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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to Venus, painted by Poelemburg, were obliterated when the cata-
logue was published, but they have since been restored ; and in
this state the picture was sold at Auction, in the Collection of the
late Michael Zachary, Esq., by Messrs. Christie and Manson, 1838,
sor 305 gs. Bought by Mr. Netscher.
Now in the Collection of Mr. de Reus, Hague.
6. A Traveller crossing a bridge. The scene exhibits a
hilly landscape, under the appearance of a fine evening.
Two tall and slender trees grow in the centre of the fore-
ground ; beyond these is a bridge, which a traveller is
passing, preceded by a woman on a mule and two laden
beasts; and on a road, traversing the right of the view, is a
man standing in conversation with a woman, who is seated ;
at the same time his burdened ass passes slowly on.
1# 11 by 1st. 7.—P.
In the Collection of the Baron Verstolk de Soelen, Hague.
7. Muleteers. The view appears to have been borrowed
from the mountainous district of Calabria, and is composed,
on the left, of a clump of four trees, rising in front of some
lofty craggy rocks, which extend receding into the distance.
A rippling cascade ssows through a chasm at their base, and
is lost behind an eminence forming part of the foreground.
On this eminence are two groups of figures, the nearest of
which to the spectator, consists of two men, each of whom
leads a mule ; and on one of the beasts sits a woman with a
child in her arms. The other group is composed of a herds-
man driving three oxen down the hill, into a valley, bounded
by a mountain. A pool of water amidst rocks, overgrown
with herbage, forms the right of the foreground. A brilliant
sunset. See No. 45, Vol. vi.
About 3 st. 8 by 3ft. 9.—C.
Sold in the Collection of Mons. Delahante, 1814, by Mr. H.
Phillips, for the low price of 285 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1839. G. Byng, Esq., M.P.