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 VAN HUYSUM.

6. The Companion. A rich Assemblage of Fruit, heaped
together on a marble table, mingled with branches of vine
and a few ssowers.
2 ft. by iyZ. 8 in.—P.
Collection of M. Lormier, . . . 1763. . 3100/is. 279Z.
7. A Cluster of Flowers, elegantly grouped in a terra-cotta
vase, placed on a marble table. Painted on a light ground.
1 ft. 7| in. by 1st. 3 J in.—P.
Collection of M. Lormier, . . . 1763. . 1200fo. 108Z.
8. A Collection of various Fruits, disposed in a tasteful
group on a marble table. Painted on a light ground.
1 7|zn. by 1 st. 3|wz.—P.
Collection of M. Lormier, . . 1763. . lOOOyZo. 901.
9 & 10. A Pair, representing Groups of Fruit and Fowers.
1 st. 7^ in. by 1ft. 3^ in.—Cop.
Collection of M. de St. Victor, . 1822. . 1591 fs. 641.
- Chevalier Bonnemaison, 1827. (pair) 1510/s. 60Z.
11. A Pair. A Cluster of Flowers in a Vase.

12. The Companion. A Variety of Fruit on a Table.
1 st. 2| in. by 11% in.—C.
Collection of M. de Gaignat, . . 1768. . 1136_/s. 461.

13. A Bouquet, composed of red, white, and yellow roses,
auriculas, iris, larkspurs, tulips, &c., grouped with other ssowers,
in a yellow terra-cotta vase, placed on a marble table, on
which is also a chaffinch’s nest containing four eggs. A white
and red carnation appears to have fallen from the cluster, and
lies near the nest. Painted on a light ground.
1/L 7| in. by 1 st. 4 in.—Cop.
Now in the collection of Charles Bredel, Esq.