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 4) (London: Smith and Son, 1833)

THE

WORKS
OF
GONZALES COCQUES.

1. A Company of four Ladies and four Gentlemen, assembled
on the terrace of a garden, adjoining a handsome mansion-
house, only part of which is seen on the left, where three young
ladies, elegantly apparelled in silks, are sitting together, with an
antique instrument, like an organ, placed before them ; and on
their farther side stands an elderly lady, attired in black silk,
who is in the act of handing the ladies a guitar, and two sheets
of music; behind them stands a young man, dressed in the
order of a Carmelite monk, having a cap in one hand, and
a book in the other: on the opposite side are the three
remaining gentlemen, one of whom is tuning a violoncello, the
others appear to be in conversation, by the side of a table,
covered with a red carpet; a scarlet curtain is suspended over
their heads, to shelter them from the sun. This is a superlative
example of the master, forcible in effect, yet clear and brilliant
in colour.
2 st. 1| in. by 2 ft. 11 in.—P.
Now in the collection of Prince Esterhazy, Vienna. Worth 400 gs.
2. A Pair. Portraits of King Charles I., and Henrietta
Maria, his queen.
1 ft. by 9 in.—Cop.
Collection of M. Merval, • • • 1768. . 328fs. 131.