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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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332 RUBENS.
1257. A Bust of Plato placed in a niche.
Done from the antique in marble ; engraved by Vosterman.
1258. A Bust of Seneca.
Done after the antique in marble ; engraved by Vosterman.
1259. A Monument erected to commemorate an achieve-
ment of Balthazar-Charles, son of Philip III. of Spain, for
having killed in the chase a bull and a wild boar, in 1626. It
is composed of a pedestal containing a long inscription, sur-
mounted by busts of Minerva, Diana, and Mercury ; on one
side is the young prince with a gun in his hand, accompanied
by a huntsman, and on the other is a page holding the skin of
a lion, on which is emblazoned the arms of Austria. A dead
bull and a boar lie in front.
Engraved by C. Galle.
1260. A Nymph reclining in the arms of a Triton upon a
dolphin, and attended by two cupids.
1261. The same subject. The triton has his back to the
spectator.
1262. A Satyr, seated on a rock, holding a goat attached
by the neck to a string, with which an infant is playing; three
other infants are also in the group.
1363. A Syren, seated on a sea-horse, holding an infant in
her arms, and accompanied by three cupids sporting around
her. ,
The preceding four compositions were apparently designs for
borders of salvers to be made in silver.
Engraved by Van Kessel; and anonymous.

1264. A Series of twelve Busts, drawn by Rubens after the
antique in marble, and engraved about the year 1638, viz.
Sophocles, Socrates, Hippocrates, Scipio, and Nero, engraved
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