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 the 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 catalogue raisonné by John Smith, published in 1837 in England, cataloguing works by Dutch, Flemish and French painters for collectors, dealers and art students, with biographical notes and records of sale prices. The single picture is a bust-length engraved portrait of a long-haired man in a dark draped cloak, set against a shadowed interior with framed canvases behind him, offering a designer a model of dramatic chiaroscuro and formal portrait composition.
