LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



who flourifiicd about tliis period, we have ah-eady fpoken. 

 See thofe articles lefpectivc!)'. 



Beikle his ceWhratcd ch'nirofcuro of the Circumcifion, wliich 

 is particularized in vol. v., Crilpin engraved a fet of feven 

 folio plates of " The Creation of the VVorld," or «' The firll 

 Week," with Latin infcriptions, heijinning " Ex informi 

 omnium ;" another ict from Bible hiitory, beginning with 

 " Eve eating of the forbidden Fruit,'' and ending with 

 ♦' T!>e Conftruftion of the Tower of Babel," in nine folio 

 plates; a fet of nineteen, from " The Life of the Virgin," 

 in folio ; a religious emblem, of our Saviour feated, whilft 

 people are occupied in catching the b'ood that flows from 

 Jiis wounds, in folio ; " Jefus Cbrill on the Crofs, with the 

 Virgin and St. John," in an ornamented border. Botli the 

 lall are marked with the cypher of the artiil. Four cir- 

 cular fubjeciS in dair-obfcure, likewife marked with Ins. 

 monogram: i. The Annunciation. 2. The Vifitation. 

 3. The Adoration of the Shepherds. 4. The Adoration 

 of the Kings: all'of which are very rare. 



For the cyphers with which Broeck occarionally infcribed 

 his performances, fee Plate I. of the monograms of tiie en- 

 gravers of the Low Co'.mtries. 



In a former volume, we have treated at fome length of 

 the family of De Fade, who, by tranfplanting thepraiSice 

 of the Low Countries, contributed to improve our indige- 

 nous ftock of Englifh engraving. The principal works of 

 Crifpin, the patriarch of that family.' are as follows : 



Portraits. — Andrea Uoria, of Genoa, in fmall quarto ; 

 the cleftor, Frederic IV. of the fame fize, dated 1606; 

 Mary, baronefs of Rebourfe ; Adolphus, baron of Schwar- 

 zenberg ; Henry Frederic, prince of NalTau ; Henry IV. 

 king of France ; Mary of Medicis, queen of Henry IV. 

 all of quarto hze ; Philip II. king of Spain ; a bull of 

 Alexander Farnefe ; Axel Owenftiern, chancellor of Swe- 

 den, all of folio fize ; a circular prmt, in quarto, of Louifa 

 Julia, countefs of NalTuu ; lienry Cxfarius, juris-conful, 

 in quarto ; Nicholas Fontani, a phyfician, in folio ; Charles 

 Niel, a clergyman, of the fame fize ; M 'Uricc, prince of 

 Orange, on horfeb.ick ; Albert, archduke of Auftria, and 

 Maurice, prince of NalTau, both on horfeback : in the back- 

 groimd of the latter a camp aiid fortvefs are introduced ; 

 both in large folio. Queen Elizabeth lumptuoufly habited, 

 in quarto, from a piilure by Ifaac Oliver; king James I.; 

 Henry, prince of Wales ; Charles, prince of 'Wales, after- 

 wards king of England, both in ovals ; Anne of Denmark ; 

 fir Philip Sidney ; the earl of Effe.-v, on horfeback ; Tho- 

 mas Percy, a celebrated confpirator, a very rare print ; all 

 of quarto lizf. And fifteen plates, entitled " Speculum iliuf- 

 trium feminarum." 



Hijhmcal Suhje3s from his oivn Comtroplions " ,-\dam 



and Eve," wherein a dog is introduced ; " The Chafte S\i- 

 fannah," infcribed " Pietas et CaiUtas ;" and Cleopatra, 

 infcribed " Nee Pietas nee Caftitas," as a companion to 

 the former, both in quarto ; "Hercules and Antjpus,'' in- 

 fcribed " Vitium ut fuperas terra altius atiol ere," in folio ; 

 *' A Quarrel in the Interior of an Hotel," dated 15*9, in 

 folio. Three fmall circular buft,';, reprefentmg Faith, Hope, 

 and Charity, very fine engravings. " The F"our Evan- 

 gelifts," half-length circular prints, in oftavo. Twelve 

 plate-s reprefenting angels varioufly occupied, of the fame 

 fize. Another fet uf twelve, of the Sybils, infcribed " Crif- 

 pin de Pafie, inv. Crifpin, Simcn et Magdalen fc." in folio. 

