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 8) (London: Smith and Son, 1837)

xl THE LIFE OF
“ have no desire to return, but on the conditions
“ expressed on my former journey, and then not for
“ the purpose of finishing the Gallery only, for which
“ I can send drawings and models srom Rome. I
“ would not come to Paris to be employed as a com-
“ mon individual, if they were to cover my work with
“ gold ; seeing then that things are not conducted at
“ Court as they formerly were, 1 shall confine my
“ engagements to Rome, and live in content.”
A second series of the Seven Sacraments were com-
menced this year, 1644, the first of which, “ Adminis-
“ tering Extreme Unction,” was finished in October,
and a few months after was sent to Paris. This picture
was the one with which he was the best pleased, and
while it was only in ebauche, he wrote saying, “ that
“ as his age increased, so he selt his desire to paint
“ well additionally excited ; that the subject he then
“ treated, was one which would have pleased Apelles,
“ who was most animated in his art, when painting
“ dying persons.” The second picture, representing
“ Confirmation,” was sent oss with some antique busts,
which he bought for his friend Monsieur de Chantelou ;
but on account of some difficulty in passing them
from Rome, it did not reach Paris until February 1646.
Shortly after, he commenced for Monsieur the Presi-
dent de Thou, a picture of the Crucifixion, which was
subsequently in the Cabinet of the Sieur Stella ; and
in the month of January 1647, he sent the third
Sacrament, “ Baptism.” This picture is painted in
a more soft and tender manner than the others, and
this circumstance excited some criticism, to which,