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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Landscapes.
88. A Reposo of the Holy Family. On the bank of a river
forming the fore-ground of the picture, is seated the Virgin,
holding the infant Saviour on her lap, while the attention of
the babe is directed to two Angels who are kneeling before
him; behind this group are seen Joseph reposing, and the ass
standing by him; from hence the eye looks over a river, to a
grove of trees and a building, with an old Roman tower, and
thence to some distant barren hills. A lofty tree grows on the
margin of the stream on the left. Painted for Count Crescensi,
and afterwards in the collection of Sir Wm. Lowther.—See
also Nos. 38, 154, 187, 313, and 334, for the same subject, and
observation to No. 47. Upright shape.

89. A Sportsman in conversation with a Herdsman. A view
taken from an eminence looking over a vast extent of country, of
a hilly and broken surface. At some distance off, on the right,
is seen a large ancient building with towers, situate on a hill, at
the base of which appears to be a chasm, through which ssows
a stream winding between high banks to the front, where its
current turns a mill. The opposite side is composed of high
cliffs, on an acclivity of which is an edifice surrounded by a
wall. The figures consist of a sportsman with a gun, who
stands with his back to the spectator, in conversation with a
herdsman recumbent on the ground: four goats browse near
them. The sun has sunk below the horizon, and a soft twi-
light effect prevails over the surrounding landscape, and gives
a sublime appearance to the scene. Painted for M. Passari.
3st. 1 in. by 4ft. 3 in.—C.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.

Worth 1500Z.