ITALIAN SCHOOL OF ENGRAVING. 



alfo the " Rape of Helen," in folio, from a compofition by 

 Schiavone himfelf; for an account of whofe merits as a 

 painter, fee Schiavone. 



Paolo Farinato was born at Verona in the year 1522, and 

 died in 1604. He learned the firft rudiments of art of 

 Antonio Badaia, but afterwards became the difciple of 

 Nicolo Golfino. His genius, which began to unfold itfelf 

 at A very early age, inclined him to hiftorical painting, and 

 he continued, occafionally, to praftife that art until a late pe- 

 riod of life. A pifture from his pencil, of " The Miracle of 

 the Loaves and Fiihes," adorns the churcli of St. George at 

 Verona, and he painted feveral for the Efcurial, where lie 

 pafled fome years. 



Farinato's Ryle of engraving was bold, free, and decided, 

 and couliils almoft entirely of etching : he fometimes marked 

 his plates, which are fomewhat numerous, with his name at 

 length, and at others with the initials P. F. or P. V. F., the 

 V ftanding for his native city of Verona. 



His bell produttions in this art are, a figure of " St. John,'' 

 a fmall upright, a ditto of " St. Jerome kneeling ;'' " St. 

 Mary Magdalen, feated with a Book and Crucifix, &c. ;" 

 " The Holy Virgin with the Infant Chrill and St. John," 

 in folio ; " Angels bearing the Crofs," a fmall upright ; 

 "Venus and Cupid;" and" Venus at the Forge of Vulcan ;" 

 both in folio. They are all after his own compofitious. 



The three following engravings are by Horatius Farinato, 

 who was the fon and pupil of Paolo : he was of very promif- 

 ing talents, but died at an early period of life. Strutt fays 

 «' he would have equalled the greatell matters ;" but this 

 may be faying a little too much. They are after his father's 

 compofitions, which may be one reafon why they have gene- 

 rally been confounded with his v/orks. 



" The Invention of the Crofs, with St. Francis and the 

 Hoiy Women.'' a large folio print, marked P. F. inv. Ho. 

 F. V. fecit. 1 5-83 . Another Ivirge folio, of " The Deftrnc- 

 tion of Pharoali's Hod," marked Ho. P. F. inv, 1585, and 

 " An Holy Family w.th St. John." 



Giacomo Batiila Fontana was born at Verona A. D. 

 1J24. He worked at Venice great part of his life, and 

 died in the fervice of the emperor. He defigned as well as 

 engraved, and we have feveral flight etchings by his hand, 

 executed with the boldnefs and freedom of a mailer, though 

 the drawing is by no means correft. Of thefe it may fuffice 

 to mention the following: — Several fubjetls from Virgil's 

 Eneid, in folio, from his own compofitions ; " The Vifion 

 of Ezekiel,'' in large folio •,' "The Martyrdom of St. 

 Peter, the Dominican, in a Foreft," from the famous 

 piaure by Titian ; (Martin Rota, and Le Fevre have alfo 

 engraved from this pidure.) " The Battle of Cadova, 

 between the imperial Troops and the Venetians," a raiJdling- 

 lized plate, lengthways, from Titian ; " Our Saviour on the 

 Crofs,'' in lar.e folio ; and twenty-eight fmall plates from 

 the hiftoryof Romulus, including a dedication to Ferdinand, 

 Archduke of Auftria, dated 1573. 



Dominito Maria Fontana was born at Parma in the year 

 1543. Strutt has miilakenly dated his birth in 1673. He 

 learnt drawing in the fchool of Bologna, and engraved chiefly 

 after his defigns. Le Compte and others have confounded 

 this artill with Dominico Fontana, the famous architetl. 

 The following are fome of his works : — " A Flight into 

 Eo-ypt ;" the fcene lies in a mountainous landfcape ; 

 " St. Jolin preaching in the Defert," in large folio ; " Our 

 Saviour fpeaking to the Women of Jerufalem, on his way 

 to Mount Calvary," in folio, dated 1584 ; " Mount Cal- 

 varv," with a Latin and German infcription ; " The erect- 

 ing'of the great Obelilk, Licforc th6 Church of St. Peter at 

 Rome," wuh all the apparatus neceffary for the elevation of 



fuch an immenfe mafs, marked Dom. Fontana inv. Seb. 

