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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painted in a vigorous style, about the period that the artist
aimed at an imitation of Brouwer.
1 st. 3^ in. by 2 ft.—P.
Purchased by Mr. Pennel of Prince Joseph N. Bonaparte, 1840,
from whom it passed into the hands of Mr. Chaplin, 1842.
Sold at Paris, 1841.

56. Peasants in conversation. The view represents a hilly
scene, with a large cottage on the left, placed at the extremity
of the foreground ; a woman is at the door of the house, and
three men stand in a group close to her ; on the same side
and front is a man, wearing a scarlet cap, leaning on a staff,
in conversation with another, who is seated by the side of a
sandy hillock, pulling up his shoe ; on the opposite side the
view opens over a pond to a distant village church. Even-
ing. Painted in a clear and spirited style.
in. by 1 st. 1|.—P.
In the possession of Messrs. Smith.

57. Peasants feeding Poultry. This free and vigorously
painted picture exhibits on the right two large thatched
cottages, one of which has an enclosed court entered by a
side-door; here a peasant, wearing a green bonnet and
feather, is seen feeding poultry; on his right is a woman
dipping water from a well and looking towards him ; a tub
and other culinary utensils lie on the ground near her, and
from a window of the house an old woman is observing all
that is passing. On the opposite side the eye looks over a
hilly country to a mill and a distant hamlet.
3 st. 1 by 2 st. 8 C.
Sold in the Collection of Dr. Van Rotterdam, 1835, Ghent.
Collection of—Houghton, Esq., by Messrs. Christie and Manson,
1836. (270 gs.)