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Claude was the fcconJ fon of Clauds, anil l>oin at Lyons 

 tn 1639: having (ludicd painting at Rome, lie was, on his 

 rtturn, employed by Le Biun, to affift him in the battles of 

 Alexander, which he was then painting for the king of 

 France. He was admitted into the Royal Academy in 

 1 67 J, and died at Paris in 16S4, applauded no lefs for his 

 virtues than his talents. 



GirarJ, the moll celebrated artid of the whole family of 

 Audrans, was the third fon of Claude, and born at I^yons 

 in 1640. Having learned from his father the firft principles 

 of defign and engraving, he removed to Paris, where his re- 

 putation introduced him to the acquaintance of I>e Brun, 

 by whom he was employed in engraving the battle ofCon- 

 ftantine, and the triumph of that emperor. At Rome, he 

 fludied under Carlo Maratti, and engraved feveral hue plates, 

 and particularly the portrait of pope Clement IX. Recalled 

 to Paris by Louis XIV. at the inlligation of M.Colbert, 

 after a refidence of three years at Rome, he affiduoudy ap- 

 plied to engraving, and was appointed engraver to the king, 

 who greatly encouraged him. In 1681, he was named 

 counfcllor of the Royal Academy, and died at Paris in 

 1703. Strutt confidtrsh:m as one of the greatefl: engravers, 

 without any exception, that ever exifted in the hiltorical 

 line ; and a careful examination, he fays, of the battles of 

 Alexander, engraved by this artllt, will of itfelf juRify this 

 affertion. His diftinguifhing excell&nce coiifills in his con- 

 traAing no manner of his own, but tranfcribing on copper 

 fimply, with great truth and fpirit, the flyle of the mailer 

 whofe piftures he copied. " On viewing his prints, you lofe 

 fight of the engraver, and naturally fay, it is I>e Brun, it is 

 Pouffin, it is Mignard, or it is Le Seur, &c.'«s you turn to 

 the prints which he engraved from thofe mailers." His 

 works, exclufively of his portraits, are ditlributed into four 

 claffes ; viz. 1 . his flight prints or etchings, to which little or 

 nothing was done with the graver, among which are the 

 " deluge," the " paffage through the red fea ;" the " com- 

 bat of Jolhua againft the Amalekites ;" the "empire of 

 Flora ;" the " prefervation of Pyrihus ;" a " ceihng" from 

 Le Brun, reprefenting the "four feafons" of the year. 2. 

 Thofe more finifhed, but in a rough, bold manner ; e. g. 

 •' Paul and Barnabas at Lyftra ;" " Coriolanus appeafed by 

 his family ;" " Time fupporting Truth ;" the ceiling of the 

 chapel de Saulx, reprefenting the " AccompHlhrnent of the 

 old law by the new one," engraved in 1681, from Le Brun, 

 wonderfully unit inggreat fpirit, chara<£ler,expreflion, and beau- 

 tiful drawing; and the " death of St.Francis." 3. Thofe in his 

 moft finilhed manner ; as the " battles of Alexander," from 

 LeBrun; viz. " The paffage of the Granicus;" "the battle 

 of Arbela ;" " Porus brought to Alexander" after his de- 

 feat ;" " Alexander entering the tent of Darius ;" and " the 

 triumphal entry of Alexander into Babylon ;" the " Peft," 

 from Peter Mignard ; the "baptifm of the Pharifees," from 

 N. Pouffin ; the " martyrdom of St. I>aurence," from Le 

 Sueur; the." martyrdom of St. Agnes," from Dominichino. 

 4. Such as he did with the graver only, which are few, and of 

 inferior merit ; fuch as " ^neas faving his father Anchifes," 

 after Dominichino ; and a fmall folio " Frontifpiece" to the 

 cfijgies of the popes and cardinals, from Cyro Ferri. 



Bertoit, fecond fon of Germain Audran, was born at 

 Lyons in 1C61, and after receiving inllrudlion from his fa- 

 ther, removed to Paris, to enjoy the tuition of his uncle 

 Girard, where he acquired great reputation. He died at 

 Louzouer in 1721, " His manner was founded upon the 

 bold clear ftyle of his uncle. His outlines were Ihm, and 

 determined ; his drawing correal ; the heads of his figures 

 are in general very exprefiive ; and the other extremities 

 well marked." But his works, compared with thofe of his 

 iincle, want the mellownefs and harmony, which are fo 



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eoufpiciious in the latter. Among his ncatefl prints may 

 be reckoned that which reprel'ents " Alexander iick," 

 from Le Sueur. 



