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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Landscapes.
ance of great fertility. The two spies are represented passing
hastily along the fore-ground, bearing between them an
enormous bunch of grapes, as a sample of the richness and
abundance of the soil of the “ promised land.” A little
retired from them, is a woman on a high ladder, gathering
fruit; another, carrying a basket full on her head, is on the
right; and a man angling, is seen at a more remote distance.
This was also painted for Cardinal Richelieu, and is engraved
by Pesne, and in the Musee Frangais.
3st. 8 in. by 5 st.—C.
Now in the Louvre.
299. The Deluge. For a description of this sublime picture,
which figuratively represents the winter season.—Nee No. Ty
of the catalogue.
3st. 6 in. by 4ft. 9 in.—C.
Now in the Louvre.

300. The Bier of Phocion. No one knew better than
Poussin how to combine the nobler qualities of the art with
the grand and beautiful effects of nature, so that the eye and
the mind may dwell on the picture with increasing delight.
The scene under notice exhibits a view over a level tract, of a
broken and varied surface, intersected by a winding road
leading to the city of Athens, whose buildings and exterior
walls stretch along the extremity of the middle distance, ap-
pearing to occupy in part the acclivities and summits of the
most remote hills, and having a river ssowing along the base
of the ramparts. With this conceived representation of the
city of arts and learning, the painter has combined an event
which characterizes the natural disposition of the inhabitants-
jealousy, perfidy, and cruelty, towards their most illustrious
citizens. Among these, one of the most distinguished, was
the noble and virtuous Phocion, who, after a long life spent in