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)

614 NICHOLAS BERGHEM.
watering,—one of the former stands on the margin of the
pool. The opposite side opens to distant hills. The effect is
that of a fine evening.
12 in. by 9^ in.—P.
Bequeathed by the late Sir John Erskine, Bart., to the Museum
at Edinburgh.
63. A Farmer, on horseback, conversing with a woman.
The view represents a ssat plain, bounded on the spectators’’
left by a high hill, with a few bushy trees growing at its side,
and a building on its summit. In the centre of the fore-
ground is a farmer, wearing a sheepskin jacket, mounted on
a white horse, with his back to the spectator, in conversation
with a woman on his left,—he is followed by a dog, and in
advance is a red cow. At the extremity of the plain is a
piece of water, through which some herdsmen are passing.
1 st. OJ by 11 in.—C.
In the Collection of W. Theobald, Esq.

64. Cattle at pasture. In a meadow, bounded on the left
by an old pollard willow, a beech, and a clump of other trees,
are eight sheep, two goats, a cow, and an ass, most of which
are reposing : a herdsman, with a crook, stands close to the
side, conversing with a woman ; and in addition to the cattle
already noticed, are a goat and a ram in the centre of the
foreground. The right of the picture presents an open view,
with some beeches growing on the side of a bank.
1# U| by 2# 6s.-P.
Exhibited in 1834.
In the Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace.

65. Jupiter and Neptune taking under their protection the
City of Amsterdam. The allegory is composed, on the left,
of a beautiful woman, in white robes, and a crown on her