LOW COUiNfTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



ters," in large folio, slmoft fquarc ; " The Nativity," with 

 eight Latin veifes, in large toho ; " The Holy Family," 

 attended by two angels, in folio ; " A young Hero, con- 

 duced by Hercules and Scipio to the Temple of Glary," 

 in quarto ; " Venus attended by Nymphs and Satyrs," in 

 folio ; " A Satyr dreffing the wounded Foot of a young 

 Fawn," in quarto ; " Venus and Mercury," with four Latin 

 verfes, in folio ; " Ceres, Bacchus, and Venus, before a 

 Fire," in large folio ; " Mercury and Minerva arming Per- 

 feus," a very fine engraving, in large folio ; " The Goddefs 

 Bellona,'' engraved on two large plates, and dedicated to 

 the archduke Matthias; " Pfyche contemplating Cupid 

 aflcep,'' io large folio, all from B. Spranger ; " The Re- 

 furreftion of Lazarus,' after Ab. Blocmart, a very capital 

 print ; " The Murder of Abel," after Cornelius of Haer- 

 iem ; " The Difcomfiture of Irus, before the Suitors of 

 Penelope," in large folio ; " Arion mounted on a Dolphin," 

 in krge folio; " Fortune diltnbuting her Gifts," a large 

 and grand compofition, engraved on two plates, all from 

 Cornelius of Haerlem ; " The Martyrdom of St. Sebaftian," 

 after Jean von Aehen ; a very large engraving, performed 

 on three plates, of " The Race of the Sabines," from a 

 compotitlon in wax by Adrian van Urics ; " Mercury and 

 Pandora," in large folio, from a group in bronze, by the 

 fame extravagant artill ; and a fet of fevtn circular plates, 

 entitled " The Works of Creation," after Henry Goltzius. 



Paul Moreelfe, or Moreelfen, was born at Utrecht in 

 the year 1571, and died in the fame city in 1638. He 

 iludicd painting under Michael Mirevelt, whom he foon 

 equalled, and fucceeded in portraits, hillorical fubjecls, 

 and arcliiteiSture ; the latter is fufSciently telHfied by the 

 gate of St. Catherine, in the city of Utrecht, which was 

 built from his delign. He ftudied during fume time 

 in Italy, and we have by him fome excellent wood cuts 

 in chiarofcuro, executed on three blocks ; the firll for 

 the outline, which is cut in a very fpirited llyle ; the 

 fecond for the dark fhadows ; and the laft for the demi- 

 tints. Thefe prints have a light airy appearance, the hatch- 

 ings by this artill being performed with great deUcacy. 

 They are drawn in a flight, but mafterly manner, and the 

 union of the feveral tints produces an agreeable effcft. He 

 ufually marked his plates with a monogram, which will be 

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

 the Low Countries. 



Of the engravings on copper by this artiit we are only 

 able to fpecity the two iollowing, which are both in folio. 

 *' Cupid with feveral dancing Figures,' and " The Death 

 of Lucretia." 



John Sacnrecam was born at Leydea in the year 1570. 

 lie lluJied the elements of engraving iucceffively under 

 Henry Goltzius and jan.es de Gheyn. Pofleffed by the 

 infatuation in favour of clear and fleck lines, which was 

 falhionable at the time, he appears never to have reforted to 

 etching, but executed his plates, which are fomewhat nu- 

 merous, with the graver alone. He bandied that inllru- 

 ment, however, with great facility, und hii ftyle is at once 

 free, clear, neat, foft, and dehcate, but his chiarofcuro is 

 deficient in vigour. ' 



He appears to have underftood drawing belter than he 

 always praftifed it, as may be feen by comparing the plates 

 which he has engraved after his own compofitions, with thofe 

 which he hase.tecuted after piitures by other mailers. The 

 outlines in the former are generally much more corrtft, and 

 they are for that reafon iougtit after by connoiffeurs with 

 more anxiety. 



Some of his prints a'c large. Their number is eflimatod 

 by riotcn: le Comtc at one huiidtcil and thifty-iwo, wlu^h 



they probably fomewhat exceed : among them we (hall men.- 

 tion the following as being moft worthy of the notice of the 

 colleftor. The artill ufually affixed to them one or other 

 of the two monograms, given in our fecond plate of thofe 

 ufed by the engravers of the Netherlands. 



