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)

CLAUDE LORRAINE.

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Landscapes.
morning. A river divides the landscape in front, and ssows
between high banks; those on the right gradually rise to a
high hill, having their sloping sides covered in part with bushy
trees, and a castle standing on the summit. On the opposite
side is a large tree, with a road winding round its base, on
which are St. Joseph with the Virgin and child; the former
with a staff in his hand, walks by the side of the ass on which
the Virgin is seated, with her back to the spectator, holding the
infant in her arms. Described from a print engraved by S.
Smith, from a picture then in the possession of Ryland and
Byer. The composition, the forms of the various objects,
and the general effect given in the print, remind the writer of
the work of Swanevelt, rather than that of Claude. For
the same subject, see Nos. 60, 66, 158, 264, and 310.

326. Christ with the Tempter in the Wilderness. The
scene represents a mountainous and richly-wooded country,
through which a river ssows in rapid eddies to the front and
right of the picture. The subject above-named is introduced
in the centre of the fore-ground, where the Saviour and the
Tempter are standing together, and the former appears to be
in the act of replying to the suggestions of the latter. Abun-
dance of bushes and brambles grow around them. See No. 215.
3ft. 3in. by 4st. 5 in— C. (about.)
Now in the collection of the Duke of Beaufort.

327. Christ with the two Disciples going to Emmaus. The
subject is here introduced on the fore-ground of a fertile and
well-wooded country. The Saviour, clothed in a red vest and
a blue mantle, is walking between the two disciples, and appa-
rently in the act of speaking; the latter are habited in the