ITALIAN SCHOOL OF ENGRAVING. 



"The prints by this artlft wTiicli are mod fought ;ifter, are 

 ■tho'e -.vjiich follow, beginning with his 



Poilrahs. — Pius III. with a Latin infcription ; Paul 

 HI.; Paul IV. dated in 1J58; Pius V. ; Hen'.y II. of 

 France, dated 1558 ; another of the fame monarch, with 

 accefTori^js, dated 1556 ; Hippolito Gonzague ; Don Juan 

 of Audria, in an oval, with the battle of Lepante in a car- 

 "•touche, and otlier accompaniments ; a fet of medallions of 

 the kingi of Poland. All the above are of folio dimenfions. 



Snijecls from Sacred H'l/Icry " The Death of Abel," in 



4*0.; " Jofeph interpreting the Dreams of his Brethren," 

 in foho, after Raphael, one of the bell of Beatrice's en- 

 gravings ; " Abigail meeting David,'' a fmall folio, of 

 which critics have difputed, without fettling whether the 

 delign is by M. Angelo, Bandinelli, or Julio Romano ; 

 " The Nativity of the Virgin Mary," after Bandinelli ; 

 *' The Annunciation,'' after M. Angelo ; " The Adora- 

 tion of the Magi,"' after Parmegiano ; " The Holy Fa- 

 mily," after Jerome Mutien ;" "The Good Samaritan," 

 after M. Angelo ; " Jefus Chrift on the Mount of Olives," 

 after Titian ; " The Crucifixion,'' after Mucianus Brixia- 

 nus; "The Virgin in Grief," after M. Angelo; "The 

 Defcent from the Crofs," after N. Circignani ; " The Af- 

 cenfion,'' after Raphael; "The Converfion of St. Paui,'' 

 after M. Angelo ; " St. Michael's Viflory over the Devil," 

 after Raphael, all in folio ; " The Holy Virgin diftributing 

 Rofaries," a large oval print ; " The Adoration of the Holy 

 drofs," (an altar piece in large folio) ; " The Prep'cet Je- 

 remiah," from M. Angelo's pifture in the Silline Chapel ; 

 *' St. Jerome," after Titian ; " St. Elizabeth, of Hungary, 

 healing the Sick," after Mucieno, all in large folio ; and 

 ■*' The Lall Judgment," a very large print engraved on fe- 

 ■veral plates ; from the far famed pidture of M. Angelo. 



Suhjefh from Profane Hijlory, &c. — "The Sacrilice of 

 Inhigenia," after de'l Vaga, or Salviati ; " The Rape of 

 Ganymede," after Michael Angelo ; "The Fall of Phaeton," 

 lifter the fame nialtor : Si rutt fpeaks highly of this en- 

 graving, but fays it was not originally the work of Beatrice; 

 -" A Bacchan-.ilian Piece," after Michael Angelo ; " The 

 l^ream of Human Life," after the fame mailer; a very 

 fingular allegorical print, exhibiting the influence of the 

 paiTions, and faid, by fome, to be compofed and painted by 

 Michael Angelo, from a vilion which he really experienced ; 

 -" The Archers,'' from the fame mailer ; " Vcrtumnus and 

 Pomona," from Jacobo Fiorentino ;" "The Combat of 

 Reafon and Love," after Bac. Bandinelli, called here Bra- 

 din ; " Combat of five Men againft five ferocious Beails ; 

 two Lions, a Bear, a Bull, and a Wild Boar,'' anonymous, 

 marked 15^2, attributed to Julio Romano; " Battle of 

 the Amazons," after a grand bas-relief on a fepulchral urn 

 in the Capitol, a large piece, on two plates ; " The Battle 

 of the Dacians," from the Arch of Conftantinc, infcribed 

 " Tabula marmorea Pugnx Daci;e, &c. ; " The Emperor 

 Trajan in a triumphal Car;'' "The Pantheon of Agrippa;" 

 *' The Temple of Fortune," from a drawing by Raphael ; 

 all in folio ; " The Grand Circus," a large print engraved 

 on two plates; " Front of the Farnefe Palace," after Mi- 

 chael Angelo ; " The Statue of Mofes,' ' from Michael 

 Angelo; " Equellrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius,'' en- 

 graved in 1558 ; a Handing figure of Chrift, after Mi- 

 chael Angelo ; «- Statue of the Philofopher Anaximenes 

 reading," finee retouched, and re-named " St Paul ;" 

 -"The Caft;le of St. Angelo;" "Siege and taking of 

 Theonville,'' a bird's-eye view, dated 1558. Moll of the 

 above are of large folio dimenfions. 



