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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Engraved by J. Heath.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1819.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Bedford.

913. Three Goddesses, Juno, Minerva, and Venus. They
are represented descending on a cloud to appear in the pre-
sence of Paris. A brilliantly-coloured and vigorous sketch.
13 in. by 11| in.—P. Valued at 2001.
In the possession of Mons. C. F. Windelstadt, at Francfort.

914. Trophies emblematic of Peace and War. The com-
position exhibits a portico, the entablature of which is supported
on the left by the harpies of Envy and Discord, and on the
right by Amity and Peace; two pedestals, which divide the arch,
are surmounted by trophies, one of which is composed of the
spoils and weapons of war, the other of the instruments of agri-
culture and the fruits of the earth: various other objects allu-
sive to the allegory are introduced.
1/Z. 8 in. by 2 st. Os in.—-P.
Engraved by Bickham, when in the collection of General Camp-
bell; and also by Van Thulden.
This masterly-finished study was done for a design of part of the
decorations of a triumphal arch, entitled the “ Temple of Janus,”
erected at Antwerp, in 1635.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1822.
Now in the collection of the Marquis of Bute.

915. Rubens’s Son and Nurse, in a Larder. The female,
dressed in a dark gown lined with gray, and a scarlet petticoat,
carrying a large silver dish, held against her side with her right
hand, is entering a larder, and extending her left to hold a
beautiful little boy, who is seated on a dresser, reaching out his
hand to take some grapes from a basket standing near him, and
at the same instant looking round to his nurse, with an inquiring
eye, for permission; a dish of apricots is on the dresser, and a