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)

310 PETER PAUL RUBENS.
at the spectator. In his left hand he holds the significant
ssower “forget me not,’” the right is extended across his
mother’s bosom, playing with the hem of her veil; his right
foot is passed under the left knee, and the whole figure has
the appearance of sudden motion. This beautiful group is
relieved by a background, the work of John Brughel, repre-
senting a shrubbery, the trees of which are entwined with roses.
The figures are one-third of the size of nature and seen to
the knees. Nothing ever came from the pencil of the artist
more fresh and true in colouring, more correct in drawing,
or more exquisite in finishing, than this group.
Size, 2 ft. 2| by 1 st. 7^.—P.
Sold at auction in the Collection of J. Douglas, Esq. Gyrn, Wales,
1840, for the trissing sum of 155 gs. Bought by Mr. Tomkinson.

238. The Adoration of the Magi. The composition con-
sists of fourteen figures, two camels, two horses, an ox, and
an ass. The heads only of the animals are visible. The
Virgin stands at the side, in a profile view, holding the infant
in a sitting position on a pillow, while he takes some money
from a bowl which a magi is offering on his knees, and the
skirt of whose gorgeous robe is held up by a youth; a second
magi is by the side of the former, with a casket in his hands;
and an Ethiopian king stands behind them. Engraved by
Lommelin. Description, No. 629, Vol. n. improved.

269. The Death of Nessus. The picture represents the
moment when the Centaur, in his ssight with Djanira on his
back, is mortally wounded by an arrow from the bow of Her-
cules ; and while in the agonies of death, implores the nymph
to accept his blood-stained shirt. The latter is in the act of
dismounting from the back of the prostrate monster. En-