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.

completed attaching his son’s wings, and appears to be com-
municating his sage advice, which is evidently received with
disdain by the youth, whose ssashing dark eyes and piercing
brow mark the lofty projects of his ambition. The figures are
of the size of life, and seen to the knees. This is one of the
artist’s most matured productions. The body of Icarus, both
in drawing and colour, is a model of perfection in art.
3 st. 9 in. by 2 ft.
Now in the collection of Earl Spencer, at Althorp.
A picture of the same subject is described in p. 103.
438. Diana and Endymion. The shepherd is represented
sitting at the side of a bank, holding his crook with one hand,
and leaning his head, asleep, on the other; while the goddess
ssoating buoyantly over him, is raising the covering from his
head, to admire his beauty.
Described from an etching attributed to Van Dyck.
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PORTRAITS OF CHARLES I. AND
HENRIETTA MARIA.
In addition to the several Portraits of Charles I., Henrietta
Maria (his consort), and their children, already described in this
Work, the following extraordinary number occur in different
collections; many of them are unquestionably by the master, and
others possess such pretensions to be attributed to his name,
that the Writer, in this instance, has preferred acquiescing in
current opinion rather than exercise a critical inquiry into the
justice of those pretensions. (Vide observation o n this subject
in the Preface.)
It should be observed, that a considerable number of the
following descriptions are taken from prints, many of which
were engraved from portions of pictures by Van Dyck; and
some, perhaps, from pictures and drawings by other hands, the
compositions of which were borrowed from his works.