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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JACOB RUYSDAEL.

other works of a similar description, evinces the true poetical
feeling of the artist, when delineating scenes asfecting the
soul.
3 st. 3 by ±st. 3.—C.
Sold in the Collection of De Heer Van Eddekinge, Amsterdam,
1838 ; 4,700y7o. and 7-j- per cent. (420Z.)
Bought by Messrs. Smith, and sold to A. Fountain, Esq. 1839.

45. A Peasant driving a ssock of sheep. The view repre-
sents a hilly scene, with a rustic bridge in the centre, con-
necting two high banks, between which glides a stream,
that ssows along the foreground. An old oak grows on a
bank on the right, beyond which stands a thatched cottage.
The left of the picture is composed of bushes and trees on
some rising ground, amongst which is the stump of a birch;
in this part is a shepherd, who has just crossed the brook,
and is driving a ssock of sheep up the side of the bank. An
overcast sky, and gloomy aspect.
\st. 2 by 2 st. 2.—C.
Formerly in the possession of Mons. E. Leroy, Brussels ; price
5,000fr. (200Z.)

46. A Waterfall. The view is wholly composed of rocky
mountains, along the base of which ssows a turgid stream
whose dark waters roll in foaming volumes from the right of
the picture to the opposite side, impeded near the centre by
a fragment of a rock. Beyond this object the eye looks to a
lofty pine tree and the stump of another, which rise from the
surface of a barren rock, which the waters appear to have
rent from the adjacent mountain, and formed a channel
through which they ssow and join the main body. In a direct
line from hence are some houses at the base of the hill; a
castle is also faintly perceived on the summit of a mountain