ITALIAN SCHOOL OF ENGRAVING. 



Jacobus Veronenfis, was born at Verona in die year 1512, 

 and died at an advanced age at Parma. Caraglio went to 

 Rome to iludy under Marc Antonio Raimondi, whofe ftyle 

 he imitated with great luccefs, and he occupies a dill:in- 

 jruiihcd rank among the engravers of Italy. He was a very 

 clever deiigner, and pofTefl'ed great knowledge in drawing 

 tke lunnau iigiire, efpecially the Iieads, which are in general 

 very cliarafterillic and exprellive, but his draperies are not 

 fo well drawn ; the folds are not broad enough, and not 

 fufficicntly varied ; and moil of his prints are defeftivc in 

 the management of the eliiarofcuro. Caraglio was alfo very 

 ftilful in engraving gems, and executed fome medals which 

 added to his reputation. 



Sigifmond I. king of Poland, being informed of the merit 

 he pofFefled, invited him to his court, where he lived to a 

 Jiappy old age, rich in royal favour, and furrouiidod by his 

 friends and pupils. He commonly marked his prints with 

 his name, and occallonally with a cypher, which will be 

 found in our fecond plate of monograms of the Italian 

 Engravers. The following are among his bell works; " The 

 Virgin fitting with the Infant Jefus under an Orange Tree," 

 marked Jacobus Veronenfis ; in 410. ; another quarto plate 

 of "St. Anns,, and other Saints, with the Virgin kneehng, 

 holding the Infant Clirill," marked as the former. A large 

 folio print of "A Holy family," from the famous pifture 

 by Raphael, done for Francis I. fince well known by the 

 fine engraving of Edelinck. This one is without names, but 

 there are proofs with the name of Caralius ; another " Holy 

 Faniily,"' after Raphael, reiji-efentirig the Virgin holding tlie 

 Infant Jefus on a cradle, and careffing St. John, who is pre- 

 fented by St. Ehzabeth, in folio. 



F. de Poilly has engraven this fubjsfl with the infcription 

 " Delicix mere efie." " The Marriage of the Virgin," 

 from Parmegiano, in large folio. " The .-Annunciation of the 

 Virgin," marked " Titiani figurarum ad Cofareni exemplar. 

 Jac. Caraglio,' in large folio. " The Supphcation of Tan- 

 talus," after the fame maik-r, in large folio ; " The Rape 

 of Ganymede," after Michael Angelo : this plate is attri- 

 buted to Caraglio, but it is without his name, in 4to. ; a 

 print in 4.to. of an anatomical figure liolding a ikuU in its 

 hand, fitting on a ferpcnt, from P. Roffi del. ; " Hercules re- 

 ceiving the Arrows of the Centaur Ntfins," likewife from 

 Rolli, in large quarto ; " Hercules killing the Robber 

 Cacus," after the fame, in large quarto ; a large fquare 

 folio print, reprefenting a number of young men and women 

 cuhivating a garden, in the middle of which is a ilatue of 

 Priapus, after the fame painter ; a fet of tv.-enty prints in 

 4to. reprefenting the ftatues of the heathen deities, with 

 their attributes, in niches, from Rolli. Profefi'or Chrill 

 fays of thcfe, that " the figures or ftatues of the heathen 

 deities, which appeared r.nder his name, are not by him ; 

 I find, thefe ancient plates come originally from James 

 liinck." But here he is certainly millaken ; thofe by Cara- 

 hus are dated i ^26 ; and the copies by Binck i jjjo ;' which 

 is four years poilcrior to the firll publication of llicm. 



" The Loves of the Gods," in twenty fmall upright 

 plates from Perin del Vaga ; a large folio plate of " The 

 Contcfl between the Mules and the Pierides ;" " The 

 Death of Mcleagcr," and " The Creation of the Univerfe," 

 both after Periu del Vaga, in large folio. 



Jean Baptillc d' Angelo del Moro, fiirnamed Torbido, was 

 boril at Verona in tlie year 15 12. In his youth he fre- 

 quented the fchool of Titian, but afterwards became the 

 difciple of Francefco Torbido, called II Moro ; whom he 

 inherited, botli in his name and fortune. Del Moro was both 

 painter and engraver, and in the former art was cfteemcd a 

 gocd colourillj his etchings are flight but fpiritcd, and he 



drew the extremities of the figure in a very mafterly ftyle. 