The foregoing artiils worked with the graver only, but 

 die art of etching Lad now travelled from Germany to Italy, 



and Leo Daris, otlierwife called Leon Daven, or Louis 

 d'Avefne, who was the countryman and contemporary of 

 Beatrice, is believed to have been among the very firfl who 

 praftifed it in Italy. He was born fome time about t'tie 

 year 1500 : ftudied at Florence and at Rome, and returned 

 to France, perhaps to Lorrain, or ftill more probably, to 

 Fontainbleau, with Primaticcio, after whofe compofition! 

 his principal works are for the mod part engraved. 



His ft-/le is fingular, and though not inimitable,has not often 

 been imitated. His plates are chiefly etched in rather a coarfe 

 but fpirited manner, in (hort hatchings : his lights are kept 

 broad and clear, but his {hadows want degradation, his 

 outhnes arc ftifi" and hard, and his heads, hands, and feet:, 

 are not correftly drawn. The following lift will probably 

 be found to contain his bell engravings .• — " Venus blinding 

 Cupid,'' defigned by the engraver, in 4to. A pair, of 

 " Jefus Chrift," and "The Holy Virgin," each furrounded 

 by a glory and heavenly hoft, after Primaticcio ; from whofe 

 prftures Daris alfo engraved, an ■" Holy Family ;" "The 

 viclorious Saviour;" " Alexander and Bucephalus," an 

 oval ; "The Marriage of Alexander and Roxana ;" " Cleo- 

 patra ftanding under a Tent, holding the Afp in her Hand, 

 and refting the ether on aVafe;'' " The Continence of 

 Scipio; " The Rape of Europa ; " " Danae in the Shower 

 of Gold," an oval ; " Jupiter preffing the Clouds to 

 caufe Rain on the Earth;" "Venus bathing," a grand 

 compofition, where there is in the back ground an old 

 woman bringing refrefhments, in a fculptured border ; 

 " Venus entering with Mars into a Tub ;" on the fore- 

 ground are cupids playing with the arms of Mars, and 

 two women witli vafes ; " The Forges of \'ulcan ;'' " The 

 Rape of Proferpine ;" " The Chace of a Stag ;" " The 

 Repofe of Diana after the Chace ;'' ({he is lying by the 

 fide of her game with a dog under her arm) ; marked Fon- 

 tainbleau ; " Hercuhs undreiTing to enter the Bath with 

 Omphale," dittos " Hercules in the Arms of Omphale, 

 furprifedby Fawns, with Flambeaus ;" " Cadmus preparing 

 to combat the Dragon :'' " The Mafquerade ;' " The Ele- 

 phant and the Caravan,'' all in foho, and after the pictures 

 of Primaticcio. 



After Roftb, our artift^ has engraven " Francis I. of 

 France' furrounded by his Court ;" the fame monarch en- 

 tering the Temple of Glory; " Venus and Adonis ;" and 

 " The Difpute between Neptune and Minerva." — .'\fter 

 Lucas Penni, " The Trojan Horfe ;" " Jupiter featedon his 

 Throne ;" " Pfyche approaching the Dragon-guarded 

 Fountain ;" and " Parnaffus with Apollo and the Mufes." — 

 After Julio Romano, " The Combat for the Body of Pa- 

 troclus;'' after Parmegiano, "Circe and UlyflTes," and a 

 battle, after an antique bas-relief, all in foho. 



Lucas Penni was born at Florence fome time about 

 the beginning of the fixteenth century, and was the brother 

 of Giovanni Francefco Penni, furnamed II Fattore. He fre- 

 quented the fchool of Raphael, and ftudied a confiderable time 

 under Perino del Vaga. He poffeiTed confiderable merit as 

 an hiftorical painter, and George Ghifi of Mantua has en- 

 graven from feveral of his pictures. After vifiting Genoa and 

 Lucca, he travelled to England, where he was employed by- 

 Henry VIII. ; he afterwards went to France, and praftifed 

 the fine arts for a while at Fontainbleau. On his return to 

 Italy he applied himfelf to etching and engraving, and we 

 have feveral meritorious prints from his hand ; he fometimcs 

 worked from his own defign, but oftener from RoiTo and 

 Primaticcio. His mark was ufually compofed of an L and an 

 R joined together, of feparate ; for he chofe to add the word 

 Romanus, or the Roman, to his name, or the initials of it j 

 but it is necelTary to caution the young collector, with re- 



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