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sconvcnt of the nuns of tlie Annunciation, at Genes, who 

 died Dec. i;, 1617. " The PofTefTed," or the Exorcifm, 

 after And. Bofcoli, in foHo, entirely the work of the 

 graver. "TheCourfeof Human Life," after Bernardino 

 •Poutti. Tliis is a fet confiding of four plates, which are 

 vulgarly called Hell, or Purgatory. "Vita beatx Marise 

 Virginis Matris Dei, Emblemata delineata :" a fet of 27 

 plates in i2mo. " Glonofiffima Virginis Deiparjs Elogia," 

 jconfitting of nine plates of dcvotionarfubjeds, 8vo. " The 

 Kew Tellament," cop.fi Ring of twelve plates, inclnding 

 the title. N.B. The moll valued impreffions of this fet, are 

 thofe which were printed before the infcription that Fagnnni 

 inferted underneath the engravings. " The Paffion of Jefus 

 Ciu-ift," confiding of fcvcn finely executed plates in 410. 

 " The Paintings in the Ciiurch of St. Peter at Rome," con- 

 "iiftin J; of twenty-nine or thirty plates, in 8vo. of which 

 the fubjeds are the Ads of the ApolUes. Thefe are the 

 plates of which we have fpoken in our biography of Callot, 

 as engrared at Rome, with the graver alone, under the di- 

 reftion of Philip ThomalTin. " Vita Hiftoria Beats: Maria 

 Virginis, Pariliis," fourteen plates, including the title and 

 tail piece. Thefe may be dittinguifned from Callot's other 

 plates, in honour of the bled'ed Virgin ; by the infcription 

 (' Attributa bearse Marijc." " Maie'and Female Penitents," 

 iix plates, of which the fubjefts ar- i. The Title by Ab. 

 BolTe : 2. St. Jerome ; 3. St" John ; 4. St. Francis ; 5. St. 

 Mary Magdalen; 6. The Death of the Magdalen. " Salva- 

 toris beatx Marias Virginis fanftorum ApoHolorum icones," 

 a fet of fixteen plates in 8vo. publidied at Paris,in 1631. 

 " Martyrium Apodolorum," afet of fixteen finely engraved 

 jilates, in i2mo. " The four little Bariquets," a fet of four 

 fmall plates, of which the fubjecls are i. The Marriage of 

 Cana ; 2. TheRepall at the Houfe of the Pharifee ; J. The 

 •Lord's Slipper ; 4. Our Saviour with the two Dii'ciples. 

 " The Life of the Prodigal Son," in i2mo. pubhdied by 

 Ifrael in 1635. " Sulta d'alcunimiracoli, etc." after various 

 mafters, foriy-one plates in i2uio. "Lux Clauftri," re- 

 prefenting. under various emblems, the fweet ferenity of a 

 religious life, and confiding of tvventy-feven plates with an 

 hidorical title. " The feven Mortal Sins," on feven plates, 

 12n?o. 



Batiks, Sieges, i^c " A General on Horfeback," an 



army in flight, fiirmounted by a hat and feathers, and the 

 truntheoii of command, fmall. "A Pidol diot," a grand 

 review of cavalry. " Defcent of the Troops into the Ifle 

 of Re:'" this engraving is of an oblong form, and is en- 

 clofed in an ornamented border. " The Siege of Re," a 

 fet conliiUng of fix large engravings in ornamented borders ; 

 the borders a:'e engraved on feparate plates, and four plates 

 r,f writing accompany the fet. Thefe w^ere engraved at 

 Paris, under the patronage of the king of France. " The 

 Siege of RochcUe," embellidied in the fame manner, and 

 alfo done under the patrona>;e of the French king. The 

 portraits of the king, and of Gadon of France occur in the 

 borders. "The Siege of Breda," a fet confiding of fix 

 large engravings, and two double leaves of engraved writing, 

 recording the events of ihe fiege : thefe plates were engraved 

 for the Infanta of Spain. " Battaglia de ri Teffi et del re 

 Tinta," a large engraving, which is ufually called " L'Evan- 

 tail," or " The Fan," on account of its form. It is en- 

 ■clofed in a border, and rcprefents a curious firework which 

 was played off on the Arno. The words Teffi and Tinta al- 

 lude to the weavers and dyers (tiflerand and teinturier) who 

 at that time enjoyed great privileges at Florence. " The 

 Heroic Ac?iions of the.Medici," after Ant. Tempefta, cn- 

 jrraved on fifteen folio plates, and without any etching. 

