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.
Etched by Prenner, and engraved in mezzotinto by John Dean,
after a picture in the Pembroke collection.
Walpole speaks in high terms of praise of the one now at Wilton,
and describes it as “ representing Christ, St. John, an angel, and a
girl, personifying the church.”

313. An old Man approaching with caution a bed on which
a naked female is lying asleep.
1 ft. 4 in. by 2ft. 2 in.—P. Worth 60l.

314. A Warrior clad in armour, grasping a sword in his
right hand and bearing a shield on his arm, seated on the bodies
of slain enemies and broken weapons of war; he is supported
by the goddess Bellona, and crowned by Victory.
1 ft. 7 in. by 2 ft. 1 in.—P.
Drawn in lithography.
315. The Entombment. The body of the Saviour, pre-
sented in a fore-shortened position, is extended on the ground,
the head resting on the knees of the Virgin, who is closing the
eyes, while Mary Magdalen, kneeling by her side, supports
his right arm. On the opposite side are St. John and three
females; one of the latter, clothed in black, is on her knees
weeping.
1 ft. 8 in. by 1 ft. 3 in.—P.
Etched by Prenner. A picture of a very similar composition is
engraved by Soutman.
316. Portrait of a young Lady, habited in a Spanish dress,
holding her gloves in her right hand and her handkerchief in
the other.
2 ft. 7 in. by 1 ft. 10 in.—P.

317. A Fete in honour of Venus, in the Island of Cythera.
The statue of the goddess is elevated in the centre near a grove
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