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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569- The Last Judgment.
Same collection, 101Z.
The above was copied from a curious manuscript catalogue of the
collection and entire effects of Sir Peter Lely, in the possession of
Messrs. Molteno and Graves.

570. The Battle of the Amazons. This is stated to be the
original study for the picture now in the Munich Gallery, dif-
fering in some instances in the disposition of the groups. In
this sketch the battle is represented raging at the foot of the
bridge; and in the finished work the combatants are upon
the bridge.
2 st. 2| in. by 3 ft. 9 in.—P.
Collection of the Duke of Orleans, 1749.
571. The Entombment. The composition represents Joseph
of Arimathea supporting the body of the Saviour, and the
Virgin stands by the side with a linen napkin in her hands;
the Magdalen and another figure are seen behind the Virgin.
Engraved by Ryckman.
Collection of M. d’Angelis, Brussels, 1763. 1000j?o. 90Z.
572. Roman Charity.
fo't. 4 in. by 6 ft.—C.
Collection Jan Agges, Amsterdam, 1702. . 510slo.
Panneels has given an etching of this subject, in which the old
man is represented seated in prison, and his daughter, kneeling on
the bench by his side, giving her father the breast.
The same subject, in which the father is on his knees, and his
daughter seated by his side looking round with anxious inquietude,
is engraved by Alexander Voet. This is now in the Hague Gallery.
There is a third print, by J. Smith, very similarly composed,
with the difference, that the face of the daughter is seen in a profile
view, looking down. Now in the Marlborough Collection.
573. The Coronation of the Virgin. The Virgin, with the
infant Saviour recumbent on her lap, is seated in the clouds