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)

514 JAN STEEN.
of her next lover. Her dress is of the richest materials, con-
sisting of a yellow silk robe and a jacket of a silver grey hue ;
a plume of feathers adorns her head. A pet dog lies on the
chair. In a retired part of the room may be observed an
old woman receiving a bribe from a gallant, who is entering.
An episode to the subject is ingeniously introduced in a pic-
ture, which represents a harlot driving the ruined prodigal
from her door. This picture is painted in the most accom-
plished style of the master.
2 A by Iss. 6.—P.
Sold by Mr. Netscher to Mr. de Reus, and now in that gentle-
man’s Collection at the Hague.

106. Antony and Cleopatra at table. The subject is
represented as passing in a spacious apartment, paved with
marble, in the centre of which is a well-furnished table, at
which the Egyptian queen and her Roman lover, with their
guests, are seated. The former, richly attired, is in front,
holding the estimable pearl in one hand, and a goblet in the
other, which a page on his bended knee is about to fill; at
the same instant Antony has risen, and is extending his
hand to save the precious jewel from destruction. Painted
in a free and spirited manner.
This picture differs materially from one representing the
same subject, described No. 54, Vol. IV., and is probably the
one which is incorrectly stated in that notice to have been
sold in Mr. Taylor’s collection.
2 st. by 3 st. 61.-C.
In the Collection of Mr. de Reus, at the Hague.

107. The tired Traveller. See description, No. 112,
Vol. iv.
This matchless jewel of the master excited so warm a compe-