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.
a hilly site to the distant mountains. A number of cattle feed
on the surrounding pastures. Painted in 1666, for Signor
Falconieri, and afterwards in the possession of Mr. Davenant.
See No. 196.

167. Cupid and Psyche, or Clytie. The beautiful scene
here represented, was doubtless intended by the artist to
pourtray the abode of bliss, to which Cupid is said to have
conveyed his beloved Psyche ; they are seen enjoying together
the cooling freshness of a pellucid stream, which ssows along
the verdant woody banks of a hilly country. The right is
composed of clusters of trees, of varied foliage, growing
amidst bushes; beyond which the eye encounters a handsome
temple, and other adjacent buildings, partly concealed by
bushes, and backed by a distant hill. A clump of young-
trees grow on a bank, in the centre of the view; and close
to the left, are a satyr and a herdsman, sitting together
at the mouth of a cave, while their herd of goats reposes
around them. The two lovers are in the stream near the
front, and Psyche is extending her arms and looking towards
the source of light in the east. Painted in 1666, for the
Constable Colonna, and afterwards in the possession of Dr.
Chauncey.
3st. by 4st. 111 in.—C.
Collection of Lord Berwick, . . 1825. (Mr. Phillips.) 1110Z.
- Michael Zachary, Esq. 1828. (Ditto) 1550yj.
Now in the collection of Frederick Perkins, Esq.
The preceding is probably the picture sold in the collection of
M. de Calonne, 1795, for 500Z., and was then the companion of
“ The Enchanted Castle.”

168. Carlo and Ubaldo embarking. A bay of great extent
is here presented to the view, having on the left a fine cluster