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.

His Majesty's Collection.
a three-quarter view, with light hair. He is elegantly dressed
in a silk vest, hose, and stockings, and a broad lace frill cover-
ing the shoulders ; the right hand is placed on the hip, holding
a mantle on that arm. His brother stands on his left; seen in
a front view, with dark hair; he is also habited in silk, and
wears a mantle, girt round the body, and held in front by the
right hand; their shoes are decked with large bows. A room
with a curtain, and a portion of a landscape seen through a
window, compose the back-ground.
6 ft. 6 in. by 4st. 2 in.—C. (about.)
Engraved by Mac Ardell.
Inserted No. 749, in the catalogue of the collection of James II.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1820.

220. Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby. The countenance,
representing a strongly-featured man, with sandy beard and
mustacheos, is seen in a three-quarter view; the right hand,
holding a mantle which covers his shoulder, is placed on his
breast, and a sphere stands on a table by his side.
3 ft. by 2 st. 4 in.—C. (about.)
Engraved by P. V. Voerst. Gaywood has also engraved a head
of this gentleman,
Inserted No. 745, in the catalogue of the collection of James II.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1820.
There is a portrait of the preceding gentleman in the collection
at Knowle, and another in the Bodleian Library, engraved by
Cooper, in Lodge’s Memoirs. The latter is an indifferent copy ;
the former very questionable.

221. Portrait of Venetia, Countess of Digby, wife of Sir
Kenelm Digby, represented sitting on a bank, with her hand
on a dove; three angels, bearing a crown, are hovering
over her head. A man bound, and two infants, blind and