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)

JACOB RUYSDAEL.

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having congregated over a large portion of the azure, from
amidst which bursts a gleam of sunshine, which, gliding over
the cornfield, spreads itself through the grove. This excel-
lent picture, in addition to its being one of the largest works
of the artist, is singularly grand and rich in its composition,
combined with unusual clearness and brilliancy of colouring,
and the most masterly execution; justly entitling it to the
appellation of a chef-eV'oeuvre. It was purchased about a
century back on the continent, by an ancestor of Sir Charles
Blount, Bart., from whom it was bought by the writer
in 1836.
4 st. 7% by 6 st. 41—C.
Sold to Mr. Vander Hoop, Amsterdam, 1837, for 1450Z.

2. A View on the Y during a stiff breeze and an overcast
and stormy sky. This admirable work of the pencil exhibits
with the most felicitous energy the effect of the prevailing
gale on the surface of the waters, which roll and sparkle
with silver foam in every direction. The vessels also bend
gracefully to the breeze: these consist chiessy of fishing
smacks, among which is one near the centre, scudding in a
receding direction under a white mainsail, with a small boat
attached to her stern. This picture may farther be indenti-
fied by a jetty or breakwater of piles on the lest, and a
distant glimpse of the city of Amsterdam through the haze.
2 st. 2 6y 2 st. 81—C.
In the Collection of Earl Beverley.

3. The Mill. View on a canal in Holland, with a large
windmill occupying an eminence on the left, and a wood
house near it; the canal extends along the foreground, and
then winds round into the more distant landscape, and is
lost by some rising ground ; considerably remote from the