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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 chapter:
The Works of John Wynants
DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.62940#0251

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JOHN WYNANTS.

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behind whom are two dogs : in addition to these may be
noticed two men seated at the side of the hillock, and a third
standing by, leaning on a stick. This picture is painted in
the most esteemed manner of the master. Engraved, No. 119,
in the Poullain Gallery.
1 ft. 5 in. by 1 ft. 8 in.—C.
Collection of M. de Poullain, . . 1780. . ISOOyk 52/.

25. A Landscape, chiessy composed of sand-hills, on one of
which is a gentleman, accompanied by a peasant, going a
hawking; and at some distance beyond them is a shepherd
with a ssock of goats. A pool of water covers part of the
fore-ground, around the margin of which grow abundance of
ssags and other weeds, and on the left is an old tree. The
figures are by Adrian Vander Velde.
8 in. by 1ft.—P.
Collection of M. Nogaret, . . . 1780. . 290 fs. 12l.

26. A Landscape, embellished with figures and animals by
Adrian Vander Velde: amongst them are some huntsmen and
dogs on a height, apparently reposing; and on a road, which
runs in an oblique direction, is a man on horseback, followed
by a peasant on foot. The view is open, and terminates with
mountains.
9| in. by 1ft. 1 in.—P.
Collection of M. Nogaret, . . . 1780. . 300fs. 12l.

The Sportsmen and the Tumbling Boys. The view
exhibits a vast expanse of country, composed of hills and
dales, diversified with open land and enclosed meadows,
clusters of trees, and the residences of farmers. The right
of the fore-ground is rendered picturesque by abundance
of docks, thistles, and other weeds, growing luxuriantly at
the foot of an oak and a beech tree. A winding road on the
 
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