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.
25. Moses descending from Mount Sinai, bearing the
Table of the Law in his hands. The distinguished leader and
judge of the Jews is here represented in nearly a front view,
clothed in a white robe, and girt with a red belt; his agitated
countenance indicates that he beholds the idolatry of his
people with the strongest emotions of anger, and under the
influence of excited feelings has raised the sacred tables to
cast them from his hands. This picture, which is dated 1659,
is painted in a free and masterly manner.
5 ft. 4| in. by 4 ft. 4.—C.
Now in the Royal Musee at Berlin.

26. Judah giving the Pledge to Thamar. The subject is
introduced in the fore-ground of a landscape, having a lofty
rock at the side, at the base of which is seated Thamar,
dressed in the Eastern costume, and wearing a veil over her
face. Judah, clad in a green quilted robe, and with a turban
on his head, sits by her side, in the act of presenting her the
required tokens.
3 ft. 5 in. by 4 ft. 2 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Count Czernini, at Vienna.

27. Hannah instructing her Son Samuel. This pious
woman is here represented as an elderly person, of a thin and
expressive countenance, wearing a black silk scarf over her
head, and a redish brown dress, relieved by a white necker-
chief ; she is seated in an arm-chair, bending forward to hear her
son, who stands by her side, read his book. Her right hand
is affectionately placed on the child’s back, and the left, hold-
ing her spectacles, rests on her lap. This capital picture
possesses great breadth, and clearness of tone, but is less rich