 ft. 4 in.—P.
Now in the collection of the Baron Nagel, at the Hague.

100. The Muleteers. A landscape, composed, on the
right, of a mass of rocks, surmounted by bushes and a few
light trees, beyond which is a mountain, of a perpendicular
form, with a tower and other buildings on its summit. The
opposite side exhibits an open country, diversified with clumps
of low trees, water, and distant hills. On a winding road in
front are two men with four laden mules; one of the former,
having a stick in his hand, stands close to the side of the
nearest beast, and the other is on horseback in the rear
of them.
Described srom a print engraved by Labarthe, in 1779.

101. A View in Italy. The composition exhibits, on the
left, a large mass of rocks, excavated, and supported in part
by a pillar of stone : near this part is a traveller on a gray
horse, holding the reins of a mule, while the rider reposes on
 
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