Identifier: raisonneoftheworks04smit (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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d inthe Mu^.f Franeais, by Audouin. Menum*$*l in tMwti&ptL 2 ft. 1 in. by 1 ft. 10 I*. !v*4fr Otijlection of M. Van Slingelandt. Taken from the Louvre in 1815, and restored to th IfAgfcr Gallery. 52. A Young Lady, dressed in a white satin petticoat em-broidered with gold, and a red nfylige bordered with ermine,seated, playing on a theorbe; a covered table, on which area music book, and other objects, is placed before her. En-graved in the Musee Francais, by Audouin; and in theMusee Napoleon, by Heina. 1 ft. 8 in. by 1 ft. 4 in.Claimed bv the Allies, and removed from th» Lpmrifeiifc lflft. 53. A Council of Magistrates. A : t iv-painted ijieture,apparently a study for a larger Valued by the Experts du >iuso#, « 1016. . 2000 fs. 801Now in the-Louvre. The Music Lesson. A young lady, seated at a table,which is covered with green velvet, playing on a lute, whileher master stands behind, apparently directing her in the piece.1 ft 9 in. by 1 ft. 1 in. —P.Now in the Dresden Gallery.
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GERARD TERBURG. 135 55. A Trumpeter delivering a Letter. An elegantly-dressedlady, standing at the side of a table, and directing her attentionto a person dressed in the habit of a trumpeter, who is in theact of delivering her a letter : on the farther side of the tableis a female servant, with a silver salver and ewer, and upon astool in front of it lies a little dog. This is an excellentpicture, possessing extraordinary breadth and effect. Engravedin mezzotinto, by Vaillant. 1 ft, 81 in. by 1 ft. 5 in.—P.Now in the Munich Gallery. Worth 400L 56. A Youth seated, holding a dog in his lap, and amusinghimself in searching for fleas; a form, on which is a hat, anda butchers block, are near him. I ft. by 10 in.—P.Now in the Munich Gallery. 57. The Duet. The interior of a room, on the left of whichis seated a lady, elegantly dressed in a yellow ntyligS borderedwith ermine, and a rich white satin petticoat embroidered withgold : she has a mandolin in her lap, and is in the act of turn-i

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