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)

PETER PAUL RUBENS.

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418. An ornamented erection of mixed Architecture,
styled Mercurius Arbituriens, apparently intended as a
screen from an objectionable object. The centre is decorated
with a picture, representing the god of commerce mounted
on a pedestal, at the base of which kneels a female, per-
sonating Belgiumand on the opposite side is a river deity
with his feet manacled, which Cupid is detaching.—Emblem
of the opening of the Scheldt. Two niches adorn either side
of the elevation, in which are appropriate groups of figures ;
and the centre part is surmounted by Neptune and Amphi-
trite, with attendant cupids and tritons.
The series of arches terminated with a plan of the city of
Antwerp, showing the precise positions in which these
splendid erections were placed, and the order of the pro-
cession.

The following are a series of Prints bearing the name of
Rubens, engraved by N. a Bolswert. Whole length figures.
No. 1. The Saviour, representedin a front view, holding a
globe in one hand, the other is raised in an attitude of
address.
No. 2. The Virgin, with a celestial crown on her head, a
sceptre in her right hand, and holding up her mantle with the
other.
No. 3. St. Matthew, he is represented standing in a front
view, his left hand raised to his beard, and a spear against
his shoulder.
No. 4. St. Mark, standing in a front view, looking down-
wards on a book, the leaves of which he is turning over with
his right hand.
No. 5. St. Luke, standing in a front view, with a pen in
one hand, and a scroll in the other.
No. 6. St. John, seen in a side view, with one hand on his
breast, and the other holding a chalice.
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