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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making. Signed, and dated 1643. See description, No. 59,
Vol. m. Engraved by Le Bas.
Sold in the Collection of Mons. Fonspertius, 1747 ; 6,000 fr.
(240Z.) Now worth 1500Z.
In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg.
43. A Bagpiper amusing a company of nine peasants, who
are assembled round a table in front of a thatched cottage,
at the door of which is the hostess in conversation with two
sportsmen carrying guns; at the same time a young woman
is approaching the house, with a milk-can on her head ; and
on the opposite side is a peasant splitting wood. A cock
and seven hens are feeding in the foreground. This is an
admirably finished production.
1# 91 by2#9.-C.
In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg. Worth 400 gs.
44. Villagers merry-making. The scene represents an
enclosed court, in the centre of which are three men and two
women dancing in a ring to the sound of a bagpipe, played by
an old man mounted on a cask at the side. One of the
female dancers, while tripping along, turns to look at a merry
old fellow, wearing a yellow cap and a green and red dress,
who is mimicking them. On the right, and close to the front,
are two peasants and a woman with a child in her arms sit-
ting together; beyond these is the host at the entrance of
the court, and on the farther side of the piper is a large party
under a shed. A variety of culinary utensils are on the left,
and near these is a peasant leaning his head against the
paling. The figures in this capital picture are larger than
usual.
About 3 st. 8 by 4 st. 8.—C.
In the Palace of the Hermitage. Worth 700Z.
45. A Village Fete. The view exhibits the enclosed court
of a guinguette, in which are assembled about fifty-one per-
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