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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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ADRIAN VANDER WERE.

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senger, and delivered kneeling on a cloud ; his loins are girt
with a white mantle, and his right hand placed on his breast.
Description, No. 9, Vol. iv. improved.
In the Munich Gallery. Worth 5001.
4. Christ among the Doctors. The youthful Saviour,
clothed in grey apparel, is represented standing in the centre
of a large apartment; one hand is raised to his breast, and
the other a little advanced, and his attention is directed to a
venerable Rabin, who is seated at a table with several rolls
of parchment lying before him ; five other learned syndics
are behind the Saviour, two of them seated in front, and the
rest of them are seen more remote in the temple. Descrip-
tion, No. 13, Vol. iv. improved.
2 st. 6 by 1 st. 9.—P.
In the Munich Gallery.

5. Christ in the Judgment-hall. The suffering and
humiliated Saviour is represented naked, all but his loins,
seated in the centre of the place, with his hands bound, and
his attention directed to two soldiers, one of whom, clad in
fluted armour, kneels in front, and the other, bearing the
Roman fasces, bends in mockery before him; four other per-
sons are present, and a group of men is in a remote part of
the hall. Description, No. 15, Vol. iv. improved.
In the Munich Gallery.

6. Christ bearing his Cross to Calvary. In the composi-
tion of this picture, two Roman soldiers, assisted by Simon
the Cyrenean, are raising the massive cross from the back os
the weary Saviour, who has sunk under its weight on his hands
and knees: the two malefactors, with their hands bound
behind them, are in advance of the Saviour. A woman with
a child in her lap is seated on one side of the picture, and
 
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