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 188
collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. .399. Portraits of Helena Forman and her two Children.The lady, who is apparently about twenty-two years of age,is attired in a light dress, and wears a large straw hat deckedw^ith feathers; her face, which is turned above three-quartersfrom the spectator,… … RUBENS. 119 Louvre. Engraved in the Musee Fran^ais, and by M. Cosway; in thelatter, one of the children is omitted. Of the numerous pictures liy the master in tliis gallery, this,although little more than a finished study, possesses so much truthof nature and sweetness of expression, that it is by…