Portraits. — Carl van Manden, after Goltzius, in quarto ; 

 John Cefaree, painter and philofopher, a rare print, in folio ; 

 John de la Cliumbre, writing mailer, alter Franc. Hals ; 

 and Peter Hogebert Hornanus, a poet and phyfician, fur- 

 rounded witli allegorical figures, after C. van >ianden, both 

 in folio. 



SubjeBs from hh own Compofitions. — " Sufannah and t!ie 

 Elders," a fmall oval ; " Deborah Handing at the Foot of a 

 Rock," perhaps fingiiig or meditating her celebrated canticle,^ 

 in folio ; " Hercules, between Minerva and Venus," a folio 

 print, nearly- fquare ; " Lycurgus giving Laws to the Spar- 

 tans," and exemplifying the advantages of good edueatio?i, 

 from the habits of two dogs, in folio ; " The ^siife a';d 

 foolilb Virgins," on five plates, with nine Latin verfes ; very 

 capital, and executed in fo delicate a ilyle, that the plate 

 foon wore under the hand of the printer, and it is therefore 

 difficult to meet with a good impreflioii ; in folio. A large- 

 allegorical fubjeft, relating to the government of the leven 

 United Provinces under the houfe of Orange, reprefented 

 by a proceflion attended by Concord and other political vir- 

 tues, in large folio. Another allegorical fubjeCl, relating to 

 the government of the Low Countries by the infanta Jia- 

 bella. That princefs herfelf is reprefented llanduig under a 

 tree on the right hand. Both very rare prints. And a re- 

 prefentation of a large whale, which was thrown upon the 

 coaft of Holland, with thirty-two Latin verfes ; a very fine 

 and rare print. 



Subjects after varieus Painters. — " The Fall of our firft 

 Parents," in quarto, after Henry Goltzius ; " Lot and. his 

 two Daughters," in folio ; " Judith with the Head of Hc- 

 lofernes ;'' " Sufannah furprifed by the Elders ;" The fix 

 penitent women of the New Teftament, i-iz. i. Mary Mag- 

 dalen. 2. The Woman of Samaria. 3. The Woman of 

 Cana. 4. The Woman taken in Adultery, j. The Woman 

 with the Hemorrhoids. And 6. The paralytic Woman : with 

 Latin explanations ; in quarto. A let of three, 1. Ceres, 

 worfhippedby Labourers; 2. Venus, worfliipped by Lovers ; 

 and 3. Bacclius, worfhipped by Drinkers, in large fclio ; 

 very fine and rare prints. " The Union of Ceres, Bac- 

 chus, and Venus,'' in folio ; " Venus and Cupid, V in 

 quarto ; " Diana, with her Nymphs," in a fet of three 

 plates, each containing two figures ; " Diana difoovering 

 the Incontinence of Calillo ;" " Andromeda delivered by 

 Perfeus ;" •' The Five Senfes," in quarto ; " The Seven 

 Planets ;" the three marriages, vt%. " The Marriage for 

 Interell ;"' " Tne Marriage for Paffion," and " The Mar- 

 riage of true Aflettiun," in quarto ; a painter drawing the 

 portrait of n icmaie kneeling before a mirror, known by the 

 name of " The Painter," in folio ; all from Henry Goltzius. 

 " The Life of Adam and Eve," after Abr. Bloemart, 

 on fix plates, in folio. The hiftory of the prophets Elilha 

 and Elijah, four folio plates. " Elijah with the Widow of 

 Sarepta;'' " The Annunciation of the Shepherds," both is 

 lirge folio ; "The Prodigal Son," with a laudfcape back- 

 ground, in folio ; " Vertumnus and Pomona," and " The 

 Rape of Ganymede," both in lar^^e foiio ; all from Abra- 

 ham Bloemart. ". Mars and Venus," with four Latin verfes, 

 from P. Ifaacs, in quarto ; " The Bath of Diana," from 

 Moreelfen, commonly called " The Great Bath of Diana," 

 to diilinguilb it frcmthe former one after the compcfitiOR of 

 Saenredam himlelf ; " Judith putting the Head of H0I0-' 

 femes in a Bag held by her Servant,'' in folio, from Lucai 

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