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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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GONZALES COCQUES. 583
3. The Interior of a handsome Apartment, in which are a
lady and a gentleman ; the former, attired in black silk, is
seated, playing on a piano-forte ; the latter, also habited in
a suit of black, sits at the side of a table turning over the
leaves of a book. A pet dog lies on a chair near the musical
instrument. Both this and the preceding picture are choice
examples of art.
\st. 4 by 1 st. 11.—P.
In the Palace of Willemshoeh, Hesse Cassel.
4. Portraits of a Lady, a Gentleman, and their Child. The
scene represents a handsome vestibule, adorned with pillars,
to which is suspended a scarlet curtain, and in the distance
are seen a river, and buildings. A gentleman, wearing a
peruke, and dressed in a suit of black, is seated in a front
view, near the centre of the vestibule, addressing the lady,
who is also in black, and seated on his lest with a child in
her arms.
1 ft. 7 by 1 ft. 8.—P.
In the Collection of W. Wells, Esq. Readleaf.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1838.
5. A Lady, a Gentleman, and two Children, assembled in
an open vestibule : the former, attired in a black silk robe,
and a pale red petticoat, is seated in front with a fan in one
hand; the other hand is held by the gentleman who stands by
her side, habited in black, pointing to a bronze group of the
Centaur and Dejanira placed on a table at the side. Close
to the left are a boy and a girl; the former is amusing him-
self with a bird, and the latter has something in her pin-before.
A curtain, and a landscape, compose the background.
2 A °| by 2 st. 5|.— P.
Collection Mons. Danoot, Brussels, 1828, 1750flo. (157Z.)
Put up at sale in the Collection of Mr. Nieuwenhuys, 1833,
and bought in at 190 gs.
 
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