SMITZ (Gaspar), who, from painting a great number
Smithery, number of Magdalens, was called Magdalen Smith,
Smoke.
was a Dutch painter, who came to England soon after the Restoration. For these portraits sat a woman that he kept, and called his wife. A lady, whom he had taught to draw, took him with her to Ireland, where he painted small portraits in oil, had great business and high prices. His flowers and fruit were so much admired, that one bunch of grapes sold there for 40l. In his Magdalens he generally introduced a thistle on the foreground. He had several scholars, particularly Maubert, and one Gaudy of Exeter. Yet, notwithstanding his success, he died poor in Ireland, in 1707.