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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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE WORKS OF
ANTHONY VAN DYCK.

1. Portrait of a gentleman about forty years of age, of a
thin countenance, seen in a three-quarter view, with short
dark hair, mustachios, and a pointed beard; he wears a
black mantle, relieved by a full white ruff; and his right
hand is extended towards a breastplate of armour on a table
at the side, and his left hand holds his sword below the hilt.
This very excellent portrait is painted in the artist’s Genoese
style of colouring.
About 4/h 2 by 3 st. 4.—C.
In the Collection of the Earl of Ashburnham.

2. Portrait of William Wolfgang, Duke of Nieuburg, when
about forty years of age, represented in a three-quarter view,
having short brown hair and beard; he is habited in a dark
brown suit, and stands erect, holding with the right hand a
riband, to which is attached the order of the golden sseece,
and the thumb of the left hand is hitched in the hilt of his
sword. A fine dog stands by him. This very beautiful
picture bears date 1628. See No. 51, Vol. m.
In the Munich Gallery. Worth 500 gs.