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.
destitute of trees. Engraved by Beke, after a study by
Claude, in the cabinet of M. Le Boilly de Breteuil, Ambas-
sador at Rome.

343. Priests performing a Sacrifice. A sea-port represented
under the delightful appearance of a brilliant summer’s
evening. The view offers on the right a magnificent temple,
at the entrance to which are a great number of persons, most
of whom are engaged in the performance of a sacrifice; a
cluster of trees grow on the farther side of the edifice, near
which is a round tower; still more remote are seen a palace
and a beacon. The opposite side exhibits the portico of some
noble edifice, and a handsome vessel riding at anchor. In the
centre may be noticed two boats lying close in shore, a third
with two men in it is approaching ; and still more distant is a
second vessel, which appears to have just arrived. The whole
scene is suffused with the glow of sun-set. Engraved by Fer-
nandi, when in the collection of the Count de Vence, at the sale
of whose collection, in 1760, it was sold for the insignificant sum
of 792 fs., 321.; again in the collection of M. Danoot at
Brussels, in 1829, for 13,500 yso., 1215Z. Bought by Mr.
Nieuwenhuys.
1 ft. 1| in. by 1 st. 4% in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne.

344. A Sea-port, with a magnificent palace and other
buildings on one side, and on the other a large vessel riding
at anchor, only half of which is seen.
2 st. 9 in. by 4 ft.—C.
Collection of M.^Van Loo, . 1762. . . 2500 fs. . 100Z.