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.

Mythological Subjects.
about to launch an arrow from his hand, and the other has
discharged the weapon from his bow. This excellent pro-
duction, like the preceding picture, exhibits the true spirit of
ancient mythology. Engraved by Garnier.
3 st. 2 in. by 4st. 4 in.—C.
Now in the collection of Earl Spencer, at Althorpe.

240. Acis and Galatsea. A picture representing this
subject was sold in the collection of John Knight, Esq., 1821,
for 170 gs.

241. Omnia vincit Amor. This subject is figuratively
illustrated by appropriate characters taken from ancient
mythology. On the right of the picture are Mars and Venus
embracing, the opposite side is composed of the river-god
Alpheus and the nymph Arethusa ; the former recumbent on
the ground, and the latter, holding the club of Hercules, is
seated by his side fondly pressing his cheek. In the centre
are Pan, playing on his reeds, and Cupid, with eyes ban-
daged, and a blazing torch in his hand, seated on a celestial
globe; and the sign Gemini is seen in the zodiac. Somewhat
remote on the left is the goddess Diana embracing the sleeping
Endymion; a lion and a lioness are near to Pan in the centre;
two doves are cooing on the mantle of Venus; and a shrubbery
of guilder roses grow near two columns of the Doric order.
Thus is symbolically shown the power of love over celestial
and mundane beings; and that the sternest and coldest
natures, the fierce inhabitants of the forest and of the airy
regions, and even inanimate nature, are subject to his potent
inssuence. Described from a copy.
3st. 8 in. by 4ft. 8| in.—C.