 Among his works, we find fitty very fine landfcapes which 

 he engraved in coniurdtion with Baptilla Vicentino, of whom 

 we have before fpokcn, and alfo the following; "Tlie 

 Nativity," after Parmegiano, in folio ; " The Virgin 

 bathing the Infant Jefus, with the little St. John," in folio ; 

 •' A Holy Family," wherein angels are liiiniftering to the 

 Holy Virgin and Child, an anonymous compofition, but 

 certainly after Raphael, in folio ; another " Holy Family," 

 from Raphael, in large folio ; a battle piece, in large 

 folio ; " The Martyrdom of St. Catherine," from Berna- 

 dino Canipi of Cremona ; another large foho print, repre- 

 fenting a Ihepherd, with his crook, accompanied by his dog, 

 and vifited by an angel ; without names. There is a very 

 grand compofition by Julius del Moro, brother to the pre- 

 ceding artirt, preferved in the faloon, of the grand counfel 

 at Venice, entitled " Papa Aleffandro terzo die dona al 

 Doge li llandardi e trombe nclla Chiefa di S. Giovanni." 



Marc d'Angrlo del Moro was the fon of Jean Baptifta, 

 and was borit at the fame place, in the year 1 531. He 

 ftudied under, and was not inferior to, hi? father, either in 

 painting or engraving. We are acquainted witli thirty of 

 his engravincrs, which are executed with confideruble ability, 

 among which are the following; — "The Nativity, or the 

 Adoration of the Shepherds ;" "A Holy Family ;" "The 

 Adoration of the Kings ;" and " The Baptifm of our Sa- 

 viour ;" all of large folio dimenfions. This artill; died at 

 Rome at an early period of life. 



iEneas Vico, or Vicus, or Vighi, was born at Parma 

 A.D. 1512. It has been fuppofed tha: he learned the 

 principles of defign of Julio Romano ; and that, hearing of 

 the great reputation which Marc Antonio had acquired at 

 Rome by his engravings, he went to that city, and became his 

 difciple. He was a man of talent, thoUj;h inferior to his 

 mailer ; neither his chiarofcuro nor his manual execution arc 

 commendable ; and in the latter a certain impatience of tern- 

 per is but too obvious ; "yet he underllood the human figure 

 very well, and, when he plcafed, could draw corrcclly. But 

 in many of his produflions the extremities are hard and heavy, 

 and the proportions neglected. His engravings are neither 

 fo neat nor fo clear as tiiofc by Marc Antonio. Indeed. he 

 fuccecdcd bell when he attempted a more open ihle ; a good 

 fpecimcn of which is, a female figure, with lier right arm 

 extended, over which appears an owl flying in the air, from 

 Parmegiano ; it is a half flicet print, dated 1548. 



Vico fometimes engraved on wood, and it appears th; t 

 his fmall works done in this ftyle are ranged among his firlt 

 produclions. Of this number is a portrait of Charles V. 

 furrounded with emblematical figures, in an oval, compofcd 

 with tafte, very correclly drawn, and cut with great care. 

 Upon a piece of a ruin, which ferves as a tablet at the bot- 

 tom, is this infcription; " Inventvm fevlptvmqve ab aenea 

 vico parmcn fc." But Vico was alio ;.n antiquary, and pub- 

 liflied a tra£l on medals, embelliP.ied with engravings by him- 

 felf, and a colleftion of tliirty-fix ])lates of engraved gems 

 after the antique. This artilt ended Iiis days at the court of 

 Alphonfo II. duke of Ferrara, but in what year his bio- 

 graphers have not recorded. Of his numerous engravings, 

 the following will probably be found to poflefs the nioft 

 merit. — Four medalhons. Portrait of John of Medicis, in 

 large folio, dated 1 550. Portrait of Cofmo of Medicis, in 

 his youth, in large folio. Portrait of Alphonfi), duke of 

 Ferrara. A facrifice, in the antique talle, dated 1542, in 

 4to. of his own compofing. A plate in fmall folio of the 

 Three Graces. A Roficrucian fubjedl from the life of Vir- 

 gil, infcribed " Virgilium ehidens meritas dat fccmina 

 p^nas, Rorax, 1542." " The Army of Charles V. 



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