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and " jHpiterand Antiope," in fmall4to.,all after Raphael ; 

 " Euridice in Liferno," engraved in the talle of Marc An- 

 tonio, apparently after Julio Romano ; " A Nymph and 

 Triton," in 4to, anonymous bnt after Raphael; " Polyphe- 

 mus, attended by Cupid, purfuing Galatea;" "The Triumph 

 of Galatea," and " Apolo as a Shepherd guarding the Flocks 

 of Admetus," all in 410., and after the defigns of Raphael. 

 A fet of three prints, called " The Nymphs of Marc An- 

 tonio :" the firll, accompanied by Cupid, is drawn by two 

 marine monflers, the fecond is watched by a fatyr, and the 

 third is drawing a thorn from her foot, all after Raphael ; 

 " The Birth of Venus," in folio; " Cupid mounted on a 

 Dolphin," in 4to. ; " Vulcan forging Arrows for Cupid," 

 in 4to., all after the fame painter ; " A drunken Silenus, 

 fupported by two Bacchantes," an anonymous print, in 

 4to. ; " A Satyr holding a Nymph in his Arms," ano- 

 nymous alfb, but fuppofed to be after Julio Romano ; 

 and "A Combat between a Satyr and a Goat," of anony- 

 mous defign, both in 4to. ; "The Combat between En- 

 tellus and Daret," in folio, after Raphael; "Orpheus," 

 in 4to. ; " Poefy," a duplicate plate, or copy from that 

 by ^Iarc Antonio, of the fame fubjeft, iu 4to., dated ij-42 ; 

 *' Infant Bacchanals," from Julio Romano, in folio. An 

 emblematical fubjeft, in which are reprefented a lion, a fox, 

 and a dragon, with the word " Ergo," an oval print. 



yinlique Bas Reliefs, Statues, Ifjc. — A facrifice from the 

 antique, in 410. The fame fubjecl reverfed. A bas- 

 relief, from the arch of Conftantine, in folio. An an- 

 tique frieze with architectural decorations : the fubjccl is 

 three cupids, or genii, two of whom hold (hells, and the 

 other a trident. The original is preferred in Ravenna, the 

 native city of our artifl, in the church of St. Vital, with the 

 infcription " Opus hoc antiquum repcrtur Rnvenna; in aed 

 divi vitdlis MDXVIII. " A battle piece, in folio. A 

 female conduc^ting a lion towards a funeral pile. Not- 

 ■withftanding that this print is infcribed witli the cypher of 

 Marc of Ravenna, it is fo much in the Ityle of Marc An- 

 tonio, that fome connoiffeurs attribute it to his graver. A 

 fet of four bas-reliefs from the Trajan column, in fmall 

 folio, and in a flight unfiuilhed manner. The antique 

 group of the Laocoon, a large upright folio, and exhibiting 

 the only inftance which has come to our knowledge, where 

 the artiil has infcribed his name nearly at length, omitting 

 only the letter A in Marcus. Another engraving of this 

 group, in folio, marked with the ordinary cypher of our 

 artift, and infcribed on the bafe " Prout in II. deneidos 

 P. V. Maronis." It is fuppofed by many that Raphael 

 made the drawing for the latter print : both of them are 

 rare and remarkable, as (hewing the exadl ftate of this 

 v/onderful monument of art at the time when it was dif- 

 covered. 



The remainder of Ravignano's engravings from the an- 

 tique are, the equellrian ftatue of Marcus Aurelius, in 

 folio, infcribed " Sic Romx aca fculp. ante Portum Eccl. 

 &c." The three Graces. A naked female drawing a thorn 

 from her foot, called " The Venus of the Rabbit." Two 

 females with a calTolette or cenft-r, after Raphael. Statue 

 of a man fitting, infcribed " Roma in Capitoli," all in 4to. 

 Muti.ated Itatue of an emperor, marked with the large R, 

 a fmall folio plate. 



