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)

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Old Testament Subjects.
shoulder of his wife; Joseph also, instead of raising his hands,
has them clasped ; his head is bent down, and a bunch of keys
is attached to his girdle. The execution, colour, and effect,
are quite equal to the former. Etched by Exshaw.
Now in the Palace of the Hermitage, at St. Petersburgh.
22. A Picture representing the same subject as the above,
was sold in the collection of M. Van Hoet, at the Hague, in
1760, for 100/?o., 9/. This is probably one of the above.
3 yb 3| in. by 3 ft. 1 in.—C.
23. Joseph interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh’s Butler and
Baker in prison.
Collection of the Prince de Carignan, 1743. . 1101/i. 44Z.
24. The Finding of Moses. The view presents a woody
and sequestered scene, with a large lake in front, covering a
great portion of the fore-ground of the picture. On the farther
side of the water is a descent of stone steps, where Thermutis,
with her attendants, are collected round the newly-found babe ;
the former appears to have just quitted the bath, and a servant
is placing a mantle over her shoulder, her attention being at
the same time directed to the infant: a second female, also
naked, kneels by its side, and three others are bending over,
to view the babe; the remaining attendant is still in the
stream. The boles of large trees standing amidst underwood
form a boundary to the scene. This admirable little picture
is engraved, No. 41, in the Choiseul Gallery.

1ft. 6| in. by 1 ft. 10|.—C. (oval.)

Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.

Collection of the Due de Choiseul,
1772. .
. 2031/s.
81/.
■-— Prince de Conti, .
1779. .
, 1400/s.
561.
-M. Bodeau,
1787. .
. 1200/s.
481.
---- M. de St. Victor,
1822. .
2550 fs.
1021.