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.

81. The Overthrow of Sennacherib and his Host. See
description, No. 193, Vol. n. The prints by Soutman and
Visscher differ so greatly in the subordinate parts of the
composition of the above picture, as to leave no doubt but
that they were either engraved after the finished study, or a
drawing by the master.
In the Public Gallery at Munich.

82. The Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles on
the day of Pentecost. See description, No. 175, Vol. n.
For engravers read “ Also by Ragot and 0. Van Merlen.11

83. Silenus and Satyrs, &c. Rubens evidently took great
pleasure in representing these fabled beings of antiquity, and
under the influence of taste, aided by a brilliant genius, gave
to fiction a near appearance of reality. This splendid spe-
cimen of his powers exhibits on the right of the foreground a
female seated and bending forward to suckle her twin infant
satyrs, which lie playfully on the ground; a little retired
from this group is the demi-god Silenus, bending under the
weight of an unwieldy body, supported on his left by a
negro, who is grasping the fleshy folds of his thigh, and on
the right by a satyr, with a branch of vine, the fruit on which
attracts the notice of a tiger; an old woman, carrying a jug,
is near the latter; a faun, playing on a pipe, precedes the
deity, and behind him are a young Bacchante, an old woman,
and two fauns. Description, No. 179, Vol. n. improved.
For “ canvas,1-’ read “ panel.11
In the Munich Gallery.

84. Portrait of Dr. Van Thulden when about forty years
of age; of a portly, countenance, seen in a three-quarter
view, having scanty auburn hair, and a square-shaped beard.