Julio Bonafoni, or Bonafone, was a native of Bologna, 

 and for that rcafon is fomctimes called Bolognefe : he was 

 born in the year I4(y8, and died at Rome in 1564. He 

 hudled tlie rudiments of art under Laurent Sabatiri, a 

 Bolognefe painter, but afterwards became the difciple of 

 Marc Antonio. He worked from the pictures of Raphael, 



Julio Romano, and other great mafters, and occafionally 

 from his own defigns. Excepting one or two fubjetks, in 

 which he called iu the affiftance of the point (which, how- 

 ever, he never well underftood the ufe of), his plates are 

 executed entirely with the graver, in a manner though 

 much varied from that of his tutor, yet evidently founded 

 upon it. It is neither fo firm, nor fo clear and mailerly. 

 His drawing is often heavy, and the extremities of his 

 figures frequently neglefted. The f Ids of his draperies 

 are feldom well expreffed, and the back-grounds to his 

 prints, efpecially his landfcapes, are extremely flat and ftiff. 

 However, with all theie faults, wliich are not always 

 equally confpicuous, his bed prints are not without their 

 merit ; and though not equal to thofe of his mafter, aie 

 held in no fmall degree of eftimation by the generahty of 

 collectors. One thing in particular is remarkable in them, 

 namely, the attempt which he has made of preferving the 

 maffes, and a breadth of ligh'. and (hadow, as well upon the 

 groups of figures, as upon the figures feparately. 



Mariette has written a catalogue raifonce of 100 fe- 

 le£t engravings by this mailer ; and Mr. Cumberhmd a 

 fmall book, wherein he bellows on Bonafoni much more 

 praife than he deferves. 



Bonafoni fometimes affi.xed to his prints his name at length, 

 fometimes he contrafted it, but not always in the fame man- 

 ner ; and fometimes he employed the monogram, which will 

 be found in our Plate I. of thofe of the Italian Engravers. 

 The moil cfteemed of his engravings are thofe which follow. 



The Poriraiis of Pope Marcelle II. in 4to., anonymous, 

 and very rare ; Pliilippus Hifpaniarum Princeps, Caroli V. 

 filius," in large 410. ; Cardinal Bembo, aged 77, after Ti- 

 tian ; Raphael d'Urbino ; Michael Angclo Buonarotti, aged 

 72, in a circle; Francifcus Flori of Antwerp, a Belgic 

 painter ; Johannes Bernardinui Bonifacius ; and Niccolo 

 Ardinghello, Cardinalis, annum agens XLIII. 



Sacred Suljstls. — "The Creation of Eve," after Michael 

 Angelo ; " Adam and Eve in Paradife :" they are fitting 

 in an arbour embracing each other ; and " Adam and Eve 

 after the Fall : " Adam is here digging the earth ; Eve is 

 fpinning ; and two children are prefeat. Thefe are in fma'l 

 folio, and from compofition^ by Bonafoni himfelf; "Adam 

 and Eve driven out of Paradife," a fmall folio, after Aniico 

 Afpertini ; " Jofeph fold to the Khmaelites ;" and " The 

 Cup found in Benjamin's Sack," both after Raphael; 

 " The Fall of Manna and Mofes llriking the Rock ;" on 

 the fame plate, after Parmegiano ; all in fmall folio ; " Ju- 

 dith leaving the Tent of Holofernes," a large folio print, 

 after M. Angelo; "The Nativity," defigned by the en- 

 graver, in 4to. Another of the fame fubjeCt, in folio, from 

 a grand comuofition by Julio Romano ; " The Adoration 

 of the Shepherds," in folio, of anonymous invention, but 

 attributed by Malvafia to Parmegiano ; " The Holy Fa- 

 mily," a fol-.o print, after Juho Romano ; another "Holy 

 Family," where St Jofeph is feated on an afs, defigned by 

 Bonafoni ; " A dead Chrift," after Raphael ; " The En- 

 tombing of Chriil," after Titian; "The Refurredion, " 

 defigned by Bonafoni himfelf; "St. Peter placed at the 

 Head of the Church," after Raphael ; " St. John and 

 St. Peter healing the Sick," after Perino del Vaga ; " St. 

 Paul preaching to the People," an oval, after Perino del 

 Vaga, all in fmall fo'io. A large folio upriglit plate, 

 arched at the top, of " The Lall Judgment," after 

 Michael Angelo, infcribed " Julius Bonafonius Bonon, 

 propria Michaeiis Angeli pidtura quae eft in Vaticano, 

 nigro lapillo exccpit in , sefque incidit ;" " JelTe, Da- 

 vid, and Solomon," in folio, from the celebrated piAure 



