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.
stands before her. The opposite side is adorned with a portion
of a Corinthian temple; a cluster of trees, and fragments of
ancient buildings, are scattered over the fore-ground, on
which browse a number of goats. Painted in 1665, for M.
Bourlemont.—See also No. 99.
Zst. Qin. by \ft. Qin.—C. (about^)
Now in the collection of Thomas William Coke, Esq., Hoikham.

165. Christ calling Peter and Andrew. A view on the sea-
coast, during the prevalence of a gentle breeze, and at the
period of sun-rise. The scene represents a bay or mouth of a
river, bounded on the left by cliffs, clothed with trees and
bushes; on this side, but nearer the spectator is seen the
Saviour standing on a tongue of land, addressing himself to
Peter and Andrew, who are in a boat a little way from
the shore; beyond them are rocks jutting above the sur-
face of the water; from thence the view extends over the
bay, to the distant hills. Painted in 1665, for a gentle-
man in Sicily.

166. Erminia listening to the tale of the old Shepherd.
Agreeable to the poet’s description, the scene represents a
woody grove, within the precincts of which, and on the right,
is the beautiful Erminia, who has dismounted from her steed,
and with the bridle in her hand, stands before the swain, who
is seated, surrounded by his three children, apparently descant-
ing on the happiness of rural pursuits. Within the wood
beyond them, are seen two persons in conversation, and still
more remote may be perceived, between the trees, a building,
the lower part of which is concealed by bushes. A river flows
on the left, on which is a boat; from hence the eye looks over