LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



ration of the Kings," in quarto, rare; " The Slaughter of againft a fkuU ; an emblem of human vanity, in large quarto 



the Innocents," C. Vificher excud. likewife very rare 

 and in an unfmifhed (late,- a very large folio. " A Repofo," 

 H. Goltzius fecit, in 4to. 1589 ; " The Good Sama- 

 ritan," H. Goltzius fc. et excud. 1589; The Paffion of our 

 Saviour, in twelve plates, H. Goltz. fee. 1597, in 410. 

 Tliefe are engraven fomewhat in the ftyle of Lucas of Ley- 

 den. The half-length figures of Chriii, and thirteen apoftles, 

 with Latin infcriptions, engraved on fourteen plates, H. Goft- 

 zius fee. m odlavo, 1598. Another fet from the fame ori- 

 ginals, faid by Huber and Rod to be almolt as large as life, 

 and the name of each apoftle- added ; executed with very 

 bold courfes of lines. " The Adoration of the Kings," a 

 (ingular compojltion, and a very rare foho print ; " The 

 Infant Chrift," feated on a cufhion holding a globe, and 

 furr.iunded with a glory of angels, a very finely engraved 

 plate, in 410. dated 1597; "The Temptation of St. An- 

 tony," and " A Saint, holding a Book," (perhaps Jerome,) 

 both in quarto. A fet of fifty-two, from the Metamorphofes 

 of Ovid : it is believed that Goltzius was aflifted by his pupils 

 in the execution of this fet. Afet often of the heroes of ancient 

 Rome, viz. 1. The Horatii and Curiatii 

 Codes. :;. Mutius Scxvola. 4. Curtius. j. Torquatus 

 6. Corvinus. 7. Manilas. 8. Calphurnius. 9 and 10 are 

 allegorical fubjefts. This fet is executed with very bold 

 ttrokesi and have very fine back-grounds. A circular print 

 of Venus relling againft a tree, and Ciipid prefenting a 

 fword, infcribed " Sine Cerere et Baccho, friget Venus," 

 executed in fo verv delicate a manner, that it forms a ftriking 

 contraft with the former. A fet of three ovals, reprefenting 



1. Bacchus ; 2. Venus ; and j. Ceres, dedicated to Cornelius 

 of Haerlem. Another fet of three ovals, of i. Pallas; 



2. Juno ; and 3. Venus, dated 1596. A couchant Venus, 

 f'.irrounded by the four elements, perfonified by cupids, an' 

 oval print, all of folio fize. " Mars and Venus, expofed to 

 the Ridicule of the Gods," 1585, in large foho. Three folio 

 plates of the loves of the gods ; 1. Jupiter and Juno. 

 2. Neptune and Amphitrite. 3. Pluto and Proferpine. 

 " Apollo in the Clouds," with an iafcription round his head, 

 158S ; " Pygmalion and the Statue," j 593, all in folio. A 

 fmall oval print of " Mercury and Argus," very rare ; the 

 nine mufes, dedicated to John Sadeler, dated 1592, in foho ; 

 three folio circular prints of " The Deftinies ;" " The three 

 Graces," crowned with laurel, in folio ; a large folio print 

 of " Apollo Pythius, Statua aiitiqua Roms, in palatio Pon- 

 tificis Bellevedere, etc." " Hercules AxlEviKAKOS In- 

 fcriptus Roman. Commodus Imperator. Statua antiqua 

 Roms, in palatio Pontificis Bellevedere, etc." in large 

 foho, with four Latin verfes ; and " Hercules Viftor. 

 Statua antiqua Romae, in palatio Cardinalis Farncfii, etc." 

 publiftied after the death of Goltzius by Herman Adolf, in 

 large foho. Thefe three ftatues form a very beautiful and 

 interefting fet, where the vigorous powers which dillingui[h 

 the graver of Goltzius, are exhibited in high perfection. 

