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.
side the view extends over an open country, in the most distant
part of which may be discerned a river. This most admirable
production was painted for a gentleman at Paris, in 1645.—
See also Nos. 100 and 163.
3/Z. 4 in. by 4/l 5 in.—C.
Purchased of the son of the late J. Julius Angerstein, Esq., for the
National Gallery. Worth 2500 gs.

92- Mercury stealing the Herds of Admetus. On the right
of the fore-ground is seated the music-loving Apollo, en-
raptured with the sound of his own instrument; beyond him
is seen a river, crossed by a bridge composed of three arches;
beyond which stands a building with a high tower ; from
hence the eye looks over an open country, divided by a river.
On the left of the picture is the wily god, Mercury, driving
off the oxen of Admetus, towards a rocky bank, on which
grow several trees of varied foliage. Painted for the Prince
Panfilio. Engraved by Volpato.—See also Nos. 135 and 192.
Now in the Doria Palace.

93. A Herdsman instructing a Shepherdess to play on the
Pipe. A landscape, representing a delightful pastoral scene,
composed on the left of high cliffs, surmounted by a castle,
and having abundance of bushes growing around its sides.
A rustic bridge crosses a rivulet at the base of the rocks, the
stream of which flows along the extremity of the fore-ground,
bounded by high banks; from hence the eye looks over an
extensive campaign country to the distant hills; at the foot
of one of which may be discovered a town. Under the shade
of a tree and some bushes, on the right of the fore-ground,
is a young herdsman bending on his knee, teaching a woman