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became the difciple of Andrea Ferrari. Strutt fays, that 

 " as a painter it docs not appear that he greatly diftinguifhed 

 himfelf; but feveral fpirited and mafterly ctcliinsrs, which 

 he produced, prow him to have been a very fi<iif"ul artiil. 

 Tlie heads of his iiujures are finely charaftciized, and the 

 Other extremities arc well exprefied." 



Among the bed of Podefta's prints, which in general are 

 marked either AND. P., or /Ind. P. in tt fee, are the follow, 

 ing ; four Bacchanalian fubjects, in large folio, after Titian, 

 one of which is from the celebrated piftiirc of " Bacchus leap- 

 ing from his Car to greet Ari:idne," which was lately in the 

 collection of the earl of Kinnaird, and from which Mr. 

 Bone has executed a moil exqiiilite copy in enamel ; " Love 

 cultivating the Arts," an allegorical print in folio, dedicated 

 to Guido ; and a pair from " The Life of St. Liego,'' after 

 Caracci, alfo in folio. 



For an account of Carlo Maratti as a painter, fee the ar- 

 ticle Maratti. He was born at Camerino, in the mar- 

 quifate of Ancona, A.D. 1628, and died at Rome in 17 13. 

 Strutt fays, with great juilice of his etchings, that " they 

 arc executed in a free and fpirited iij'le; much neater, and 

 better finiihed, than thofe of painters ufually are. The cha- 

 racters of the heads of his figures are Finely expreffed ;" and 

 their graceful airs have been the fubjett of frequent com- 

 Bjendation. 



His engravings are fomewhat numerous, and are held in 

 great eftiniation. No collection of the works of the Ita- 

 lian mafters ftiould be without good imprefTions of the fol- 

 lowing : — A fet of ten, from tlie Life of the Holy Virgin, 

 rfter his own compofitions, in quarto ; " Heliodorus driven 

 from the Temple," after Raphael, a large folio print, arched 

 at the top, and engraven on two plates ; " The Flagellation 

 of St. Andrew," after Dominichino ; " Jole;)h difcovering 

 himfelf to his Brethren," after Francifco Mola, of folio 

 dimenfions ; " St. Charles Borromeus interceding for thofe 

 afflifted with the Plague at Milan," a large upright, from 

 Pietro Perugino ; and (of the fame form) " Chrilt dif- 

 courfing with the Woman of Samaria," after Annibal Ca- 

 racci ; befides feveral plates of the Madonna and Bambino, 

 of various fizes. 



Giovanni Batifta Cavazza was born at Bologna in the year 

 1620. He was fuccelFively the difciple of Cavedone and 

 Guido, and painted feveral pictures for tlie churches of his na- 

 tive country. He likewiie engraved fome fubjects for his 

 amufement, among which are the following : — " Chrift on 

 tlic Ciofs ;" " The Refurrection of Jefus Chrill ;" " The 

 Death of St. Jofeph ;" and " The Affumption of the 

 Virgin ;" all of folio fize. 



Dominico Maria Canuti was born at Bologna A.D. 1623, 

 and died in the fame city in 1684. This extraordinary ar- 

 tiil, by the force of his own natural genius, acquired fo 

 much knowledge of delign and colouring, that Guido be- 

 held his works with ailonifliment, and received him among 

 his pupils with pleafure. 



Befides his pictures, we have a good number of etchings 

 by his hand, in the llyle of Guido, wiiom he furpaffed in 

 R->atnefs, fminiing, and bcldnefs, if not truth, of fore-lhort- 

 ening, which has ever been held one of tiie difficulties of 

 art; though, in the general excellency of his drawing, and 

 the fpirit of his outline, he has not equalled that great artilt. 

 He commonly marked his prints with his name, or initials, 

 among them the following will probably be found moil wor- 

 thy of feleftion ; — Three portraits of Ludovico, Auguf- 

 tino, and .Annibal Caracci, in 4to. ; " The Virgin feated in 

 the Clouds, with Chrill Handing by her," a fmall upriglit 

 print, from his owu compofition ; "St. Roch;'! and "St. 



