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.
that moment the Virgin is recorded to have descended on a
cloud and pillar of jasper, accompanied by angels, and com-
manded them to build a church on the spot on which they
stood. Struck with the celestial apparition, three of the
Apostles have prostrated themselves on their knees, and one is
bowing his head to the earth; all of them view with
expressions of devotion the heavenly vision. This picture is
painted in a free and masterly manner on a brown ground.
It was done about the year 1630, and is consequently an early
production. Engraved by Bouilly in the Musee Napoleon.
8/7. Gin. by 5ft. lObo—C.
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816.
Now in the Louvre. . .

145. St. Norbert. This picture also illustrates a legendary
tale of the Romish Church. The Virgin, bearing the infant
Saviour on her knees, is seen seated on a cloud suspended
over an altar, bestowing upon St. Norbert the cope of his
order, which he receives with profound veneration on his knees.
Engraved in the Dusseldorf Collection. This picture was
formerly in the Dusseldorf Gallery.
2st. 7 in. by 2st.—C.

146. The Marriage of St. Catherine. The composition
consists of eight figures, representing the Virgin, clothed in
a red vest and a blue mantle, seated on the right, bending
forward and holding the infant Saviour on her knee, while he
places a ring on the finger of St. Catherine: behind is an
angel bearing a sword, the instrument of her martyrdom; and
on the right are two other angels witnessing the mystical