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)

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE WORKS OF
WILLIAM MIERIS.

1. The Judgment of Paris. The subject is introduced in
the foreground of a mountainous and well-wooded country.
Paris, wearing a leopard’s skin round his loins, is seated on
the left, holding forward the apple, and looking fixedly at
Venus, to whom he has awarded the prize; the beautisul
goddess stands before him, with her left hand raised to her
bosom, and the other sustaining her drapery; Cupid clings
to her side. The two rejected goddesses are more retired,
in the centre of the picture. Minerva sits on a velvet mantle,
with her back to the spectator; Juno stands before her;
and the winged messenger of Jove is seen in the shade beyond
the favoured shepherd. An exquisitely finished work.
1 ft- by st- 4.—P.
In the possession of M. Mennechet, Paris, 1840. Estimated at
7000 fr.

2. The Judgment of Paris. The young shepherd, having
a leopard’s skin and a velvet mantle round his loins, is seated
at the foot of a tree, presenting the apple of contention to