'Jo/.ui, the third fon of Germain, was born at I^yons in 

 1667, and perfected liimfelf in the art of engraving, at Paris, 

 under his uncle Girard. His reputation began to difplay 

 itfelf at the age of twenty years; and fuch was his future 

 fuccefs, that in 1707, he obtained the title of engraver to the 

 king, and had a peiifion from his majefty, with apartments 

 in the Gobelins; and in 1708, he was made a member of the 

 royal academy. He was eighty years of age before he 

 quitted the graver, and near ninety Vihen he died. In his 

 moll mailerly and bed prints, the etcliing conflitutes a great 

 part; and he has linifh';d them in a bold, rough ilyle. The 

 drawing of the human figure is corretl; the heads are ex- 

 prefiive, and finely fmiflied ; the other extremities are well 

 marked; but he is inferior to his uncle. He wants that 

 harmony in the effect ; his lights are too much and too 

 equally covered ; and there is not fuflicient difference in the 

 ftyle, in whieh lie has engraved his back grounds, and his | 



draperies. The following prints, belides many others, are ' 



iifually much clleemed ; viz. " Mofes faved by Pharoah's 

 daughter," " Atlialiah rending her clothes, on difcovering 

 the king in the temple;" " Either before Ahafuerus;" 

 " Cupid Jiiid Pfyclie;" all from Ant. Coypel. " The pre- j 

 fenlation of Chrill in the temple," from Corneille. " The I 

 miraculous draught of fiflies," and its companion "The 

 refurreftion of I^azarus," from Jouvenet. " The battles of 

 Alexander," fmall, from the large prints; " Mofes defend- 

 ing the daughters of Jethro," and its companion, " Mofes 

 efpoufmg the daughter of Jethro;" the miracle of the five 

 loaves;" " Chrift healing the fick and lame;" and " Chrilt 

 can'ying the crofs," both from Ant. Dieu, &c. 



Louis, the laft fon of Germain, was born at Lyons in 

 1670, and ftudied at Paris in the fchool of his uncle Girard. 

 He died fuddenly at Paris in 1712. Among his niofl ellecm- 

 ed prints arc, " The feven adls of mercy," from Seb. Bour- 

 don, and " The Cadavre or Corps," from R. A. Houaffe. 

 Strutt's Di£l. 



AUDRUICK, in Geogrnphy, a town of France, in the 

 department of the flraits of Calais, and chief place of a 

 canton in the dillriil of Calais, 35 leagues north- weft of 

 St. Omer. 



AUDUN Le Rom ant, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Mofelle, and chief place of a canton in the 

 dillricl of Longwy, 3 J leagues wefl of Thionville. 



AUDUS, m Ancient Geography, a river of Africa, placed 

 by Ptolemy at the bottom of the Sinus Numidicus, but 

 no traces of it now remain. — Alfo, a mountainous diftricl 

 in the interior part of Mauritania Sitifenfis. the Mons Au- 

 ratius of the middle age, and Jibbel-Aurefs, as the Turks 

 pronounce it. It is a chain of eminences running one into 

 another, with feveral beautiful little plains and vallies inter- 

 vening. The higher and the lower parts of it are very fer- 

 tile, and are regarded as the garden of this province. The 

 whole mountainous tract is reckoned to be about 120 

 miles in circuit, and the northern part, which is vilited every 

 year by a flying camp of the Algerines, is poflefred by 

 fuch a number of clans, viz. the Boozeenph, Lalhafli, Mai- 

 fah, and Booaref, that i* requires 40 of their llations to 

 bring them all under contribution. Shaw's Trav. p. 57. 

 This mountain, according to Bruce (Travels, ixc. Introd. 

 p. 28.), is inhabited by a favage tribe, of fair complexion, 

 red hair, and blue eyes ; called Neardie, and fuppofed to 

 be a remnant of Vandals, who have maintained tliemfelves 

 in the tallneffes, in defiance of the Moois and Arabs. Each 

 of the people of tliis trilje have in the middle of the face, 

 between their eyes, a Greek crofs, marked with antimony ; 



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