 " Hercules ;" in the back-ground are reprefented fome of his 

 labours ; of very large folio fize, dated 1589. In this print 

 the artiil appears to have intended to convey an idea of god- 

 like ftrength, but has run far into the extravagance which 

 we have cenfured in his biography. "Apollo playing on 

 his Lyre, furrounded by the Mufes," a very large print, dated 

 1590. The feven cardinal virtues ; Faith, Hope, Charity, 

 Jullice, Prudence, Fortitude, and Temperance ; of quarto 

 fize ; feated on ornamental architecture. Three very fine 

 prints, in folio. Eight females embracing, reprefenting 

 human virtues in four very fine folio prints ; " Labour and 

 Diligence, (perfonified by a man and female,) embracing," 

 a very rare quarto print, dated 1582. A.uaked infant relliag 



Chriftian Prudence," reprefented by a drapered female, 

 infcribed " Aftute ferpentes, et fimplicitate columbas," a very 

 rare engravincf, in a fmall circle ; " The Blind leading the 

 Bhnd," a fmall circle, very rare ; "The War Chariot," 

 with an explanation in French and Dutch, of large folio 

 fize. A young female, refufing the offer of a rich old man, 

 followed by a young one. A companion, of a young man re- 

 fufing an old woman, both rare prints, and of folio dimen- 

 fions. " The Dog of Goltzius," or " The Boy and Dog :" 

 it is pretended by fome that the boy who i.s introduced is 

 the fon of the Venetian painter Theodore Frifius, to whom 

 the print is dedicated ; and by others that it is the portrait 

 of the engraver himfelf : it is in large foho, an exquifite 

 print, and the good impreffions are now become rare and' 

 valuable. " Coridon au Silvia," a paftoral fubjed beauti- 

 fully engraven. A man in a Spaniili drefs, carrying two 

 flowers, in folio, infcribed " Sic tranfit gloria mundi," An^ 

 officer with a halbert, with a battle in the back-ground, in' 

 fol. An officer marching, and a view of the city of Prague 

 in the back-ground, 1587. A grand mountainous landfcape- 

 2. Horatius with fhepherds tending their flocks in the fore-ground ; and 

 "^ in which Dedalus and Icaruo are feen in the air ; a large folio 



print, and one of the fineft etchings by Goltzius. 



Engravings on Wood, in Clair-olfcure , and Cameo A land- 

 fcape, with ruftic buildings, and a female drawing water 

 from a well, in 410. A landfcape, with an enormous rock 

 on the fliore of a raging ocean, and an hermit proftrate, in 

 4to. A ruftic fubjedl with flieep feeding, in 4to. Half- 

 length portrait of a warrior, , with lance and helmet, in 

 foho. " Hercules combating with the Giant Cacus," en- 

 graved on a fingle block, 'in folio. The fame fubjedl exe. 

 cuted in clair-obfcure. A fet of feven figures of heathen 

 divinities, viz. Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Thetis, Flora,. 

 Night, and Eternity ; thefe prints are in ovals of large folio 

 fize, and have a very ftriking e2"e6t. 



Suhjeds from Italian Majlcrs. — " St. Joachim," from a pic- 

 ture by Raphael in the church of St. Auguftin at Rome, dated . 

 1592, in folio ; " The Triumph of Galatea,'' from a pic- 

 ture by Raphael, in the Farnefian gallery. Eight divinities 

 in niches, from Polidoro ; •uiz. Saturn, Neptune, Pluto, 

 Vulcan, Apollo, Jupiter, Bacchus, Mercury, in folio. Two 

 fybils, after antique ftatues, in 410. " The Laft Supper," 

 from a very grand compofition by Paul Veronefe, dated 

 1585 ; " The Marriage of Cana," after J. Salviati, a very 

 large engraving, executed on two plates ; " St. Jerom me- 

 ditating in a Defart," from Palma the younger, in large 



fol; 



Suljsds from various Maflers in the Low Countries. — " The 

 Fall of our firft Parents," in 4to. from Barth. Sprano-er, 

 1585 ; " A Dead Chrift," fupported by an angel, from the 

 fame mafter, in large folio ; " The Celebration of the Nup- 

 tials of Cupid and Pfyche among the Gods," from the 

 fame mafter, executed on two large plates ; " The Drao-on 

 devouring the Companions of Cadmus," after Corneille Cor- 

 nehus, in folio, 1588 ; " Ulyffes reproving Irus before the- 

 Suitors of Penelope," from the fame mafter, in large folioi 

 Large circular prints of the four elements, reprefented by 

 Tantalus, Icarus, Ixion, and Phaeton ; •' St. Paul fhak- 

 ing off the Viper, in the Ifle of Melita," from j. Stradan, 

 in folio ; " Lot and his Family forfaking the burning City," 

 from Ant. Blocklant, dated 1582, in large folio; and' 

 " The four Evangelifts at the Sepulchre of Chrift," front' 

 the fame mailer, 1583, of large folio dimenCons. 



Julius Goltzius was probably of the fame family with 

 Henry, but the acquifilions of genius are unalienable, and 

 Julius attained to no eminence as-an engraver. He was ap- 

 parently 



