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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JOHN HACKAERT.

of the chase. The nearest of these to the spectator are
a lady on a white horse, a gentleman on a roan chesnut, and
a whipper-in with two dogs in leash : these are followed by
two other attendants, with hawks and dogs, and a little beyond
them is a coach drawn by six horses. The figures and animals
are by the hand of Adrian Vander Velde. A luminous and
most delightful example of the two masters.
2ft, 2 in. by \st. 10 in,—C.
Formerly in the Du Vai collection.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, K.G.C.

14. A View in the Precincts of a Domain in Holland. A
large piece of water covers the right of the view, and a road
from the opposite side, skirted with lofty thin trees, leads
round it to the entrance of some park or mansion. The scene
is animated by a party of ladies and gentlemen, with attendants
and dogs, departing for the chase: the nearest of them to the
spectator is a lady attired in a blue dress, mounted on a gray
horse, accompanied by a gentleman on a roan; beyond them
are two huntsmen with a pack of hounds, and a dog barking
at two swans; and still further is a second gentleman on horse-
back, saluting the owner of the domain, who is seen at the
gate. The beams of the morning sun play delightfully among
the trees, and give life and beauty to the landscape. This
excellent picture is the joint work of Hackaert and Adrian
Vander Velde. Engraved in the Le Brun Gallery.
£ft. 2 in. by 1 ft. 9 m.—C.
Now in the Musee at Amsterdam. Worth 4005

15. A Landscape, exhibiting a mountainous country. A
pool of water is on the right of the fore-ground, at which a
traveller, riding a chesnut horse, is watering his steed. A
road winds at the base of the mountain, on the left, along which
a shepherd is driving a ssock of sheep; beyond these the eye