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)

684 JACOB RUYSDAEL.
8. A Shepherd driving a ssock of sheep. The landscape
presents an open country, divided in the centre by a high
road which leads over a bridge, and thence is lost in the
distant scenery, where a large river is seen, on which are
various ships ; and on its banks are a house on one side, and
a church on the other. Clusters of trees of rich and ample
foliage, and the decayed trunks of others, adorn the left of
the foreground. The figures which animate the piece, con-
sist of a shepherd approaching with a ssock of sheep, and
some travellers crossing the bridge. The appearance of
impending rain sheds a sombre hue around.
4 st. 6 by 5 st. 8.—C.
In the possession of Lady Cooper.

9. A Shepherd driving sheep. A woody landscape, with
a pool in front and a forest on the right; a high road
traverses the opposite side, on which are a peasant driving a
ssock of sheep, and a woman with a basket on her arm,
leading a child by the hand. A log of wood lies on a bank
in front.
1 st. 8 by 1 st. 101 C.
In the Collection of Mons. Kalkbrenner, Paris, 1835, price
6500 fs. (2601.); since sold.

10. An Old Fort. A view over a ssat open country in the
vicinity of Haarlem, rendered picturesque by a ruin of a fort,
with its bastion and moat fringed with bushes and trees; on
the right is a porte de sortie, beyond which is a church
surrounded by trees ; and more remote is a mill. The usual
transition of sunshine and shade enhances the beauty of the
scene.
1# 4 by \ft. 51—C.
In the Collection of Mons. Kalkbrenner, Paris, 1835, price
3000 fs. (120Z.); since sold.