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 (Band 9): Supplement (London: Smith and Son, 1842)

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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE WORKS OF
FRANCIS MIERIS.

1. The Sick Lady. This superlative picture exhibits the
interior of a bedchamber, in which are a young lady and her
medical attendant: the former, attired in a red velvet
jacket, bordered with ermine, a grey skirt, and a white low
cap, is seated, pressing her bosom with her left hand, and
looking sorrowfully at the doctor, who stands by, feeling her
pulse. A table, covered with a Turkey carpet, on which are
a brass bowl, a bottle, and a sponge, is on the right; and a
bed with green hangings, and a beaufet, are in the back of
the apartment. Signed and dated 1657. See No. 1, Vol. I.
p. 62.
13 in. by 10.—P.
In the Belvidere Palace, Vienna. Worth 500 gs.

2. The Angry Man. A gentleman, elegantly habited in
a yellow jacket, with slashed sleeves, and blue hose ; his coun-
tenance agitated with anger, and his right hand grasping the
hilt of his sword, which he is in the act of drawing from its
scabbard.
8 in. by 6.—P. (arched.}
In the Belvidere Palace, Vienna.