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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de Berri, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, 1834, price 1OOZ. ;
there being no purchaser at that sum, it was put up at auction at
Paris, 1837, and sold foi' 1627 fr. and 5 per cent. (66Z.)

25. The Immaculate Conception. This mysterious subject
represents the Virgin, clothed in a peach-coloured vesture of
various hues, and a blue mantle covering her head, kneeling
on a cloud, and meekly bending, with both hands placed on
her breast. Two cherubs are beneath her, one of them looks
up smilingly in her face.
l#5by \st. 1|.-P.
In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg.

26. The immaculate Conception. See description, No. 91,
Vol. iv.
Purchased together wtth a splendid Collection of Pictures of
Mons. Boursault, 1838, by Mr. Arteria.
Now in the Collection of Edmund Higginson, Esq. Saltmarsh
Castle.

27. The Paphian Grove. The view exhibits a beautiful
arcadian landscape, in which are introduced nymphs paying
adoration to Venus and Faunus. Among them, is seen con-
spicuous a beautiful nymph, nearly denuded, bending her
knees before a sylvan deity, and a cupid ; she, at the same
time, modestly turns her head aside, and raises her hand to
her face : two others are also before the statue, and a third
is dancing. In a more retired part of the grove are other
nymphs, paying homage to Venus.
In the Museum at Berlin.

28. Venus instructing Cupid. See description, No. 80,
Vol. iv.
Purchased by Mr. Arteria, with the Boursault Collection, for
Edmund Higginson, Esq., of Saltmarsh Castle.