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 7) (London: Smith and Son, 1836)

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Fancy and Familiar Subjects.

175. A Nurse holding a Child on a Goat. This picture is
composed of four figures, one of whom is a matronly woman,
dressed in a red gown and a turban cap, holding a child on a
goat; on the right of the former is a girl in a brown dress,
with a dagger attached to her girdle, crouching on the ground,
and amusing herself with some kind of instrument which she

has in her hands. The remaining person is also a girl, who is
seen in a profile view on the farther side of the nurse. This
picture is painted with astonishing breadth and force, and
possesses the most dazzling effulgence of sunshine effect.

4 ft. 4 in. by 3ft. 7 in.—C.

Collection of De Heer Valkenier,
- De H eer Brentano,
-M. Nieuwenhuys,

1796. . 1413/o. 117Z.
1822. . 3205/o. 288Z.
1833.610gs.

Now in the possession of the Baron J. Rothschild.

176. A Mother and Child. A young woman, having on a
red cap, and dressed in a brown jacket with red sleeves, seated,
holding a swaddled infant in her lap. This masterly-finished
study is signed, and dated 1640.
10 in. by 9 in.—P.
Collection of the Count Pourtales, 1826. 35 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1835.
Now in the collection of Peter Rainier, Esq.

177. A Peasant Girl, with a round face and light hair,
standing on the farther side of some paling, on which she leans
both arms, holding a broom in one hand ; a pail turned bottom
upwards is placed by her side. This is painted in a free and
masterly manner.
3 ft. 5 in. by 3 ft.—C. (about.)
Now in the Palace of the Hermitage, at St. Petersburg!).
Worth 300 gs.