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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gold along the surface of the rippling element. This is a
most beautiful work of the master. See No. 24, Vol. v.
About 2 st. 2 by 3 st. 10.—P.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1837.
The property of Sir Robert Price, Bart.

11. Peasants with cows and sheep. A landscape, exhi-
biting an open hilly country, with a broad road on the left,
leading over rising ground, on the summit of which are a
castle and a clump of trees. In the centre the eye looks
along a valley, watered by a river. A herdsman driving
four cows, preceded by a boy with a ssock of sheep, are
passing along the foreground; and on the right of the
picture are two gentlemen on horseback. The general effect
indicates a fine afternoon. An early production of the
painter.
2 ft. 2 by 2 st. 11.—P.
In the Collection of Mr. Rombouts, Dort.

12. A Gentleman on horseback. This very delightful pic-
ture represents a mountainous country, in the vicinity of the
Rhine, under the appearance of a fine summer's morning. On
the left of the scene is a road leading over a high hill, along
which a gentleman, wearing a scarlet cloak, mounted on a
grey horse, has just passed, and arrived on the margin of a
pool in the foreground ; two other persons, also on horse-
back, are on the summit of the hill, considerably beyond
him; and near these is a shepherd tending his ssock : in
addition to these may be observed three peasants on the
side of the hill. A belt of trees extend along the whole of
the scene about the middle distance, and conceal the base
of a mountain of a round obtuse form. On the opposite side
or right of the picture the eye looks over a richly-wooded
country. This is an example of the highest excellence,