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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Potsdam Gallery.
357. Christ raising Lazarus from the dead. The composition
of this splendid production consists of seventeen figures; in
the centre stands the Saviour, with extended arms, apparently
addressing the resuscitated man, who is quitting the tomb,
assisted by a female and a man, who are removing the grave-
clothes from him.
8 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 6 in.—C.
Engraved by Bolswert. This picture was exhibited in the Louvre
in 1814, and restored in 1815.

358. The Apotheosis of Psyche.
4 ft. 4 in. by 5 st. 7 in.—C.

359. The Assumption of the Virgin. A sketch.
2 ft. 5 in. by 1st. 10 in.—P.
360. Perseus and Andromeda.
3 ft. 11 in. by 4st. 11 in.—P.
There is a print of this subject, in which the hero has dismounted
from Pegasus, and is taking Andromeda by the hand to release her,
engraved by Tardieu.
361. Hercules strangling the Nemaean Lion. The hero has
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seized the animal by the head, and is compressing it with both
arms round the neck; the gasping beast in his struggles has
fixed his talons in the arm and leg of Hercules. A dead tiger
lies extended on the ground in the front.
Engraved by F. F. Freidhof in 1801, from a picture in the
collection of the King of Prussia.
A Drawing in red chalk, a study for the preceding, was sold in
the collection of M. Mariette, in 1775, for 30 fs.
362. The Virgin, seated on a throne, with the infant Saviour
in her arms; before whom a great number of saints are
assembled.
3st. 1 in. by 2ft.—P.
'This is a masterly Sketch for an altar-piece.