 Bonifacio fc. 1586, a very rare piece, engraved on three large 

 plates. 



Veronica Fontana, who engraved fmall portraits in wood 

 with confiderable neatnefs for that mode of art, was 

 daughter to the above, and ftudied the art of defign under 

 her father and Elizabeth Serani. 



Chriftofano, or Chriftopher BerteHi, was a native of 

 Rimini, in the duchy of Modena, and appears to have 

 lived about the end of the fixteenth century, though his en- 

 gravings are not dated. He worked entirely with the graver, 

 but in a ftiff mannered ftyle. 



From whom he learned the art of engraving is by no means 

 certain, and by no means important, as he neither invented 

 a fl:ylc of engraving, nor improved on thofe aheady known. 

 He engraved after Correggio and other Italian mailers ; and 

 the following are among his works : a Portrait of Oftavius 

 Farnefe, duke of Parma, in folio ; " The Converfion of 

 St. Paul,"' a very grand compofition, from Pordenonc, 

 marked " Per me Chriftofano Bertelli,"' in large foho ; 

 " The Virgin with the Infant Jefus, and four Saints," after 

 Correggio, in folio ; another of " The Virgin and Cliildj 

 with St. George,'' from the fame painter ; a folio print, 

 reprefenting the different ages of man, marked Chriftofano 

 Bertelh, fc. 



Ferrando, or Ferdinand Bertelli, was of Venice, and 

 contemporary with the preceding artift, to whofe family he 

 probably belonged ; he worked after many of the Venetian 

 mafters, but did not much diftinguilh liimfelf, and we there- 

 fore only mention the fi.llovviiig of his works: "Our 

 Saviour healing tlie Sick," marked Farinati pinx. F. Ber- 

 telli, exc. 1)66, of largo folio lize ; " Our Saviour on the 

 Crofs," after JuUo Romano; "Venus repofing," after 

 Titian, marked Nic. Bertelh, 1566. Specchio della Vita 

 humana. In Venezia per F. Bertelli, 1566. Another, in- 

 titled " Omnium fere gentium noftrae statis habitus, a F. 

 Bertelllo a:neis typis excufs. Venet. 1569," in foho. 



Lucas Bertelli, hkewife a native of Venice, was a print - 

 ffller, but engraved fome plates in the ftvle of Cornehus 

 Cort ; among which are the following : — A portrait of 

 Hippolita Gonzaga, a daughter of Ferdinand, figned Lucas 

 Bertelli, exc. in 4to. ; " The People of Ifrael tormented 

 by Serpents," after Michael Angelo ; a folio print of 

 " The Baptifm of our Saviour," figned as before, with 

 four verfes at the bottom, beginning " Non illi Chriftiani 

 latices," &c. ; another folio print of " The Magdalen 

 wafting our Savour's Feet ;" " The Flagellation," after 

 P. Farinati, in large folio, infcnbed as before ; " A Cruci- 

 fixion," in large folio; " The Defcent from the Crofs," 

 where Nicodemus is holding the nails, a meritorious print, 

 figned as before ; " The Four Evangelifts fitting at a Table 

 in the Temple, with their Attributes," from Michael Coxie, 

 in large folio; "The Laft Judgment,'' after J. B. Fontana ; 

 " An old Woman and Children, warming themfelves at a 

 lar^e Fire," with eight verfes, after Titian, in foho. N. B. 

 This engraver tlouriihed towards the clofe of the fixteenth 

 century. 



Fredericio Baroccio, was born at Urbino in the year 152S, 

 and died at Rome A. D. 1612. He learnt the principles of 

 defign under Battifta Franco at Venice, whom the fuperi- 

 ority of his genius very foon enabled him to furpafs. He 

 went very young to Rome ; ftudied with the pupils of 

 Raphael ; and, according to De Piles, was employed by 

 pope Paul III to paint feveral fubjcds in frefco. Baroccio 

 painted both portrait and hiilory with the greateft fuccefs, 

 and particu-larly excelled in facred fubjefts ; it is Add that 



