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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.

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Landscapes.
slung at his back, and a boy. Considerably beyond these is
a herdsman sitting on the ground, and a number of goats
browsing round him.—No. 24.

225. The tired Traveller. This pleasing scene represents a
hilly country, with a river in the centre, which ssows along
the right of the fore-ground and under a bridge, composed of
three arches; near this is a traveller lying on the ground and
his dog standing by him; from hence the eye views a cluster
of bushy trees, and still more remote, some buildings with a
round tower. The opposite side shows an open country with
buildings on the left.—No. 25.

226. The Sportsman. A wild rocky scene with a river on
the right, and a sportsman kneeling in the centre of the
fore-ground, aiming his gun at some distant object.—No. 26.

227. Christ with the Disciples journeying to Emmaus.
The subject is introduced on the fore-ground of a hilly
country, and the Saviour is represented walking between the
two Disciples, and approaching the spectator; one of the
latter carries a staff on his shoulder and has his band on his
breast; the other is pointing to a city, part of which is con-
cealed by a clump of trees on a hill: they appear to have
just left a woody dell which is seen behind them.—No. 27.
See also Nos. 125, 151, 213, and 327.

228. A Magdalen repentant. The figure here forms the
principal in the picture, and represents a young woman
wearing a mantle, which leaves her legs exposed, seated by the
 
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