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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The Picture from which several of the prints were engraved (done
in brown and white) is in the collection of the Duke of Buccleugh.
91 in. by 7| in.—P.
160. A Head of the Virgin, represented in a front view,
looking upwards. A light brown scarf, covering her head, falls
on the bosom, and is held by the right hand, the fingers only of
which are seen. This is an admirably-finished study.
15 in. by 10 in.—C.
Palazzo Pitti, at Florence.

161. Portrait of the Emperor Charles V. The warlike mo-
narch is represented in a three-quarter view, clad in rich armour,
and wearing over the left shoulder a red scarf which ssoats behind
him. Fie is mounted on a white charger; his right hand poises a
baton on his thigh, and the lest is curbing the reins of his spirited
steed, whose career is arrested by the waves of the sea, the
only boundary to the rider’s ambition. The turbulent and de-
vastating character of the conqueror is also illustrated by the
wreck of a large vessel tossed by the restless billows, over which
a cloudy sky, portending storms, is rolling, and the prevailing
gloom is faintly relieved by the last rays of the setting sun. An
eagle, the emblem of power and vengeance, soars above, bearing
a wreath of laurel to crown his uncovered brows. The artist
has borrowed the likeness of this monarch from Titian ; the rest
is entirely his own composition, and may justly be classed
among his finest works.
6/t. in. by 4 st.—C. Worth 2000 gs.
Engraved by Guttenburg and Mogalli, and in mezzotinto ; by
Earlom.
Now in the Florence Gallery.

162. Portrait of John de Montfort, Chamberlain to the
Archduke Albert. A duplicate of a picture in the Vienna
Gallery.—See p. 31.
3 ft. 6 in. by 2st. 8 in.—C. Worth 350 gs.
Now in the Florence Gallery.