riALIAN bCLiOOL OV ENGRAVING. 



«ru!i what eafe an J Tigour Auguftino managed liis tool. 

 There are impreffions of the fame plate, quite linillied, by 

 F. Villaxena, his pupil. 'I'wo landfcapes, in folio, with 

 figures; " Cupid conquering Pan," infcribed " Omnia viiicit 

 amor, 1599 ;" " Eternity in the Cloud?, furronndcd by 

 fiinale figures," in folio ; " Pcvfous in the Clouds fight- 

 ing with the Sea-monlier :" both this and the former one are 

 theatrical fcenca. 



Til fol/oznin^ an from fie PiUures of varicvs other Maflers. 

 — " A Child blowing Bubbles," from Goltzins, very 



Jacob keeping the Flock of Rachacl," X5S1, after 



foli 



Denys Calvart ; "Judith," a half figure, after Laur. Sabba- 

 tius, both of the folio (ize ; "The young Tobias conduced 

 by an Angel," from Raphael da Riggio, (it is miitakenly 

 marked " Raphael d'Urbain" ), in large folio ; " The Prefen- 

 tation in the Temple." figned Horace Saniacchini, pinx. in 

 large folio ; " The Virgin and Child giving the Keys to 

 St. Peter, accompanied by olh:»r Saints;" Id. pinx. in 

 folio; " The Adoration of the Kings," ligned Balthazar, 

 Peruzzi pinx. very large, engraved on feven plates ; the 

 f^ime fubjeft repeated, where one of the kings is kifTiiig the 

 feet of the Infant Chrilt. There are imprefiions cf this, 

 both with and without the name of the painter, Marco del 

 Moro ; " The Virgin and Child, with Mary Magdalene, 

 St. Jerome, and nn Angel holding a Book," from Cor- 

 reggio, in large folio. This picture, kr.own under the name 

 of t!ie Day of Correggio, which was in the a:adeniy at 

 Parma, is at prcfent in the mufeum at Paris. " An Ecce 

 Homo," accompanied by the Virgin and other half fignres, 

 in large folio, from the fame mailer ; " Our Saviour ihewn 

 to the People," hzlf figures, after Vefp. Strada ; " The 

 Body of our Saviour, fi:pported by an Angel," half 

 figures, the fame fize ; «' The Cruci.>ixion, or Mount Cal- 

 vary," in three very large plates, from Tintoret ; " The 

 Body of our Savionr on the Knees of his Mother,"'from a 

 marble group by Michael Angvio, in large folio ; " The 

 Nativity," from Andrea d^el Sarto ; « The Virgin 

 crowned in Heaven by the Trinity," from Aug. Moftaert, in 

 folio ; " A Holy Family," from Fred. Barroccio. An- 

 other "Holy Family, with St. John prefenting a Scroll," with 

 the words " Ecce agnus Dei," from Raphael, in foho. 

 Another " Holy Family, with St. Michael," from Laur. 

 Sahbatini, in folio ; " The Virgin fitting in a Crefcent with 

 the Holy Infant," from the fame mailer, in folio. Another 

 «' Holy Family," placed high in the print, with St. An- 

 thony and St. Catherine lower down, from Paul Veronefe, 

 in large foHo ; " The Holy Virgin opening her Cloak to 

 proteft Two Monks," in folio. Another large folio print 

 of " The Marriage of St. Catherine," a grand conipofition. 

 A very large upriglit print of " The Martyrdom of St. Juf- 

 tinian," on two plates, all from Paul Veronefe ; " The Holy 

 Trinity, in a radiance of Glory, between Two Columns," 

 from Titian, in large folio ; " St. Paul reftoring a Saint to 

 Life," from .-\ntonio Campi, infcribed " D. Pauli Mira- 

 cnlum in Neronis palatio faftum ;" " The Virgin and 

 Child furronnded by Angels," from Julius Canipi ; " The 

 Virgin repofing, with the Infant Jefus and St. Jofeph," from 

 Bcrin Paffcrus, in folio ; " The Virgin," a half figure, 

 from Giacomo Francia ; '< St. SebalUan," in folio, from 

 Fiangio Francia; " The Virgin fiickling the Infant Jefus," 

 from Jac.Ligotius, in folio; " St. Jerome," half ler^gth, 

 from Vann. in folio; «' St. .Jerome contemplating the 

 Virgin in Heaven," in large folio, from Tintoret; "The 

 Temptation of St A.ntony," in large folio, a print which, 

 being without the name of Augullino, has been miftakenly 

 »tltibuted to C. Cort.; " Mercury, and the Three Graoes," 

 5 



in finall folio ; " Wifdom, accompanied by Peace, purfuin^ 

 the God of War," the fame fizc, both from Tintoret ; and 

 " Eneas faving his Father from the Deilruttion of Troy," 

 a very large upright plate, from Barroccio. 



