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:
A nine-volume scholarly catalogue of Dutch, Flemish and French paintings compiled by the London dealer John Smith and published by Smith and Son in 1829, listing pictures, prices, owners and engravers for collectors and the trade. The plates are halftone reproductions of paintings, chiefly Rembrandt portraits and figure studies in deep shadow, offering dark oval and arched vignettes, ruffs, fur collars and plumed hats, and faces lit against near-black grounds.
