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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CLAUDE LORRAINE.

Landscapes.
interest to the fore-ground, consists of a young man with
timbrels, and a young woman with a tambourine, dancing to
the music of pipes and other instruments, played by a com-
pany sitting together in the shade of a cluster of trees on the
left. On the opposite side of the dancers, is a party of four
persons, three of whom are seated and one has a child in her
arms; other figures are distributed at suitable distances, and
several are in boats fishing. Cattle are also enjoying the re-
freshing stream in front of a little bridge on the left. Painted
for the Prince Panfilio. Engraved by Vivares, in 1766.
4/L Il in. by 6st. 7in.—C.
Now in the Doria Palace, at Rome.
A repetition of the preceding, differing in some of the minor
details, and also with the omission of the two beautiful
temples near the river, is now in the National Gallery. This
picture is said to have been painted expressly for the Due de
Bouillon, as a companion to No. 114. Upon the stump of a
tree in the centre of the fore-ground is written, “ Manage
dMsac avec Rebecaf and on a stone at the side may be read,
“ Claudio Gel. inv. Roma, 1648.” It was imported into
England during the war with France, and sold to John
Julius Angerstein, Esq. Engraved by T. Mason, and Edward
Goodhall.
4st. 10| in. by 6ft. 7 in.—C.
Purchased, with many other excellent pictures, in 1826, for the
National Gallery.

114. The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba. This
magnificent production represents a sea-port under the ap-
pearance of a resplendent sun-rise. On the left is a royal
palace with a portico of the Ionic order, approached by a
double ssight of stone steps, down which the queen, with a