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 (Part 1) (London: Smith and Son, 1829)

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GERARD DOW.

97. The portrait of the artist himself, when about the age of
twenty-two; he wears mustachios, has a little tuft of beard under
his lip, and is dressed in a dark gray slashed bonnet, with red
edges, and a cloak of nearly the same colour, with a plain,
narrow, white collar. It would seem, from the projection
in front, that he was carrying something under his mantle;
probably he intended to represent himself in the character of
the Spartan youth.
This picture is painted upon the principle of his master, Rem-
brandt, with the addition of his own light touch.
Bought at a Sale, at the Hague, 1819.
Sold, by the writer, to Lord Francis Leveson Gower, for 70gs.
6| in. by 5 in.—P.

98. Two portraits. One of himself.
7 in. by 5 in.—P. (oval.)
99- The companion. That of his father.
Collection of Paignon Dijouval, 1821, bought en bloc, by
Mr. Emmerson.

100. A portrait of the artist himself, when about twenty-five
years old; he is represented at a window, with a palette on his
hand; a plaster bust lies on the window sill, &c.
This picture is painted in the broad free manner of Rembrandt,
with a prevailing brown tone of colour, which gives it considerable
force and richness. It is executed in lithography, for a French
work now publishing, of the Lives of the Painters.
Now in the collection of Edward Gray, Esq.
9 in. by 7 in.—P. (arched top.)

101. A portrait of the artist himself, when about forty; he is
represented standing at a window, holding his palette and