LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



Life of Chrift," from the fame painter ; a fet of hermits, 

 engraven conjointly by the two Sadelcrs, from the fame 

 painter. This fet is much efteemed, partly on accoimt of 

 the romantic variety of the back-ground landfcapes. A fet 

 of twelve landfcapes of the months of the year, from P. 

 Steevent ; " The four Parts of the Day," after Theod. 

 Bernard; "The four Seafons," with Latin verfes, after 

 H. Bol, all of folio dimenfions. 



Hijlorical Sithjeas. — " The Virgin and holy Infant afleep, 

 and an Angel," from Carracci, in 4to.; " The Fcaft of 

 Dives," after BafTan ; " Jefus at the Houfe of Martha ;" 

 and " Jefus with the two Difciplcs at Emmaus." Thefe 

 three prints are commonly known arriong colleftor-; by the 

 appellation of " Sadeler's Kitchens." "The Angel appearing 

 to the Shepherds," a night-piece ; three plates of " The 

 Nativity," treated in different ways, all of folio fize, from 

 Baffan, and a fourth of the fame fubje£l from Polidore de 

 Caravaggio, in large folio; " St. Jerome praying, in his 

 Cell, before an Image of the Virgin ;" " Mary Magdalen 

 praying in a Cell," both very fine engravings, after Giles 

 Mollaert ; " The patriarchal Family of Enoch," in a very 

 fine landfcape ; " St. Roch and his Dog, with two Pil- 

 griiTis," both in folio, from the fame painter ; " Jefus calling 

 litt'.e Children," in large folio, from J. de Winghe ; " Bac- 

 chus feated on a Tub, accompanied by Love and Mufic ;" 

 " St. Paul at Corinth, at the Houfe of Aquila," all in 

 large folio, from the fame matter; " The Annunciation," 

 from Pietro Candido ; " The three Maries at the Se- 

 pulchre ;" and " St. Mary the Egyptian," all in 4to. ; 

 " The Lafl: Supper," in folio ; " The Virgin and Infant 

 Chrift, worfhipped by St. Stephen and St. Lawrence," in 

 large folio, all after Candido ; " The Martyrdom of St. 

 LTrfula," in large folio, from the fame painter; " The Na- 

 tivity," after Hans von Achen, in 410. ; " The Death of 

 our Saviour ;" " The Virgin and Infant Jefus, with the 

 Magdalen killing his Feet, behind them is St. Jofeph," 

 both in 4to. ; " The Virgin and Infant Chrift feated on a 

 ' Throne, with the two St. Johns and Angels," in folio, after 

 the fame painter; " A Repofe during the Flight into 

 Eg}'pt," from Chriftopher Schwann, in folio ; " The Cru- 

 cifixion," with the Virgin and St. John al the foot of the 

 crofs ; " The Pafllon of our Saviour," in feven large folio 

 plates ; " The Laft Judgment," in large folio, a very 

 capital print ; " A Courtefan fitting by a Fountain, playing 

 the Lute, wiihing to attract the Attention of a Youth, 

 whom a Sage is condufting another way," in folio, all from 

 Schwarz ; " The penitent Magdalen," from Frederic Suf- 

 tris, in folio ; " Jefus appearing to the Magdalen as a 

 Gardener," in folio; "The Annunciation," in 4to. ; a 

 whimfical compofition of " A holy Fanjily, ' with angels 

 in the air, carrying the materials for the church of Jefuits at 

 Munich, in folio ; " Hercules between Vice and Virtue, 

 with Jupiter in the Clouds," in large folio, all from Siillris ; 

 *' The good Shepherd," from H. Bol ; " The mercenary 

 Shepherd," from the fame; " The four Seafons ;" a land- 

 fcape, where three herons are introduced in the air, from 

 Pai:l Bril ; " The four Seafons," from Bol ; a pair of land- 

 fcapes, and a mountainous landfcape, with a caftle on a 

 »ock, all after Bril, in folio ; " Msn furprifed by the Ad- 

 vent of the Deluge," and " Man furprifed by the Arrival 

 of the Day of Judgment," a companion to the former, both 

 from Th. Bernard, m large folio, two of the moft celebrated 

 and beft engravings by this artift ; " The Son of God fitting 

 at the right Hand of his Father, in the Clouds, attended by 

 the Holy Ghoft, the Archangel Michael, and other An- 

 gela," after a pifture by Antonio-Maria Viani at Munich, 



a very fine and rare print ; and " A View of tte City of 

 Venice and Bucentaure," both in large folio. 



