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ginal flate, are now become rare, though they have not yet 

 attained their intrinfic value. 



We add a hft of his principal works, a!\nofl every one 

 of which merit a particular criticifm, beginning with the 

 hiflorical fubjefts: " The Holy Family," after Raphael, 

 cnjjraved from the fame pifturc as the print by Edi-lmck, 

 and of the fame fo'io fize. •' Aurora, with the Hours, 

 preceding tlie Chariot of the Sun," a large folio, from 

 Guido, which has alfo been engraven by Audenarde, the 

 fellow-pupil of Frey, and by PaTcalini and others. " Bac- 

 chus confoling Ariadne, after the departure of Thefeus," 

 (companion to the former^ after tlie fame mailer. " The 

 Communion of St. Jerome," a large upright folio, from 

 Domiiiichino. " The Adoration of the Shepherds,'' of 

 the fame fize and form, from Seballian Conca. " A Saint 

 kneeling, and an Angel fiicwing him a Pifture of the Virgin 

 a^J Child,'' after Carlo Maratti, infcribed " In conipevllu 

 Angelorum pfalmam tibi.'' " The Virgin giving the Sca- 

 pular to St. Simon Stock," a large upright, arched at the 

 top, and infcribed " Ecce fignum lali-r^is," after Seballian 

 Conca. " St. Francis de Paul reftoring fight to a Child," 

 a large upright, from B. Lambcrti. A large upright, 

 from Andrea Sacchi, wherein Eceleliaftics appear to be 

 afcending to heaven. " St. Charles Borromeo obtaining 

 fi-om Heaven the ceHation of the Plague," from Pietro da 

 Cortona, both large upright folios. "A Repofe,'' from Carlo 

 Maratti, wherein St.Jofeph is offering cherries to tlie In- 

 fant Chrift. And " The Martyrdom of St. Andrew," 

 from the fame mafter; both middling fized uprights. " The 

 Death of St. Petronilla," after Guerchino. « St. Paul and 

 Ananias," after Pietro da Cortona, both in large folio. 

 •■ Tile Rape of Europa,'' and " A Charity," both after Al- 

 bano, and of t'ne folio fize. A fymbolical fubjcft, after 

 Bianchi, infcribed " Congregavit de regionibus libcros." 

 And " The Beatification of the Virgin Mary," after Car- 

 rachi, both in large folio. An allegory, in honour of 

 the church, after Carlo Maratti, infcribed " Cuftos de- 

 mentia mundi." " Tine Emperor Auguftus (hutting the 

 Temple of Janus," after the fame painter. " The Arch- 

 angel Michael," and "The Conference of the Fathers ef the 

 Church, on the Subjeci of the Immaculate Conception,'' 

 both in large folio, after Guido; the latter from the fame 

 original which has alfo been finely engraved by our own 

 counti-yman Sharp. " The Death of St. Anna, and St. 

 Romualdo," both after Andrea del Sacchi, ar.d tlie latter a 

 very favourite print. And the four angles cf the Church 

 of St. Charles de Catenarius at Rome, reprefentin i- tlie 

 cardinal virtues; (viz. Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance, 

 and JulHce,) after Dominichino, large upright folios. 



Frey alfo engraved portraits, of which the beft are thofe 

 cf his friend Carlo Maratti, from a pifture by himielf. 

 Pope Innocent XIII. after A. MalFuccius. Pope Benedi-I 

 XIII. on horfeback. Pope Gregory XIII. in a c'-.air, 

 after the marble of Camilla Rufconi. Cardinal Hieroninius 

 Piece de Mirandole, after Neilly. And Clementina, M. 

 Brittan. Fr. et Hib. Rcgina, from a pifture by himfeif ; 

 all in large folio. 



Elie Ciuillopher Heifs, an engraver of very large, but 

 not very good raezzotintos, was a native of Memmingen, 

 in Suabia. He wm educated to the arts by his fat'ner Jean 

 Heifs, a painter of Memmingen, and died at Aujjibur'j- in 

 the year 1731. 



He produced a confidcrable number of plates, both in 

 hiilory and portrait, of which " The Salutation of tlie Vir- 

 gin" is three feet One inch in height, by two feet two inches 

 wide ! and " a Crucifixion," from his har.d, is of nearly the 

 fame iimenfions. 



