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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amusing with a bird attached to a string; St. Elizabeth is on
the farther side of the latter, with one hand round his loins ;
and St. Joseph stands behind, leaning one hand against the
trunk of a tree, and looking at the playful infants.
Engraved by Bolswert. This print is repeated, in reverse,
anonymous.
951. The Holy Family. The Virgin is seated in a chair,
holding the infant Saviour with one hand round his loins and
the other under his foot, in an erect position in her lap; the
child, with one arm round his mother’s neck and the other
placed on her bosom, is looking affectionately in her face ;
St. Ann is on the farther side of them, and St. Joseph leans
on the back of the chair, contemplating the infant; a cradle
stands by the side of the Virgin. The figures are entire.
This beautisul composition is admirably engraved by Bolswert.
Rubens has repeated the composition of the Virgin and Child in
the preceding picture, seen to the knees only.
Engraved by P. Pontius; and again, with the omission of
St. Ann, by Alexander Voet.

952. The Holy Family. In this composition the infant
Saviour is bending on one knee in his mother’s lap, extend-
ing the other leg on a cradle, and in an animated position
holds a dove, which the infant St. John, with one foot in the
cradle, is reaching out to take from him ; St. Elizabeth is
behind the Virgin, with one hand on her shoulder, and
St. Joseph by her side, both of whom are looking earnestly at
the interesting scene. The figures are entire.
Engraved ; M. Vanden Enden ex.

953. The Virgin, wearing a celestial crown, and holding a
globe in her hand, is seated with the infant Saviour in her lap;
his kingly power is designated by a sceptre, which he has in
his hand. The figures are seen in a front view, to the knees.