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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110. Portrait of an elderly Lady, styled the Mother of
Rubens, represented in a profile view, looking down. A
black scarf covers her head, and the rest of her dress consists
of a dark grey gown, and a black cloak bordered with fur.
There is a print by Matthew Ernst which corresponds with
this description, with the exception that a light kerchief covers
the head, and she is represented at an arched-top window.
These variations are probably the caprice of the engraver.
In the Public Gallery, Munich.

111. Portraits of Philip the Fourth and his consort Eli-
zabeth de Bourbon, being duplicates of two pictures des-
cribed No. 229, Vol. II. are in the Hermitage, St. Peters-
burg ; and a repetition of the same are in the Collection of
Earl Spencer at Althorp ; the latter were purchased in 1827
of Lord Bentinck, at his chateau of Verrel in Oldenburg.
Portraits of the above are engraved, in richly embellished
ovals, by L. Louijs; again, in small, by P. de Jode. C. Viss-
cher has also given a print of the king, clad in armour, con-
cealed in part by a richly embroidered mantle, and having a
crown on his head.

112. Soldiers carousing at a country inn. See description,
No. 228, Vol. IL For size, read
1 st. 10 by 2 st. 9.—P.
In the Munich Gallery.

113. Portrait of Wladeslaus Sigismond, king of Poland,
when about fifty years of age, represented in nearly a front
view, wearing a turned-up hat decked with feathers, a striped
silk doublet with light-coloured sleeves, a small lace ruff, and a
mantle over the left shoulder. His right hand rests on a
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