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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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■560 ADRIAN VANDER WERE.
ceals her face with her arm, and resists his embraces by
clinging to a tree. A statue of Pan is erected near them,
at the foot of which lies a bunch of flowers ; and beyond this
are three nymphs and a faun, observing with smiles the
struggling female.
1#61 by 1# 3.-P.
In the Museum at Berlin.
35. A portrait, styled the Artist’s Wife, representing her
to have been about thirty-four years of age. She is elegantly
attired in a yellow satin vest and a blue silk mantle, seated
near some architecture, with her left hand raised across the
body, and the right placed on the knee. The face is seen in
nearly a front view, and a single ringlet of hair falls on the
left shoulder. A landscape forms the background. This
highly-finished picture is signed, and dated 1695.
1 st. 6 by 1 st. 3.—C.
Formerly in the Collection of Mr. Donaldson, Edinburgh.

36. A Woman selling ssowers. An elderly woman, attired
in a scarlet and black dress, seated at a stall, selling ssowers
to a young woman who stands before her, counting out money
into her hand. The head of a child is seen on the farther
side of the stall.
1 st. 3| by 1 st. Qsn.
In the Collection of Mons. Vander Schrick, Louvain.

37. Venus and Cupid. The composition represents the
beautiful goddess, seated on a bank in the foreground of the
scene, and Cupid at her feet with a quiver full of arrows, one
of which he points towards his parent.
1 st. 2-1 by 1 st. — C. (on panel.)
In the Collection of Lord Carrington, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks.
 
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