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 2) (London: Smith and Son, 1830)

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Vienna Gallery.
292. A Bust Portrait of Elizabeth de Bourbon, consort of
Philip IV. of Spain. A duplicate, apparently by a scholar, of
the Munich picture.
1 ft. 6 in. by 1 st. 3 in.—P.

293. The Entombment. The Virgin and St. John, with the
body of the Saviour ; the Virgin, clothed in a blue mantle, is
seen in a profile view, standing on the right of the body, the
arm of which she supports with her right hand, and her left is
raised to remove a thorn from the brow of her dead son.
St. John is on the opposite side, holding the arm near the wrist.
Half figures. Painted in the artist’s smooth and finished
manner.
3 st. 4 in. by 3 ft. 7 in.—P.
Etched by Prenner.
294. The Four Quarters of the Globe, represented by four
river deities, and the same number of females. In the fore-
ground are a tiger suckling her cubs, and a crocodile with which
cupids are sporting. A broad and slightly-painted picture.
3 ft. 7 in. by 9 st.—C.
Etched by Prenner.
295. The Virgin, seated on a splendid throne, clothed in
scarlet and blue, investing St. Ildefonso with the chasuble of
his Order; the saint receives the gift on his knees, and is
bowing his head to embrace it; four female saints are present,
two on each side of the throne, and three angels hover above
in celestial light. This is a work of great excellence and beauty.
11/b by 7 ft. 6 in.—P.
Engraved by Witdouc. Watelet has engraved a print from a
drawing, being a study by Rubens for the group on the left of the
Virgin.
The interiors of the covers are decorated with :—
The Portraits of the Archduchess Infanta Isabella and the