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 (1908)
Smith, John, dealer in pictures · London : Sands · leaf 184
to beimmersed in Blood. The queen, richly attired in a light satinrobe, embroidered in gold, and a mantle lined with ermine, isseated on a throne on the right, with the royal sceptre in herhand. On her left stand two female attendants, one of whomis dressed in a satin vest of lemon colour and a… … RUBENS. 1 1 7 Louvre.front is a thin man, standing, with his hands behind his back,observing the ceremony; he has on a fur cap, and wears acrimson robe. A venerable minister of state is on the rightof the queen, and two soldiers are behind him. Painted inthe artists free and florid manner. 8/7. 1…