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.

which stands a temple. In the centre, the view extends over
an open campaign country, watered by a river, and terminating
with an abrupt hill in the distance. On the right and front
are two trees growing by the side of a cliff, to one of which the
satyr Marsyas is attached; his executioner kneels by him.
Apollo sits near the centre of the fore-ground, with one hand
extended, apparently giving orders for the punishment of the
presumptuous satyr. A shepherd holds a wreath over the
head of the deity, and another is recumbent by his side.
Several goats are on the bank of the river, and one in the
water. Painted for the Abbe Joly. Engraved by J. S.
Muller. This picture was subsequently the property of Mr.
Haye, Mr. Passart, Sir Thomas Coke, Lord Leicester, and
is now in the collection of Thomas William Coke, Esq.,
of Hoikham.—See also No. 45.
3/L 11 in. by 5 st. 2^ in.—C.
A picture representing the same subject as the preceding
was sold in the collection of M. de Calonne, 1795, for 621.

96. Two Warriors in conversation with a Person in a Boat.
A sea-port, represented under the effect of a beautiful sun-set.
Upon an elevation of stone work, on the left, stands a portion
of a handsome edifice, composed of pillars of the Ionic order,
on the farther side of which is moored a vessel; a second large
vessel rides at anchor in the centre of the port, the entrance
to which is protected on the right by a fort, consisting of a
round and a square tower, and other buildings. In the centre
of the fore-ground are two warriors, perhaps intended for
.dEneas in conversation with his friend, and a person standing
in a boat; behind the former persons is a page leading a dog :
on the right is a woman, with a child in her arms, and a man,