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 3) (London: Smith and Son, 1831)

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struggles of the sufferers, but appeals in solemn silence to the
heart, and recalls to mind the omens of the sixth hour of that
eventful day. The drawing of the figures is remarkably cor-
rect and beautiful, and the general expression most appropriate
and affecting. This magnificent altar-piece was produced soon
after the artist’s return from Italy (in 1627), and was painted,
in imitation of the Venetian school, on a brown ground, which
unfortunately has greatly corroded the brilliancy of colour it
once possessed.
ISyif. by 9 ft.—C. (about.)
Engraved by Vanden Wyngaerde; and in a superior manner by
Bolswert.
It was painted for the church of the Recollets at Malines, at the
suppression of which it was transserred to the cathedral of that city,
whence it was removed during the war to the Louvre, and restored
in 1815.
A Study for the preceding picture, done in bistre, is in the col-
lection of the late President of the Royal Academy.
2. The Infant Saviour crowning St. Rosalie. The Virgin,
clothed in white robes, is seated on a throne, and holds the
infant Saviour, who is bending forward to place a chaplet of
ssowers on the head of St. Rosalie (represented as a female of
great beauty), who is prostrated on her knees before him, with
the right hand extended and the left placed on her bosom. On
the right of the Virgin stands St. Paul, and on her left is St.
Peter, near whom is an angel with a basket of ssowers; two
infant angels are seen above, shedding ssowers upon the heads
of the holy persons.
8 st. 8 in. by Gft. 8 in.—C.
Worth 1500 or 2000 gs.
Engraved by P. Pontius.
Its superlative beauty, both in drawing and colour, justly entitle it
to be ranked among the artist’s bests works.
Painted for the hall os the Congregation of Jesuits at Antwerp,
from whence it was transferred to adorn the public gallery at Prague,
and is now in the Belvidere Palace at Vienna.