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.
music, one is a herdsman leaning on his crook. Four cows
are in the adjacent stream, and others, together with a number
of goats, are browsing in the surrounding meadows. Painted
for a gentleman at Avignon.

105. A Pastoral Scene. This landscape may be dis-
tinguished from others of a similar composition, by a herds-
man seated in the centre of the fore-ground, with his dog by
him, and his attention directed to a young shepherd and
shepherdess, who are approaching. Among the cattle which
are distributed around, are two goats butting each other. A
river ssows along the extremity of the fore-ground, bounded on
the right by a beautiful cluster of trees, between which, and
two ancient columns standing at the side, is seen a building
with a round tower, enclosed by a wall. The river extends on
the left into the more distant country, on which side the view
opens over a varied site, and terminates with hills. Painted for
a gentleman at Paris.
106. The Angel appearing to Hagar. The subject is in-
troduced in the fore-ground of a hilly landscape, watered by a
river which ssows along the second distance, and winding round
on the right, passes under a bridge composed of a large and a
small arch; beyond which, in the centre of the view, is a
cluster of buildings on the summit of a high and abrupt hill.
Trees of various kinds grow amidst bushes on the left bank of
the stream, on the opposite is seated the forlorn Hagar, listen-
ing to an Angel, who is bending persuasively towards her,
pointing at the same time to the little town on the hill already
noticed. Engraved by John Pye. Painted for a gentleman
at Paris.—See also Nos. 133, 140, 174, 287, and 340.
1 ft. 8 in. by 1 ft. 5 in.—C.