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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1170. Portraits of a Lady and Four Children (said to be
those of the Duke of Buckingham’s mistress and her three
children, the fourth child being a son of the painter). The
lady, dressed in a tawny yellow embroidered skirt, with white
body, sleeves, and kerchief, and a cap, is seated with an infant,
whose head is seen in a fore-shortened view towards the spec-
tator, lying in her lap ; the youngest girl, wearing a dark
dress with slashed sleeves and white pin-a-fore, stands in front,
leaning her right arm on her mother’s knees ; the second girl
stands close to the latter, in front of her parent; and the fourth
child, a youth of about fourteen years of age, is on the farther
side of the latter girl, reaching out his hand to put aside a
curtain ; a parrot is perched on the back of the lady’s chair.
5 ft. 6 in. by 5 st. 9 in.
Engraved by W. Walker.—See Van Dyck's Works.
Purchased at the Earl of Radnor’s sale by Mr. Scawen, in whose
sale it was again disposed of, and bought by S. Gideon, Esq., for
500Z. On both occasions it was attributed to Van Dyck; it
certainly partakes of the style of both masters, and is probably
their united work. The portraits represent the wife and three of
the children of Sir B. Gerbier, and is a repetition of the principal
group in a family-picture of that gentleman.
In the collection of His Majesty.

1171. Portrait of a Lady, in the character of Cleopatra,
with a serpent attached to her bosom, and holding a cup in
her hand.
Engraved by Neefs.
1172. Maximilian, Archduke of Austria. His oval coun-
tenance denotes him to be about fifty-five years of age, with
long mustacheos and short beard ; he is dressed in a black
figured vest, a ruff, and a furred mantle, with the impression
of a large cross on the shoulder, and a cross suspended to a
chain round his neck.
Engraved by Vosterman, and in an oval reversed by Meyssens ;
again, in an embellished oval, by Suyderhoef.