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.
fine clear day. Painted in 1667, for some one at Antwerp;
afterwards in the Hesse Cassel Gallery; from whence it was
taken in 1806, by the French, and presented to the Empress
Josephine, at Malmaison. Engraved by Von Schlotterbeck,
and also by C. Haldenwang.
3/L 8^ in. by ost. l^in.—C. Worth 2000^5.
Bought in 1815, by the Emperor Alexander.
Now in the Palace of the Hermitage, at St. Petersburg!!.

170. Mercury and Battus. This excellent little picture
offers on the left a river, flowing in an oblique direction round
a woody bank; and thence, receding through the middle,
appears to pass to the opposite side. At the extremity of the
river is a bridge, composed of a single arch, abutting on either
side against high banks, and its lower part concealed by bushes.
Still more remote is seen a second river, bounded by hills.
Battus is here represented sitting on a rocky eminence in the
centre of the fore-ground, playing on a pipe ; a number of
goats, a sheep, and two oxen, are browsing around him; and
at a little distance, on the right, is Mercury driving away four
of his oxen. On this side the meadow is bounded by a hedge,
amidst which rises a beautiful tree, and also others of a
younger growth. The effect is that of a fine clear morning.
Painted in 1666, for Mr. Barine ; afterwards in the possession
of Thomas Walker, Esq., Sir Eliab Harvey, and now the
property of the Rev. Wm. Tower, 1835.—See also, Nos. 128,
131, and 159.
1 st. 8 in. by 2 ft. 2| in.—C.

171. Demosthenes on the Sea-Shore. This highly classical
production represents a view over a spacious bay, bounded on