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.
141. A cis and Galatea. The lovers are represented sitting
together, under the shelter of a tent erected on the sea-shore,
forming the fore-ground of the picture, and Cupid is near
them playing with a couple of doves; from hence the eye
views a wide expanse of ocean, bounded on the left by rocky
mountains, on an acclivity of which may be discovered the
rival lover, Polyphemus, seated, playing on a pipe, while his
ssock feeds around him. The effect is that of a fine morning,
accompanied by a gentle breeze. Painted in 1656, for M.
Delagarde, from whom it passed into the possession of the
Duke de Grammont, and the Count de Nossi. When in the
possession of the latter gentleman, the figures are said to have
been repainted by Boulogne. Engraved by Gmelin in a
superior style.
3st. 7 g in. by 4st. 9 in.—C.
Now in the Dresden Gallery.

142. The Metamorphosis of the Apulian Shepherd. This
beautiful picture exhibits an open country, of a rich and
varied appearance, through which a river meanders amidst
banks clothed with trees and underwood, and spreads along
the second ground its limpid waters; clusters of trees, of the
most luxuriant foliage, are distributed on either side; a castle
shows itself above the tops of a surrounding grove in the
middle distance ; and a spacious bay, girt by hills, termi-
nates the view. This Arcadian scene of solitude is, with
great propriety, made the resort of the Muses, five of whom
are dancing in sportive rounds to the music of various instru-
ments, played by their loved companions. While thus
engaged, their privacy is interrupted by the rude intrusion of
a rustic shepherd, who, by the touch of the wand of one of the