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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head, seated, holding a map of Amsterdam; a youth, clad
in armour, and grasping in his hand a spear, reclines on her
left, and by his side is a fair young female, with a peach in
one hand and an hour-glass in the other, indicating that time
produces fruit; a third female stands on the right of the
former, with an olive branch in her hand. More towards
the spectator is a river-deity taking by the hand a naked
female (emblem of Holland), who stands on a shell, and
holds a cornucopia; several nymphs and tritons wanton in
playful gambols around them. Above is seen the mythologi-
cal ruler of the world, extending his sceptre over the favoured
city, while Juno, standing by his side, approves the omen.
Fame, under the similitude of an infant, borne by the winds
on a rainbow, is above the deities, and many other em-
blematical figures may be perceived among the clouds. This
capital picture is painted with extraordinary skill and dex-
terous execution, and may justly be reckoned among the
artist’s best productions of this class of paintings.
5 A 61 by 9|.—C.
In the Collection of E. W. Lake, Esq.

66. A Woman winding ssax on a bobbin. See description,
No. 288, Vol. v.
Sold in the Collection of Dr. Fletcher, 1838, by Messrs. Christie
and Manson. 140 gs.
67. The damaged Wheel. View of a mountainous coun-
try, in the foreground of which is a cart drawn by a single
horse, the driver of which sits on the load, while his com-
panion, in a red coat, is examining the wheel. On the right
is a traveller reposing, and at some distance may be noticed
a man ploughing.
9 in. by 12£.—C.
In the Munich Gallery.