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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PETER PAUL RUBENS.

68. The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence. See description,
No. 150, Vol. n. For engravers, read, “Also by 0. Galle.”
This is a most vigorous and highly finished picture.
7 st. 8 by 5 st. 6.—P.
In the Munich Gallery.

69. Job, in the extremity of his sufferings, seated on a
dung-heap, tormented by three demons; one of whom is
dragging him backwards by the hair of the head; a second
is prepared to strike him with a blazing torch; and the
remaining one has seized hold of his mantle, and is about to
inflict a blow with a snake. At the same time, his wife
stands by, reproaching him. The picture was destroyed in
the church of St. Nicholas at Brussels, by the bombardment
of that city in 1695. Engraved by Vosterman; and, with
variations, anonymous. See No. 151, Vol. n.
A study for the preceding picture is in the Public Gallery
at Munich. See No. 244, Vol. n.

70. Job in his distress. In this composition the patriarch
is seated naked on a dung-heap, patiently enduring his suffer-
ings, and the bitter reproaches of his wife, who stands by,
with one hand on her hip, and the other extended towards him.
On the opposite side are three of his friends sitting in a group.
Engraved by J. L. Kraaft.

71. The Adoration of the Magi. A composition of twenty
figures. See No. 154, Vol. n. Read, “Engraved by L.
Vosterman, and in reverse by N. Lauwers.-”
In the Museum at Brussels.

72. The Procession to Calvary. See description, No. 159,