Raphael Sadcler the elder, was born at Bruffels in the 

 year i 555, and was the younger brother of John. Like 

 him, Raphael was originally a Damafqmncur of iron and 

 fteel, a profeflion which is now ivjcomc obfoletc ; and 

 like him, travelled through Germany to Italy for his im-' 

 provement in art, and finally fettled at Venice. 



Whether Raphael followed .John, or the brothers accom- 

 panied each other to Italy, is uncertain ; but he continued 

 to refide at Venice, having a joint (hare, as is believed, v.ith 

 his brother, in a commercial eftabliHimcnt there, till the 

 time of his death, which happened in the year 1616. 



When he was about the middle period of life, it was 

 found that his application to engraving had weakened his 

 fight ; jjainting, he thought, required lefs optical exertion, 

 and in this art he fought and found refuge, till, the ftrength 

 of his eye-fight returning, he refumed the graver. 



With his fuccefs as a painter, we are not acquainted. 

 His engravings greatly refemble thofe of his brother ; he 

 underllood the human figure exceedingly well ; his extre- 

 mities are in general flcilfully marked, and his hiftorical heads 

 are charatleriftic and expreffive. His portraits too, of which 

 he executed feveral, poflefs a confiderable fhare of merit. 



The Sadelers, John and Raphael, often worked in con- 

 junftion, and produced a great number of plates. Sepa- 

 rate portraits of them of quarto dimenfions, were engraved 

 and publi(hed by Cornelius Waumans, with French infcrip. 

 tions beneath. 



Of the engravings of Raphael, the following, generally 

 fpeaking, will be found moft worthy of feleftion. 



Portraits. — Paulus V. Pont. Max. in fmall folio ; St. 

 Charles Borromeus, cardinal, in folio ; Erneft, archbifliop of 

 Cologn, in folio ; Leopold of Auftria, bifhop of Salzbourg, 

 and Pafiau, after H. Keffel, in 4to. ; Leopold, archduke of 

 Auftria, biftiop of Ratifbon, in folio ; John Dietmar, abbe 

 of Furttenberg, in folio ; Hypolyte, Guarinonius, Dr. of 

 Medicine, in 4to. ; Philip de Monte, mufical direftor to the 

 emperor Rodolph IT., in 8vo. ; Ferdinand, archduke of Auf- 

 tria, in a 4to. oval ; and Charles-Emanuel, duke of Savoy, 

 on horfeback ; after John Carrara, in large folio. 



liijlorkal, from •various Majlirs. — Four fubjecls from the 

 Lifeof the Holy Virgin ; i. The Salutation. 2. TheVifita- 

 tion. 5. The Marriage. 4. The houfliold Management of 

 the Virgin, in i2mo. A fet of twenty-eight from the Life 

 and Paflion of our Saviour, in i2mo. ; " Mary Magdalen at 

 the Sepulchre, with Sts. John and Peter," after Jod. de 

 Winghe, in 4to. ; the voluptuous life of Sardanapalus, fur- 

 rounded by his women, in 410 ; " Lot and his Daughters," 

 in a fine landfcape, in large folio, both after the fame 

 painter; "A Holy Family," confifting of the Virgin and 

 Child, Elizabeth introducing the infant St. John, St. Jofeph 

 reading, an angel, and two half figures, in folio, from Hans 

 von Achen ; " The Entombing of Chrift," in an oval, of 

 folio fize ; " Two Angels in the Sepulchre, with the Body 

 of our Saviour," in folio ; "The Refurredlion," infcribed 

 " Chrifti de morte triumphus," a circular print, in folio ; 

 (thefe three prints are very much efteemed ;) " The Mag- 

 dalen in a Cell," with a crofs in her hand, reading a book, 

 fupported by a Ikull, in 4to. ; " Love carefling the Mufes 

 of Painting and Mufic," in 4to. ; "The Judgment of 

 Paris," a grand compofition, all after Von Achen, in folio ; 

 "The Nativity of our Saviour," after Matth. Kager, io 

 4to. ; " St. Cunegonde, attefting his Innocence ;" and " St. 

 Elizabeth relieving the Poor," both in folio, and from the 

 fame painter ; " The Virgin and Child," with St. Jofeph, 

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