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 (Band 9): Supplement (London: Smith and Son, 1842)

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stool. A social group of four persons, may also be noticed
under the shade of the trellis-work, and in addition to these
are an old man seated near a tilted cart with a jug in his
hand, and the mirth-stirring fiddler mounted on a tub. The
more distant scenery exhibits a continuation of the village.
This most enchanting work of art is dated 1660. Engraved
by W. Woollett. See description, No. 26, Vol. it
1A 4s by 1st. 101—P.
Exhibited for private sale in the Collection of the Duchess de Berri,
at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, 1834, price 1200Z ; afterwards sold
by auction in the same collection, at Paris, 1837; 23,205/r. (928Z.)
In the Collection of the Baron A. de Rothschild.
12. An elderly Woman of a yellow complexion’ and a
pointed nose, wearing a white kerchief round her head, and
a purple gown. She has a lamp in one hand and a jug in
the other. A house with a vine growing against it forms the
background.
10| in. by 9.—P.
In the Collection of MM. Martini, Paris.

13. The Weary Traveller. A young man, wearing a
slouched hat, a whitish jacket,and gray hose, lying asleep at
the foot of a tree, with his staff in his hand. Signed and
dated 1644.

14. (The Companion.) An elderly peasant, dressed in a
purpleish jacket and dark gray hose, lying on his back in
a sound sleep. An old archway of brickwork forms the back-
ground. Well-studied works of the master. Dated 1664.
5|- in. by 7-^.—P.
In the Collection of E. W. Lake, Esq.