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.
90. The Piping Herdsman and Dancing Dog. This beau-
tiful pastoral scene represents an open country, intersected by
a river, ssowing in an oblique direction from the right of the
fore-ground to the opposite side, where it is lost among the
distant hills. The stream is traversed in front by a rustic
bridge, and in the middle distance by another, composed of
five arches. On the opposite side is a building, with a round
tower, near which grows a large tree. Close to the front is a
herdsman sitting by the stump of a tree, playing on a pipe,
to the sound of which a woman is compelling a dog to dance.
Several oxen and a herd of goats, are distributed in and
around the river and bridge. The appearance is that of a fine
warm evening. Signed, and dated 1648. Painted for a
gentleman at Paris, and subsequently in the possession of
Robert Dingley, Esq. Engraved by J. Major, 1753.
2ft. 4| in. by 3st. 1 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Earl of Ashburnham.

91. Cephalus and Procris. This delightful scene offers on
the left a pool of water, from whence four oxen are coming,
while the herdsman is calmly reclining on the stem of a fallen
tree on the bank of the stream; a little retired from this part
stands a large cluster of trees of richly varied foliage. Still
more remote and close to the side, is a bridge composed of a
single arch, under which ripples a gentle cascade. The view
is here bounded by a high hill, surmounted by buildings.
The picture is further identified by the introduction of the
classical story of Cephalus meeting his beloved Procris, from
whom he is receiving the gifts presented her by Diana, namely,
the unerring bow, and the swift footed hound. Procris is
accompanied by one of the nymphs of the chase. On this