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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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE WORKS OF
PAUL POTTER.

1. A Woman milking. The view represents a meadow,
bounded by a high hedge, and having a shed on the left, near
which is a woman in a red jacket milking a cow of a mouse-
colour, and a man standing by, leaning on the back of the
animal. On the opposite side is a red cow standing in a
side view, and in the centre are two others, one of which is
lying down on the farther side of some rising ground. The
appearance is that of a fine morning. Signed, and dated
1651.
1 st. 7 by 1 st. 2.—C.
In the Hermitage Palace. Worth 400 gs.
2. Four Oxen in a meadow. Dated 1653. See descrip-
tion, No. 5, Vol. v. For size, read
1st. 3| by 1st. Ij.-P.
Exhibited for private sale in the Collection of the Duchess de
Berri, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, 1834, price 400Z. Not
meeting with a buyer at that sum, it was put up to auction at
Paris, 1837, and sold for 12,705 fr. and 5 per cent. (508Z.)

3. Watering Horses near a bridge. See description, No.
8, Vol. v. For size, read
1# 4| by 1 st. 11— C.
This picture was transferred from panel to canvas by a
Mr. Pignard, in 1770, on which occasion it underwent some