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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137. Descamps describes a picture which was then in the
church of Santa Maria della Scala, at Rome, representing the
decollation of St. John, in which the figures are of the size
of life.

138. The portrait of an elderly female, said to be the mother
of the artist.
This picture is painted the size of nature, and is evidently the
work of Dow, when in the school of Rembrandt.
Collection of W. Wells, Esq.
26 in. by 21 in.'—P.

139- A venerable old man, with a bald head, and a gray
bushy beard; clothed in a brown mantle, bordered with fur,
seated in an arm-chair, with his left hand on its elbow, and the
right hand (in which he holds a pen) placed upon a large open
book, lying on a table before him : his head inclines a little
forward, and his countenance expresses thoughtful meditation.
This excellent example of the master is now in the collection of
the Marquess of Bute.
11| in. by 9 in.—P.

140. Le Brun, in his gallery of Les Peintres Flamands,
mentions a picture by this master (which was done soon after
he quitted Rembrandt), representing Tobias in the presence of
his father, the size of which was unusually large, being
42 in. by 52 in.—The same author states, that it passed from
the Braamcamp collection to England.