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 7) (London: Smith and Son, 1836)

REMBRANDT VAN R1IYN.

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Old Testament Subjects.
placed this picture in the Louvre, and the same means restored
it to the Gallery at Hesse Cassel.
5 ft. 6 in. by 6 ft. 8 in.—C. Worth 800 gs.

18. Joseph declaring his Dream to his Father. This beau-
tiful sketch represents the venerable Jacob, clothed in ample
raiment, sitting on the left, with his attention steadfastly fixed
on his son, who stands before him with one hand extended, and
his body slightly bent, evidently relating some event; behind
the latter are three of his brethren, sitting together at a table
in close communion ; a fourth stands by listening ; two others
are on the left, and the aged Leah reclines on a couch at the
right of her husband. A dog lies asleep on the fore-ground.
1 ft. 8 fin. by 1ft, 3^ in.—Paper.
Sold with a Companion, in the collection of the Burgomaster,
Willem Six 1734. . 84fo. 71.
Collection of M. de Vos, . Amst. 1833. . 1470/o. 130/.
Now in the collection of M. de Heer Six Van Hillegom.

19. Two of Joseph’s Brethren showing his bloody Coat to
their Father. This remarkable event, as may naturally be
supposed, excites the strongest emotions of grief in the breast
of Jacob ; his countenance is agitated with horror, and his
hands uplifted with dismay, at the sight of the supposed cala-
mity. The sensibility of the parent is strikingly contrasted by
the apathy of his youngest son, Benjamin, who is amusing
himself with a bird. Dated 1639.
4 ft. 6 in. (about.)—(square.)
This picture was sold in the collection of an artist at Paris, in
1773, for 1160/5., 461.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1818.
Now in the possession of the Earl of Derby.