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.

Sacred Subjects.
ample mantle of a blue colour, kneeling on her vanquished
enemy, a monstrous and terrific dragon, and with extended
arms and smiling countenance, receiving the reward of her
victory from the hands of two angels, one of whom is about to
place a chaplet on her head. The figures are of the size of
life, and the production is in the artist’s finest style. En-
graved by C. F. Chauveau.
7/L 3 in. by 4ft. 9 in.—C.
Exhibited in the Louvre in 1814, and claimed and restored in 1815.
Now in the Royal Palace at Turin. Worth 500gs.

157. Saint Cecilia. Full length size.
A picture so described, is mentioned by Cumberland as
being in the King of Spain’s Collection at Madrid.

158. St. Francis Xavier raising the deceased Daughter of a
Japanese. The principal group consists of eleven figures, in
the centre of which is the deceased lying on a couch, and a
beautiful young woman bending affectionately over her head,
while a second at her feet seems eager, with extended arms, to
embrace her. The saint stands on the farther side of the
couch, with his hands united, and his countenance directed
upwards, where the Saviour is seen seated on clouds between
two ministering angels. Engraved by S. Gantrel and P.
Drevet. Painted for the altar of a Church.
Now in the Louvre.
159- The Martyrdom of St. Cecilia. The scene exhibits
the interior of a handsome temple, in which are assembled
fourteen persons, the whole of whom have their attention
directed to the martyred Saint. She is seen lying on the