Identifier: raisonneoftheworks01smit (find matches)
Title: 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 to 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:
Year: 1829 (1820s)
Authors: Smith, John, -1718
Subjects: Painters Painters Painters
Publisher: London, Smith and son
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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om. The alchymistis on the left, surrounded by alembic* on U»*, retorts, &c.and a great variety of chemical prepare ^wit*g with great eagerness under a crucible, the vuixmr fr*>»i whichascends a large projecting chimney ; his pipe h<.*o stw.n.-twdesare upon a form near him, and a large book, wif& the words Et oleum et operam perdis written in it, m lying open onthe floor; a woman is sitting before a window, at the end ofthe i oin, apparently looking for something in a basket (analteration has been made in this part of the picture, thewoman being originally represented kiag in a cupboard forsomething to eat; and a little boy ?>■ sitting on the ground,eating a piece of bread. Dated 1(161 Collection of M. Huls . . Hague, VtVI. . 600 flo. 54Z. J±& Count Wassenaar . 910 flo. 82/. :~ — M. de la Live de J nil. 1769. (with » companion) 4105 fs. 164/. LAbbe Gevigny . . 1778. (withdrawn.)
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ADRIAN VAN OSTADE. 115 Collection of M. Lenglier . . . 1778. (withdrawn.) De la Hante, Esq., 1821, (at Mr. Phillipss) 395 gs. It was subsequently sold to Joseph Barchard, Esq. from whom itwas purchased by Mr. Emmerson, at the price of 800 gs. Thispicture is of the most precious quality, and is unquestionablyone of the choicest of this artists productions. Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1821. Now in the collection of the Right Honourable Robert Peel.121 in. by 16J in.—P. 29. The Interior of a cottage, with a company of four men infront, one of whom is standing with his hat in his hand, andhis back to the chimney ; whilst another, who is sitting down,appears to be offering him a glass of beer; near the latter area child, eating soup out of a basin on a chair, and a dogwatching it; two persons are in the back-ground, playing attric-trac; and a third is looking on. Dated 1668. Collection of P. de Conti . . . 1777. . 6000 fs. 240/.Poulain Gallery (engraved No. 66), 1780. 5700-/*. 228/

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