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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SCHOLARS AND IMITATORS
OF
LUDOLPH BACKHUYZEN.
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John Klass Rietschoof was a scholar of Backhuyzen,
whose style and manner he imitated with considerable success.
He was born at Hoorn in 1652, and died in 1719.
Henry Rietschoof was the son and scholar of the pre-
ceding painter, and, like him, was a close and faithful imitator
of Backhuyzen.
The works, both of the father and son, are exceedingly
well calculated to impose upon the inexperienced admirers of
Backhuyzen. These imitations may frequently be recognised
by a predominance of heavy yellow hues, and of pinky tints,
mingled with the grays, and in addition to these peculiarities,
there is an evident deficiency of that transparency of colour,
and lightness of handling, which so eminently characterise
the real pictures by their prototype.
Michael Maddersteg had also the advantage of being a
scholar of Backhuyzen, and, like him, delighted in repre-
senting storms, and rolling seas. Many of his pictures
pourtraying these subjects have much of the grandeur of his