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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Landscapes.
63. The Landing of Cleopatra. This splendid picture
represents a noble sea-port, into which the magnificent galleys
of the Queen of Egypt have just entered. Two of them are
moored on the right, with a boat alongside, into which the
sailors are putting the royal services of gold and silver; two
other boats, elegantly adorned, lie near the spacious esplanade,
on which the queen has just landed, and is advancing, leaning
on the arm of a gentleman, towards the entrance of a palace,
from whence a gentleman, dressed in a scarlet robe, and fol-
lowed by a page, is coming to meet her. Six female attendants
are in her train, and a youth, holding a brace of greyhounds
by a string, stands by, and two other persons are close to
the building. On the same side, and in the second dis-
tance, is a temple of singular form and beauty, with clusters
of trees growing beyond it, and a square tower, rising at the
extremity of its terrace; from hence the eye looks to the
entrance of the port, indicated by a beacon and a tower.
The splendour of a golden sun-set completes the charm of the
scene. Painted for the Cardinal Giorio. Eno-raved in the
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Musees Frangais and Napoleon.
4ft. 6 in. by 6 st. 6 in.—C. (about.)
Valued by the Experts du Musee, 1816. 120,000/?. 4800Z.
Now in the Bouvre.
A picture styled the Debarkation of Cleopatra, was sold in
the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1795, 250 gs.

64. The Arcadian Shepherds. This beautiful scene re-
presents, on the right, a large stone bridge, formed of a single
arch, at the extremity of which is a clump of trees ; more
retired, and close to the side, stand the ruins of a temple, com-
posed of four lofty columns, of the Corinthian order ; beyond
these is a little group of buildings, backed by a lofty hill, on
whose summit are the remains of an ancient edifice. The
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