Francis praying," a fmall upright plate, from Guido, ,j 

 marked " Doins. Ma. Canuti fee.'' 



Laurentio PafincUi was born at Bologna in the year 

 1629, and died at Parma in 1700. His inllruttors in the 

 rudiments of art were Andrea Barone and Simon Cantariiii, 

 but he alio frequented the fcliool of Flarainius Torre. From 

 Bologna he went to Turin, and from thence to Mantua 

 and to Venice. At Mantua he was employed by the duke 

 in the adornment of his caille at Monmirola, but at Venice, 

 ilruck with the fuperiority which he perceived in Paul Ve- 

 ronele, his ftyle of painting, and his notions of art in ge- 

 neral, underwent a complete revolution. He afterwards re- 

 turned to Bologna and ellablifhed a fcliool. 



In Cochin's Italian Tour, he fpeaks highly of Pafinelli's 

 picture of "The RefurreClion" in the church of Si. Fran- 

 cis, and his few prints are fought after with julLifiable 

 avidity by the connoiiTeurs. They are chiefly from his ov.n 

 compufition, and to the beft of our knowledge " St. John 

 preaching in the Wildernefs," (a very fine etching,) and 

 " The Martyrdom of various Saints," in one compoiition, 

 afford the bell fpecimens of his talents in this art ; both are 

 of large folio dimenfions. 



Of Luca Giardano, who was now living, we have already 

 treated pretty much at large (fee the article Giahdano). 

 YiSi fa prejlo attended him in his voluntary offerings lo en- 

 graving, as well as in his devotions to the filler art. Yet hi* 

 taffe allowed him to delineate the heads, hands, and feet in his 

 etcliings in a good ffyle, and hence his works on copper are 

 of a mafterly chnrafter, though they poffefs not the levcrity 

 of the higheft clafs of hiftorical or epic compofitions. His 

 .« Deffruclion of the Priefthood of Baal in the Prefence of 

 Elijah and Ahab," and " St. Anne received into Heaven 

 by the Holy Virgin," \vhich are both of folio dimenfions, 

 will at leaft juftify thus much of approbation, as would alfo 

 the following fubjects from the Life of Chrill, which are all 

 in fmall folio, and from his own compofitions. " The Holv 

 Virgin and Infant Chrill ;' " St. .loleph and St. John ;'"' 

 " The Penitent Magdalen ;" " Jefus Chrift; difputing with 

 the Dodors ;" and " The Woman taken in Adultery." 



Horatio Brun, or Brunette, was born at Sienna A.D- 

 l6jo, but refided chiefly at Rome. He worked principaliy 

 with the graver, imitating, though not very fuceef^fullv, 

 the ftyle of F. de Poilly. "The Golden Age," " The 

 four Seafons," " The Prodigal Son guarding Swine," a 

 fet of animals, all in folio, and an allegorical prii.t of flili 

 larger dimenfions, which has been called " Numa Ponipi- 

 lius, and the Nymph Egeria," are among the bell of his 

 engravings. 



Lorenzo Tinti was born at Bologna in the year. 1634, 

 and was a difciple of Andrea Sirani. He was a painter of 

 fome merit, and he engraved many prints, a.Toiig which is 

 the frontifpiece to the Herbal of D. Hyacintlie Ambrofini, 

 which was printed at Bologna in 1666. He worked for 

 fome time at the court of Modena, where he engraved the 

 pompous funeral of Francis I. duke of Modena, from 

 Francifco Stringa. He alio engraved from the celebrated 

 mailers of tlie Ijolognefe fchool, and from the pictures of 

 Elizabeth Sirani. 



Francifco Vaccaro, or Vaccari, was born at Bologna 

 A.D. l6_;6. He fiudicd under Albano, and wrote a Irea- 

 tife on perlpeflive, for which lie engraved the plates, and 

 dedicated the work to counfellor Beccatelli. He likewife 

 engraved a fet of twelve perfpeclive views of ruins, foun- 

 tains, and edifices in Italy. He continued to flouriftl as an ar- 

 tiil until the year 1670, after which we hear no more of him. 



Giofeffo Zarlatti was born at Modena A D. 1639, and 



learned 



