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.

Louvre.
147. The Virgin and infant Saviour receiving the homage
of King David, St. John, and St. Catherine. The Virgin,
clothed in a crimson vest and a blue mantle, is seated in the
right holding the infant in an erect position on her knee, while
St. Catherine, a beautiful young female, is bowing in adora-
tion before him; behind her is a venerable man, habited in a
rich robe and wearing a crown on his head, on whose right
stands St. John.
3 st. 2 in. by 4 st. 6 in.—C. (about.)
This picture is said to contain the portraits of the artist’s father
and mother in the characters of King David and the Virgin ; of his
mistress as St. Catherine, and himself as St. John.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. . 15,000^. 600Z.
A Duplicate of the preceding (equally good) is in the collection of
Alexander Baring, Esq., at the Grange; and a third picture, of
precisely the same composition, is in the king’s collection at Berlin.
Engraved by Krahlow.
This is probably the original picture, both the others being of a
very doubtful kind.
Mensaert, in a work entitled Le Peintre Amateur et Curieux,
mentions a picture of the above subject, and one of “ St. Martin
dividing his Cloak,” which he states were painted by the artist for
the church at Saveltheim, in compliment to the lady whose portrait
is introduced. The pictures here mentioned must have been
painted at very different periods, their style and colouring being
very dissimilar.

148. The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. The saint, naked
all but his loins, is attached by the right arm to the branch of
a tree ; his body appears transfixed with arrows, and an angel
is extracting one of them from his side ; another angel is also
commiserating his sufferings, and unbinding one of his legs.
Oft. by 4 ft.—C. sabout.)
Engraved by Van Schuppen.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. . 10,000fs. 4001.