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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two huntsmen reposing, and a third with several dogs. At
some distance off is a sportsman firing at a bird in a tree.
This carefully finished picture presents the appearance of a
cool evening.
2/Z. by 1/L 10.—C.
Formerly in a small Collection made by the Due de Berri.
Imported by Mr. Hume in 1840.
89. A Rencontre of Cavalry on the side of a hill. Among
the combatants nearest the front is a soldier on a grey horse,
firing his carbine at an adversary on a bay charger, who is
prepared to return his enemy’s fire with a pistol ; beyond
them are two others struggling together, and one of them is
about to inssict a blow with the butt-end of his pistol. An
ensign grasping a blue banner, and a soldier a broken sword,
lie on the ground in front. Painted in the artist’s first
manner.
About 3 st. 6 by 4 st. 6.—P.
In the Marlborough Collection, Blenheim.

90. The Fortune-teller. The subject is introduced in a
mountainous country, with a grotto on the right, near which
is a lady, accompanied by a cavalier, having her fortune told
by a gypsy, with two children ; beyond these is a man on a
brown horse, of whom a boy is begging; and near an old
arch are a number of gypsies round a fire. See description,
No. 239, Vol. I, improved.
1# 2| by 1st. l.-P.
In the Collection of Mr. Steingracht, Hague.

91. View on a Canal in Holland under the appearance of
Winter. The scene is distinguished by a lofty rustic bridge,
abutting against a high bank on one side, and the ruins of a