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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TO THE WORKS OF
NICHOLAS BERG HEM.

1. A Gentleman speaking to a Herdsman. The view
exhibits a meadow bounded by low rocks, covered in part
with bushes; near the centre of this is an arched fountain
and a stone trough to receive the water. A gentleman in a
red dress stands in the middle of the foreground, conversing
with a herdsman, who is seated with two dogs near him. On
the left of the picture are two cows and a like number of
sheep in some water, and on the opposite side are three more
sheep.—Evening.
12 in. by 14 in.—P.
Exhibited for private sale in the Collection of the Duchess de
Berri, at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, 1834, price 280Z.
Sold by Public Auction at Paris in 1837, for 2780 fs. (151/.)

2. A Peasant playing on a pipe. A landscape, repre-
senting a mountainous country under the appearance of a
glowing sunset. Upon a steep road on the right are a
woman on an ass, and a man on foot, preceded by a peasant
playing a pipe, driving before him ten sheep, and an ass
laden with panniers, in which are lambs ; in advance of these
is a traveller with a bundle on his arm, followed by a dog.
2 st. 3 by 2 st. lll.-P.
In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg. Worth 300 gs.

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