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.
her listening to her discourse. Clio and Euterpe are seated
at the foot of a tree on the right, and the rest of the Muses
are in a receding part of the hill. Signed Claudio, inv‘-,
Roma, 1676.—No. 21. See also Nos. 195 and 209.

222. Cattle at Pasture. The view merely consists of a
single hill sloping off from the left to the opposite side, having
a row of trees of various kinds growing along its ridge. On
the fore-ground are two groups of oxen, one of which consists
of four, and the other of three beasts. The herdsman stands at
some distance osf, leaning on his staff.—No. 22.

223. A Shepherdess playing on a Pipe, and two Herdsmen
listening. The view osfers a hilly country with a river on the
right, on the farthest bank of which, and near the centre of
the scene, stands a cluster of trees; from hence the view extends
to the distant hills, on the acclivities of which are buildings.
The left of the scene is composed of a high rocky bank
surmounted by trees which overshadow a small temple. On
this side, but nearer the spectator, are a herdsman and a
woman sitting together on a bank, the latter of whom is
playing on a pipe, to the sound of which a peasant, while
leanino- on his staff, is listening ; his flock repose on the bank
of the adjacent stream.—No. 23.

224. A Man leading a Bull by the horn. A view on the
sea-coast, representing an open ssat scene nearly destitute of
trees. On the right of the fore-ground are a man with an axe
on his shoulder, leading a bull by the horn, and followed by a
woman with a basket on her head, a man with some birds