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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tial beings ssoat amidst luminous clouds, in the most varied
and graceful attitudes. Painted in a fine free and masterly
style.
4.st. 11 by 3 st. 4.—C.
In the Collection of Thomas Henry Hope, Esq.
117. The Holy Family, viewing a company of eight angels
dance in a ring. For description and observation, see Nos.
268 and 269, p. 81, Vol. in.
This splendid picture is said (by the writer of a French
catalogue) to have been lost to the amateur for nearly a cen-
tury, and was accidentally discovered by a Mons. Pelleran, in
the possession of a Mons. Boyer D’Equille, at Aix en Pro-
vince, 1798, and was then engraved by Coelmans, under
the appellation of the Queen of the Angels.
At the Sale of the Collection of Mons. Sereville, in 1811 ; it
was put up and adjudged at the trissing sum of 4000 fs. It passed
subsequently into the Collection of Prince Talleyrand, and was con-
signed with many other fine pictures to the writer for private sale
in 1831, and then estimated at 50,000 fs. or (2000Z.) An offer of
1500Z. being made, it was accepted, and this sine work is now in the
Collection of the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton.
118. The Virgin and Child, withangels in the clouds. See
description, No. 385, Vol. in. This is perhaps the picture
which is now in the Collection of D.W. Acraman, Esq. of
Bristol.
5 st. 1 by 4 st. 5.—C.
1 h The Descent from the Cross. The composition ex-
hibits the body of the Saviour, as having just been lowered
from the cross, on some drapery, and there sinks on the
knees by its own weight; the head also bends forward, and
rests on the breast; one arm is held by the Virgin, who
looks up with a piteous and imploring countenance, seeming
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