 Xbe impreffioas from thefe plates, which are found in tjie 

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« Galeria Medicia," are not efteemed the beft. ■"The 

 Great Miferies, or Horrors of War :" thefe admirable com- 

 pofitions are a fet of eighteen 410. plates, and were pub- 

 Llhed by Ifrael in 1633. They were followed by " The 

 Lcd"er Evils of Vv'ar," on feven Svo. pl.ites, including the 

 title, (which is by Ab. Boffe,) publiflied in 1636. " Mili- 

 tary Exercifes," on fourteen fmall plates, publiflied alfo by 

 Ifrael. " Combat at the Barrier," a fet confiding of eleven 

 plates including the title. Thefe prints are of different forms 

 and fizes^ They were originally pubiilhed by Ca'dot him- 

 felf, at Nancy, in the year 1637, but have fince undergone 

 fome alterations; the work is in 4to. "-Naval Engage- 

 ments:" thefe confift of the vidories gained by the 

 grand duke of Tufcany over the Turks, and are alfo in 

 4to. dated 1617. " Seven Tilting Pieces," in 4to. en- 

 graved at Florence, four only of thefe bear the name of 

 Callot. " Jouds and Tournaments," a fet of five fjirited 

 prmts in Callot's bed manner, in 4to. of which the fubjeCts 

 are, l. A plan of the Jouds and Tournaments 2. A Battle 

 enclofcd within ov.d hds, infcribed " Uno Degli abatti- 

 ments ; 3. Several fquadrons in battle array, ci'ciofed in a 

 fimilar manner, and infcribed " Modra della Guerra, 

 d'Amore ;'' 4. Parties of cavaliers racing in a circle ; 

 5. Four triumphal cars chara6teridic of the quarters of the 

 globe, drawn by appropriate animals, and infcribed " Carra 

 del Afia," &c. ; they were publiflied at Florence, and are 

 after the defigus of Callot's firft Roman mader, Giulio Pa- 

 rigii. " La Guerra d'Amore," confiding of four 4to. 

 plates, from the defigns of the fame mader. They repre- 

 fent the ballets, &c. celebrated at Florence on the occa- 

 fion of the arrival of the prince of Urbino, by the grand 

 duke and Tufcan nobility on the plain of St. Croix. 



Profane and MifceUaneous SubjeSs. — " The Giants," a 

 large folio plate, in which Callot has introduced an affembly 

 of the heathen deities, Temple of the Mufes, &c. " The 

 Giants druck by Jupiter's Thunderboks," in folio, of the 

 oval forni, and iiow very fcarce. " Pandora," a folio plate. 

 The gods are here reprefenled as affembled on Olympus, 

 with Jove armed with thunder on its fummit. " Catafalque 

 de I'Empereur Mathias," a folio plate, dated 1619, andin- 

 fcribed " Efleque celebrati in Fiorenza," &c. " A Gamb- 

 hng Houfe," a foho plate, the fubjedl a night-piece, with 

 gameders ; Callot afterwards repeated this engraving, re- 

 verfing the right hand to the left. " The Punifliments," 

 in 4to. ; this is regarded as one of the chef d'oeuvres of the 

 mader, not only on account of its intriiific merits,, but of 

 the great number of figures contained in it, of tiie com- 

 pofitioD and grouping of which we have already fpoken. 

 Its fubjedl is the execution of various criminals. In the 

 mod pcrfeCl impreffions of this plate, a fmall fquare tower 

 appears above the houfes, a little to the left of the middle 

 of the print, and a very fmall image of the blefied Virgin, is 

 placed at the angle of a wall which forms the corner of a 

 flreet, and is alfo near the middle of the engraving. 



The following are generally known among colleftors by 

 the name of the t liree ovals ; " The Adoration of the He-goat 

 or the Sabbath ;" " An Altar, with two fmall Figures at 

 Prayers ;" " A veiled Female, danding before the Tlirone of 

 an Emperor.''. "Effeque della Regina d'Elpagna," con- 

 fiding of twenty-fix plates in Svo., after Ant. Tempeila. 

 Of thefe Callot himfclf engraved only eight, the remainder 

 are by Tempeda himfelf, or by anonymous artids ; " The 

 Whipis or Fantafies" of the noble Jacques Callot, fourteen 

 fmall plates of whimfical fubjefl?, publiflied by Ifrael in 

 1635 ; " Capriccie de varii figure di Jacobo Callot in aqiia- 

 forti," on fixteen fmall plates engravcdat Florence ; " The 

 Caprices," which are copies of the above, engraved .at 



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