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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VAN DYCK.

18. A third Picture represents the Saviour in the centre of
a crowd, brutally dragged forward by the hair of the head,
while another of his persecutors is forcing him on behind. A
number of men, bearing swords and staves, follow them ; and
dose to the right and front is Judas, with the bag of money in
his hand.
Engraved by Soutman, after a drawing by Van Dyck.

19- Christ expiring on the Cross. In compliment to the
Order of Dominicans, for whose church this picture was painted,
the artist has introduced their founder, St. Dominick, standing
on the left, his arms extended and his eyes raised toward the
dying Saviour, while St. Rosalie, habited in the Order of a
Beguin Nun and wearing a crown of thorns on her head, is em-
bracing the foot of the cross. Two angels are seen above, be-
holding with wonder the mysterious event, and a third angel is
seated at the foot of the cross, pointing with one hand to the
Saviour.
9 st. 10 in. by 7 ft. 8 in.—C. Worth 1000 gs.
Engraved by Bolswert. In the print, the third angel is repre-
sented extinguishing a sepulchral lamp, in allusion to the violent
death of Christ.
An inscription on the picture records that it was presented to the
church of the Dominicans at Antwerp, by the artist, in commemora-
tion of his father ; but, notwithstanding this sacred appropriation, it
was put up to sale on the suppression of convents in 1785, and was
knocked down at 6000 ssorins (540/.). It was probably bought in on
this occasion and became the property of the city, as it was trans-
ferred to the Louvre during the war, and restored in 1815 ; it is
now in the Academy at Antwerp.
The engraved plate was put up after the sale of the picture, and
sold for 235 ssorins (21/.)
The original Sketch for the preceding picture was formerly in the
sacristy of the same church.