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)

NICHOLAS POUSSIN.

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New Testament Subjects.
of the cure. Peter, James, and John, stand behind the Saviour,
and on the farther side of him are the remaining spectators, one
of whom is a woman with a child in her arms. The surrounding
landscape represents a hilly country, covered in part with
handsome edisices. This picture was painted in 1656, for a
M. Reynou, a merchant at Lyons, from whom it passed into
the collection of the Duke of Richelieu, and thence into that
of the King of France. Engraved by Chasteau, Audran,
Coy pel, ex. ; and S. Picot.
3st. 6| in. by 5 st. 4^ in.—C.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. 100,000/$. 4000Z.
Now in the Louvre.

100. The Woman taken in Adultery. The subject is intro-
duced on the fore-ground of a street of the city of Jerusalem.
The Saviour, habited in a blue vest and a scarlet mantle,
stands in the centre of the group, pointing to the penitent
woman, who is on her knees before him, and is looking fixedly
at her accusers, to whom he has addressed the searching"
charge, “ Let him that is without sin cast the sirst stone.”
This appeal has created surprise and consternation. Some of
them are* already retiring from his presence; one, however,
standing by the side of the woman, appears to be still enforcing
the law of Moses, and two others are stooping to read the
inscription on the sand. A little retired from the group is a
woman with a child in her arms. This capital picture was
painted about the year 1653, for a M. Le Notre. It is
engraved by Audran, C. M. Vernaelen, Q. Forbonne, and
anonymous.
4ft. 6 in. by jft. 6 in.—C.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. 100,000/$. 4000Z.
Now in the. Louvre.