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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CLAUDE LORRAINE.

Landscapes.
a river which is divided by a tongue of land. The opposite
side is bounded by clusters of trees and bushes, forming the
boundary of a meadow, in which are two cows and the same
number of sheep and goats. The herdsman, very scantily
clad, is seated at the foot of a large tree on the right and front,
playing on a pipe. Painted for Monseigneur Rospigliosi.

16. Travellers taking their Repast on the Banks of a River.
This beautiful scene represents a well-wooded country, divided
obliquely by a river, crossed by two bridges, the nearest being
formed of three arches. In this pleasant spot a number of
travellers have halted to refresh; among them is a party of
five assembled under the shade of some lofty trees on the
right; three of these are seated, with their provisions laid out
on the grass. Three women are on the bank of the river,
getting water; another traveller, leading his beast, is ap-
proaching. In addition to these may be noticed, two men on
the bridge; one is seated, and appears to be drawing a boy
bathing; more distant are two men on mules, and one in
front receding from the spectator. Painted for M. Perochet,
at Paris.

17. Three Men lifting Packages. A sea-port remarkable
for a large Roman tower on the left. At the side are a vessel
and a boat, lying on the sands; from thence the eye looks
over a sandy coast to some distant hills, which form the bay.
On the opposite side are two vessels and two boats, only the
halves of which are observable in the picture. Three men,
one of whom is placing a package on the back of another, are
in front; and beyond them is a fourth, pulling a boat in shore.
Painted for a person at Paris.