Bernard Vogel was the coadjutor of Heifs, fome of thefe, 

 very large plates being fcraped by them in conjunftion. He 

 was a native of Nm-emberg, born in 1683, but refided 

 chiefly at Auglburg, where he efpoufed the daughter of 

 Heifs. In the earlier part of his career, he produced fome 

 tolerably good portraits with the graver, but latterly en- 

 graved only in mezzotinto. He retired from Auglburg 

 to liis native city, probably after the death of his father-in- 

 law, and died tlievc in the year 173". leaving behind him a 

 fon, Jean Cliriftophe, who engraved feveral plates in mezzo- 

 tinto, after Kupetzkj-. 



The beft works of Bernard Vogel are the portraits, per- 

 formed with the graver, of Johan M:chel Weickmann, after 

 L.C. Eichler; Auguilus Hermann Frankius, profeffor of 

 theology ; and Johannes Michael Welfer, fenitor of Nu- 

 remberg, after J. C. Hirfchmann, all in folio. 



The chief of his portraits in mczzotijito, are thofe of 

 Johannes Kupetzky, painter, dated the year of our artifl's 

 death ; Mich.acl GottiVcid Wittbor, a celebrated furgeon, 

 after Kupetzky ; and George Bledinger, the painter, all in 

 folio. 



Chrillopber Vogel engraved, in the fame manner, the por- 

 trait of his fatlier, infcribed " Chalcographus Norimb." 



Jean George Bergmuller was born at Dirkheim, in Bava- 

 ria, A. D. 1687, and died at Augdnirg in 1762. He 

 learned the rudiments of art under Andrea Wolf, of Munich, 

 but aftervj'ards ftudied vith more advantage under Carlo 

 Maratti. He painted fuccefsfully, both in oil and in frefco, 

 and etched a great number of plates, in an able and matterly 

 ftilc, which he afterwards finifhed with the graver. He was 

 like\^■iie the author of t^vo works ; one on the growth of 

 man, which he called " Antropometria :'' the other on 

 mcnfuration and architecture, publifned 1752, and became 

 dircftor of the Academy of Arts, which was eftabUfhed at 

 Auglburg. His fon, Jean Baptifte, alfo followed the art 

 of engraving with fome fucceis. 



The beft of Bergmuller's prints_are thofe which follow : 

 a fet of four, of the Baptilm, Transfiguration, Refurrec- 

 tion, and Afccnfion of Jefus Chrift. " The Madonna and 

 Child." « The Death of St. Jofeph." " The Saviour 

 on the Moimt of Olives." " The Martyrdom of St, 

 Catherine and St. Sebaftian.'' " Juftice, and Peace,'', ih- 

 fc!-ihed " Juftitia et Pax obocidutK funt." A fet of 

 the four feafons, dated 1730. Another fet of four of the 

 zodiacal figns. 



Jean Daniel Herz, draughtfman and engraver in aquafortis, 

 was born at Auglburg A. D. 1693, and died in the fame 

 city in 1754. 



Herz was an artift of original powers, rich in compofition, 

 bold and rough in execution, but deficient in grace and bar. 

 rr.ony of parts. He was appointed direftor of the imperial 

 a-ademy of arts at Augflmrg, and filled the office with 

 credit ; but an hereditary direftor of as academy, nature, 

 and fcience, vn\l not endure, and his fon Daniel, to whom 

 the dircftorihip unfortunately devolved, foon made himfclf 

 appear ridiculous in tliis fituation, though he was a tolerably 

 good knight of the holy Roman empire. 



The ftyle of execution of Herz the elder bears marks of 

 great rapidity, and rapid he muft have been, for his plates 

 are numerous, and fome of them of very large dimenfions. 



W^e have felefted the following, as thofe which, on the 

 v.'hcle, are moft worthy of the portfolio of the connoilTeuf, 

 *' The Annunciation," richly compofed, and in very large 

 folio. " The Railing of the Crofs." " The AfFumption 

 of the Virgin." " "Tlie Adoration of the Kings." " An 

 Ecce Homo." " The Crucifixion.'' " The Death of 

 Anani.;s." " The Difpute between St. Paul and the Philo- 

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