The etchings of Annibal Caracci, the younger brother 

 of Agollino, and author of the Farncfe Gallery, are per- 

 formed with all the firm confidence and fire of a mailer. 

 They are held in high and deferved e'.limation a;Tiong artiRs 

 and connoideurs. and no collection of the produftions of the 

 Italian School {liould be v.i'.hout good impreffions of the 

 following : — " Chriit crowned with Thorns," from a fimple 

 and admirable conipofition of his own, wherein the elevated 

 dignity, yet meek fubmiffion of the Son ef God, is con- 

 trafted to the brutality of the fcoffers, in a moft affeiiting 

 and wonderful manner. In the opinion of Strutt, and 

 of the prefent writer, this is one of the very fine!! etchings 

 of Annibal Caracci. It has been often copied, and in fome 

 inilances tolerably well ; the original is infcribed " AC. 

 inv. et fee. 1606." " A dead Chrill on the Lap of the 

 Holy Virgin," commonly known among colleflors by the 

 name of the " Chrifl du Capprarole ;"' ■' The Adoration 

 cf the Shepherds," called by the print dealers " The little 

 Crib, ' from the circumllance of one of the (hepherds in- 

 troduced, being leaning againfl a manger, nearly in the 

 middle of the conipofition : this alfo has been copied feveral 

 times. The above are both cf 410. dimenfions. 



Of the fame fizc are " 'i he Adoration of the Magi ;" 

 and "Chrill and the Woman of Samaria." " A. Holy 

 Family," where Jofeph is feated, leaning againft a column, 

 holding a bock, is a fmall plate lengthways ; " The Virgin 

 holding the Infant Chrill and giving Drink to St. John," is 

 diflinguiflied by the name of " The Virgin of the Porrin- 

 gcr," another Imall plate lengthways ; " The Defcept of tlie 

 Holy GhoU," a fmall upriglit plate, nearly fquare ; " Su- 

 fanna and the Elders," a middling-fized plate, nearly fqnarc; 

 " Jupiter and Antiope," a fmall plate lengthways, aated 

 I J92 ; " Siienus and two Satyrs," a fmall circular plate, of 

 about eight inches and a half diameter, the border of which 

 is ornamented with vine branches and grapes : this is com- 

 monly called the " Diili" of Annibal Caracci, having been 

 engraved for the bottom of a falver, belonging to cardinal 

 Farnefe ; " The Virgin fupporling the Infant Jefus, who is 

 afleep," in 410. ; " The Virgin of the Nightingale," where 

 the Infant Chrid is taking a bird from the hands of St. 

 John, of the fame fi^.e ; " St. Jerome of the Speftacles," 

 a half figure ; a finall plate of " St. Francis fittirg, holding 

 a Skull en his Knees and a Crucifix in his Hand ;'' another, 

 in quarto, of " St. Francis kneeling at the Foot of a Rock, 

 whh a Difciple before him ;" " Apollo playing tl:e Lyre, 

 with Pan, or Maifyas befide him, biting his Fingers," a very 

 rare print, in oclavo ; " An old Man fpeaking to two other 

 Figures," of the fame fize : " Venus afieep, with Cupid ob- 

 ferved by a Satyr," in quarto ; another " Venus alleep, 

 witii Cupid and a Satyr,'" of the fame fize; " The Triumph 

 of Bacchus," iii quarto : of this fubjeft Annibal engraved 

 a duplicate plate, as is faid, with the view of inilrui::^ing 

 Lanfranc in the art of etching. " Acis and Galatea watched 

 by a Satyr," in folio. 



Francefco Caracci, commonly termed Fiancefchini, was 

 the nephewof Agollino and Annibal, and was inftrufted in 

 the arts of defign by Lodovlco. With fuch opportunities 

 and ftiong natural talents, he in a fliort lime attained an ex- 

 traordinary knowledge of tlie human figure, which he drew 

 fo correftly, as to afioniili his learned relatives, and Strutt 

 thinks he might have attained a reputation equzil, if not fu- 

 perjor, to any of the Caracci t but his unfortunate propen- 



fities 



