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 8) (London: Smith and Son, 1837)

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NICHOLAS POUSSIN.

Landscapes.
departing day. The most prominent objects which meet the
eye, are a pile of lofty rocks surmounted by a castle and other
buildings ; at the base of these rocks rolls a cascade, and the
water ssows through the landscape to the left. This picture is
also distinguished by two men in the centre of the fore-ground,
one seated, the other standing in an animated position before
his companion. The last gleams of the setting sun are visible
behind the mountains, whose lofty heads cast into twilight the
surrounding landscape. If the corroding hand of time has in
some measure consumed the tender hues which once gave beauty
and freshness to these noble productions of art, their classic
forms and poetical conception are still intact, and will ever
give delight to the learned connoisseur.
4st. by 5ft. 7 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Marquess of Bute, at Luton.
334. A Landscape representing a pastoral scene, in which
are introduced a shepherd playing on a pipe, and a nymph
listening.
Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, . 1795.50^.
- Edward Coxe, Esq. . 1807. 150</s.

335. A Landscape representing an Arcadian scene, inhabited
by nymphs and satyrs; the companion to the preceding.
Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, . 1795. 50^.9.
- Edward Coxe, Esq. . 1807. 150 gs.

336. A Landscape, in a distant part of which may be per-
ceived a city. The fore-ground is enlivened by a group of
figures reclining on the ground.
2 st. 5 in. by 3ft. 3 in.—C.
Collection of William Young Ottley, Esq. . 1801. . 170^?.