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.
through which meanders a river. Both the above pictures are
early productions of the master, and are stated to have
formerly adorned the country mansion of the Count de
Bouillon.
Now in the possession of Messrs. Woodbum.

411. A Herdsman tending Cattle. The composition of
this excellent little picture is distinguished by a high mass of
rocks on the right, surmounted by clusters of ssourishing trees;
a rolling stream rushes impetuously round its base, and thence,
ssowing in gurgling eddies to the opposite side, appears to
wind between the cliffs and the more distant hills : near the
bole of a tree, on the left of the fore-ground, stands a herds-
man, wearing a yellow mantle, and holding a staff; his atten-
tion is directed to his cattle, which consist of three goats and
a cow, the latter of which is descending a bank to enter the
stream. The effect is that of a fine evening.
1 ft. 8 in. by IjsL 3 in.— C.
Now in the collection of the Earl of Beverley.

412. A Landscape, exhibiting a mountainous and well
wooded country, composed in the centre of a lake, formed by
a rippling cascade, over a dam at its extremity. The lest side
offers broken ground from whence rises a single tree, beyond
which are clusters of bushes: the scene from thence assumes a
hilly aspect; a man angling, and a few sheep and goats are also
introduced: on the right, the eye looks over a meadow, inter-
spersed with clumps of bushes, to a rocky mountain, having a
castle at its base, and two towers on its summit: the sun has
sunk below the hills, and the shades of evening cast a sober
twilight to the surrounding landscape. An early production.
1 st. 3 in. by 1 ft. 7^ in.—C.