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.

New Testament Subjects.

she extends the other to take some linen from an angel. She
appears to have finished the process of ablution, as a large
laver, filled with water, stands by her, and an angel, with his
hand on it, is emptying water from a vase on the ground.
Two other celestial infants are near them, one of whom is
lifting a basket of fruit off the head of the other. St. Joseph
sits very composedly at the side of the Virgin, and St.
Elizabeth, in a similar position, is behind St. John. Engraved
by Pesne.
3 ft. by 4/t-C.

Collection of Due de Deux Ponts,
- M. Robit, . . . .
- Lord Radstock, .

1778. . 2951/?. 118Z.
1801. . 10,000/?. 400Z.
1826 600Z.

Now in the collection of Lady Clarke, Oak Hill.

80. The Holy Family. The subject is introduced in the
fore-ground of a beautiful landscape, adorned with a variety
of classical buildings. The group, consisting of five persons,
is placed near two trees. The same mutual exchange of affec-
tion, between the two infants, is here exhibited as in the
preceding pictures. The Saviour is seen lying on the lap of
his mother, whose arm is under him, looking with pleasure
at a shell which St. John is holding out to him. St. Elizabeth
sits on the ground behind her son with one hand on his waist,
and the other up to her face. St. Joseph sits composedly
beyond the latter, leaning his back against a tree. Engraved
by Natales and Niquet.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. . 30,000/s. 1200Z.
Now in the Louvre.

81. The Holy Family with Angels and a female Saint.
This composition consists of ten figures, forming one group