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

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PHILIP WOUWERMANS.

some huts, which in part bound the view. An early work of
the master.
1 st. 8| by 2 st. 2.—C.
J. P. Houlton, Esq.
260. A View on the Sea-shore, with a round-shaped hill
on the left. The composition offers, near the centre of the
foreground, a gentleman wearing a scarlet mantle, mounted
on a brown horse, in conversation with a lady, and a gen-
tleman standing near him; the former is attired in a blue
and yellow dress; and the latter has his back to the spec-
tator. Near these is a boy with two dogs; and on the far-
ther side of a bank is seen a woman with a basket at her
back. A good specimen.
10 in. by 13^.
Formerly in the Collection of Edward Gray, Esq.
Now in that of M. Vanden Schriek, Louvain.

261. View of an Ancient Building and a cross on a pedes-
tal, near which is a man on a bay horse leading a grey one
to water—several other figures are also introduced. See
notice, No. 453, Vol. I.
1 st. U by i st- 3|—p.
In the Museum at Amsterdam. Worth 250Z.

262. Halt of a Hawking party near a fountain. The
composition consists of a party of ladies and gentlemen, with
attendants and dogs, who are distributed over the sloping
foreground of a landscape. Among them, the most conspi-
cuous are a lady and a gentleman seated together ; and the
former is amusing the company by the music of a guitar. A
little retired from these are, a grey horse without a rider,
seen in a side view, with a scarlet saddlecloth; and a lady
on a dark roan, with a hawk on her hand ; and beyond these
is a coach, drawn by grey horses. In addition to these,
 
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