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)

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NICHOLAS POUSSIN.

Old Testament Subjects.
an exemplification of gratitude and maternal affection : a fond
mother is seated giving to her two perishing infants the cooling
draught, while their father is devoutly returning thanks. In
the distance are seen groups of people, who appear to be
ignorant of the providential relief, and are pining under the
dreadful calamity. This beautiful production is painted in
the masters finest manner. Engraved by Baudet, and in the
Orleans Gallery, by Dambrun.
Imported with the Italian portion of the Orleans collection
in 1798, and then valued at 1000 gs.
3 st. 2| in. by 4ft. in.—C.
Now in the Bridge water collection, Lord F. Egerton.

32. Moses striking the Rock. The composition of this
picture is more contracted than either of the preceding, and
the figures are also of larger proportions. Moses and Aaron
here stand at the extremity of the group, on the left; the
former is in the act of smiting the rock, the latter is raising
his hands in gratitude for the miraculous supply of water. On
the same side, but nearer to the spectator, is a young woman
giving drink from a cup to her aged mother ; in the centre
of the fore-ground are two men on their knees, by the side of
the stream ; one of them is drinking out of his hand, whilst
the other is filling a vase in the current. Among the group,
on the right, may be noticed, an elderly man kneeling and
raising a large vase to his lips; a young man handing drink
to a robust man, who is bending forward to take it; and a
woman with a child in her arms holding out her jug to be
filled. A rocky mountain bounds a great portion of the
scene, leaving only a small opening at the side, where the
distant country is seen. Engraved in outline by Soyer. This
picture was formerly in the collection of M. Dufournay.