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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FRANCIS MIERIS.

SCHOLARS AND IMITATORS OF
FRANCIS MIERIS.

B. Maton. Little of the history of this very clever painter
is known, for his name appears to have been entirely over-
looked by all the writers on arts and artists, until Vander
Willigen in his Dictionary published in 1816, briessy observes
that B. Maton painted small pictures in the manner of Gr.
Dow, but neither the period of his birth nor death are men-
tioned. If the style and colouring of his pictures may be
taken as a criterion of the school from whence he derived his
knowledge of the art, the connoisseur would have no hesita-
tion in placing him among the imitators of Francis Mieris.
There is an admirable example of his abilities in the
splendid Collection of M. Six Van Hilligom, representing
the portraits of a lady and a gentleman, elegantly habited in
the costume of the period, standing on the steps or the
terrace of a country mansion. This picture is remarkable
for clearness and brilliancy of colouring, combined with great
breadth of effect and elaborate finishing.