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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Mythological Subjects.
217. Bacchanalians Dancing. This, like others already-
described, has reference to the worship of Pan, whose statue
is placed at the side. The composition consists of ten figures
grouped in front of a temple. Among these, the nearest to the
spectator are a nymph (seen in a profile view) and a satyr
sitting together on the ground; the former has a beautiful
youth, perhaps intended for Bacchus, lying asleep on her lap,
and is in the act of taking a cup of wine from a sylvan at-
tendant, while the latter is caressing her : beyond these are a
nymph and a faun dancing to the sound of a pipe, played by
a youth standing at the side, leaning against a tree. The
remaining: figures consist of three infants round a large vase
near the statue of Pan. Engraved by J. Mariette.
A picture corresponding with the preceding is in the
collection of David Bevan, Esq.

218. A Bacchanalian Revel. Among the several figures
composing this picture, are a bacchante and a nymph sitting
together; the latter is playing an instrument of music, in
which she is accompanied by bacchanals, and to the sound of
which several are dancing. A statue of Pan is placed at the
side, which a bacchante is decorating with flowers. Another
group of sylvans is seen at some distance dancing. The
personification of the God of Day adorns the upper hemisphere.
Extracted from the catalogue.
2st. 9 in. by 3ft. 8 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Brunswick, Saltzhalen.

219. Sylvans adoring Pan. Two nymphs, each bearing an
infant in her arms, are here represented bending on their
knees before a statue of Pan, and two other nymphs are
approaching with offerings; these are followed by a faun and