 " The Seven liberal Arts," -and '■ The Nine Mufes," both 

 in i2mo. A let of feventeen, intitled •' Academia five 

 fpeculum vitse fcholaflicae. — Cnfpini PaflTaei, anno 161 2 " 

 " The Riding Academy of Antonia Fleuruiel," in a large 

 folio Yolump, executed in the heft inanuer of Crifpin. 



Suhjefls from various Afa//ers.— "The Twelve Months of 

 the 'Vear,'' on fmall circular plate'?, from M. de Vos. Six 

 plates, comprifing " The Hillorv of Tobit," from the fame 

 painter ; " The Four Evangehlts. with their Attributes,!*" 

 infcribed, " Geldorpius Gorcius inventor et pinx." in large 

 foHo, very fine, and in the ftyleof Cornelius Cort. " The 

 Annunciation of the Shepherds," from Abraliam Bloemart ; 

 " Our Saviour on the Crofs, between the Two Thievi^s," 

 from Jod. de Winghe, both in large folio ; " The Judg. 

 ment of Pari.-,'' from Crifpin vanden Brock, in folio ; " The 

 Siege of Troy," from the fame mafter, in large folio ; and 

 a fet of four mountainons landfcapes, witli figures, from 

 John Breughel, of folio fize. 



Crifpin de Paffe, junior, produced but few prints, 

 and hence it has been fuppofed that he cither died young, or 

 quitted the profefTion Of engraving. 



The principal of tliefe are the poftraits of Frederic, 

 cleiftor palatine, and Johannea Angelius Werdenhagcn, f oth 

 from his own drawings, but the date of the latter, 1630, 

 fliews that he lived at kail to the age of thirty years ; and 

 three plates from the HHlor'y of Lazarus A fourth plate 

 from this hiftory, \vhich completes the let, was engraven 

 bythe fenior de Pafie. 



The works of William, the fecond fon, who refided 

 chiefly in London, were fon:ewhat more abundant, but con- 

 fill chiefly of portraits, among which are thofe of Robert 

 Dudley, earl of Leicefter ; Robert Devereux, earl of Effex, 

 on horfeback ; George Villi.-'rs, duke of Buckingham, alio 

 on horfeback ; and trance^;, duchefs of Richmond, See. ; 

 all of quarto dimenfions. King James I., with his family, 

 infcribed " Triumphus Jacobi Regis Augu''<E qui ipfiiis 

 fcrolis ;'' James I., with prince Henry of Wales ; fir John 

 Havwood, accompanied by emblems; John George, duke 

 of Saxony, alfo with emblematical accompaniments ; and 

 fir Henry Rich, in an oval, are all in folio ; and the latter 

 one of the moil carefully finiflied engravings of William de 

 Paffe. 



A fet of the five fenfes, with each a Latin verfe, in quar- 

 to; a family of gypfies, dated 1621, in folio; and a fa- 

 mily-piece, fuppoled to be that of the paiatine, where 'he 

 youngcll child is reprefented playing with a rabbit, folio 

 fize. For the monograms of both thefe artiRs fee oi;r firll 

 plate of thofe ufed by the engravers of the Netherlands. 



Simon, the yoimgeft of the fons of Crifpin, refided alfo 

 for fome time in England, where he was employed by Hil- 

 liard, who was the Reynolds of his day, and of whom Dr. 

 Donne wrote that often-cited paffage, 



" A hand, an eye, by Hilliard drawn, is worth 

 An hiflorie by a uorfe painter made." 



For Hilliard, Simon de Pafie engraved the portraits of 

 moll of the royal family of England. He was afterwards 

 employed by the king of Denmark, and probably died at 

 Copenhagen. 'Jhe latell of his works executed in England 

 are dated 161 3. They chiefly confiil of portraits, withfome 

 few devotional fubjeCls and bock ornaments ; and are marked 

 with his initials combined in a cypher, which will be found 

 in our fecond plate of thofe ufed by the engravers of the 

 Netherlands. The principal portraits are thole of king 

 Jam.es I. and Anne his queen, on horfeback, both in folio; 

 prince Henry and queen Elizabeth, boh in quarto ; Rc- 

 bert Carr, earl of Soir.erfct, an oval print, in foho ; Frances 

 Howard, countels of Soinerfet ; George Viliiers, duke of 

 Buckingham ; Francis Manners, earl of Rutland ; fir Wal- 

 ter Raleigh ; Thomas, carl of Arundel, from Mirevclt ; 

 William, earl of Pembroke, from Van Somer ; George, 

 archbifhop of Canterbury, dated 1616; Accuna, carl ot 



Coi.domare, 



