LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



certain extent, been appreciated through Europe, and fine at Rotterdam in the year 1600, and always refided in that 



impreflions of his bed works are, in confequence, become city. lie painted convcrfational fubjcfts and landfcapes. 



extremely Hire. Marietta's collection of his works amounted 



to one hundred and eleven : nor are we certain that Ma- 



riette had collefted the whole. From among tlicle, it may 



he ufeful to dillin^uifli the following, as thofe which are 



more eminently worthy of the reader's notice. 



Portraits. — Maximilian, archduke of Auftria, in large 

 folio J Philip III. of Spain, in fmaller folio ; Albert, arch- 

 duke of Auftria, and governor of the Netherlands ; and his 

 dnchefs, Ifabella Clara Eugenia, infanta of Spain, in large 

 folio, all after fir P. P. Rubens ; Charles I. of England, 

 and his queen Henrietta Maria ; and Francis de Moncado, 

 count of Orfonna, all m large folio, and after Vandyke ; 



He likewife etched, in a good ityle, fome few fubjedts 

 from his own defigns, of which we are able to mention only 

 the following. 



A pair, reprefenting " Young Villagers carrying Poul- 

 try to Market ;" a fet of feven, of " The Coliume oP 

 Noblemen ;" a fet of fix, of " The Coftutne of La- 

 dies," all in oi'.tavo ; and a fet of ten landlcapes with ruins, 

 trcw, and figures, entitled, " Verfcheide Landfckapjcs.' 

 Buytcnweg marked his plates cither with a monogram, 

 which will be found among thofe of the engravers of the 

 Loiv Countries, or vnth hia name at length. 



George Henry Scheyndel, or Van Schiendel, was a na- 



the emperor Maximilian I. and his emprefs Maria, botb in tivc of Holland, the contemporary of Buyteiiweg, and we 

 folio, and after Lucas of Leyden ; duke John, and duke prcfume was, like him, eilablifhed at Rotterdam. He en- 

 Charles of Burgundy, after Soutman, of large folio dimcn- graved in a very neat, fpirited llyle, very nearly refembling 

 lions; Aldus Swalmius, an old man with a long beard, from that of Callot. His landfcapes poflefs great merit, and arc 

 Rembrandt ; Rene Delcartes, the celebrated piiilofopher, ornamented with excellent little figures. 



from F. Hals ; Van Bloemaerts, a half-length, feated at a Scheyndel marked his prints with his initials G. V. S. 



table, with books and a crucifix ; beneath is a long Latin We have, by him, " A Company of Peafants, feated before 



infcriptinn, after Van Spronck : Mark Zucrius Boxhor- a Houfe Door ;" another " Company of Peafants, with a 



nius, of Bcrgenopzoom, profeffor at Leyden, from Diibor- young Pig and Chickens ;'' " A Dijntift, at a Fair;" "The 



dieu ; Adrian Heerebond, profeffor of philofophy, from the Execution of a Criminal," all in i 2mo. ; " A Village Fair," 



lame painter ; Jacob Maeftcrtius, juris conlidte at Leyden, in odlavo ; another " Village Fair, with a Conjuror," of the 



from Van Negre ; Andreas Rivetus, profeffor of theology lame fize ; a winter hndfcape, with Waiters ; a landfcape, 



at Leyden ; Claude Saumaife, a famous critic, both from with a water-fall ; another landfcape, with a bridge, figures 



the fame mafter ; Noah Smaltius, a celebrated furgeon of and animals ; a fet of four views of a caltle, oue of which 



; " A drunken Bacchus, fupported by a Satyr fame fubjeil otherwife treated (though not lefs fuccefsfuUy, ) 

 ," a fmall upright plate, hulf figures ; " The both in tolio ; comprife perhaps the whole of his etchings. 



Haerlem, after Th. Pas ; Albert Kuperus, doctor of medi- 

 cine at Leyden, after D. liailly ; John Coccejus, profeffor 

 of theology at Leyden, from De Vos ; Conftantine, tutor 

 of prince Maurice of Naffau, after Baudrigcen ; Abraham 

 Heydanus, a ftiepherd of Leyden, from Schooten ; Daniel 

 Heinfius, a Dutch hiftorian, from Marck ; Anna Maria 

 Schurman, celebrated for her tafle and knowledge of the 

 arts and fciences, from J. Livens ; John Beenius, theolo- 



fian, from J. Vliet ; Julius de Beyme, profeffor of law at 

 .eyden; and Pierius Winfemius, profeffor of hiilory, both 

 without the painter's names, and all of folio dimenfions. 



Hijlorkal, i^c. after various Majlers. — '■ The Fall of the 

 Damned," a large upright print, engraved on two plates, 

 from Rubens ; " The Virgin Mary, with the Infant Jcfus 

 embracing her," ui quarto ; " A Bacchanal," a fmall plate, 

 lengthways ; 

 and a Moor, 



Cliace of the Lions," in large folio, very fine and rare, all 

 after Rubens ; a compofition of " Satyrs playing with 

 Tygers," the befl jmpreffions of which have a forcible and 

 fine effect, after De Laer, in large folio ; " The Return 

 from a Country Excurfion," in larije folio, after Berghem ; 

 " The Conclufion of the Peace at Munlter," containing the 

 portraits of nil the plenipotentiaries who were there afl'embled, 

 a large folio plate, after Terburgh, very fine and rare ; " A 

 Quarrel of Dutch Peafants," in large folio, after the fame 

 painter; another " Quarrel of Pealants," after Van Oftade, 

 containing many figures ; " The four Burgomailers of Am- 

 iterdam," a folio plate after Th. Keyfer ; "Three Old 

 Women regaling," from the fame malter, in an oval of 

 folio fize ; " Three Peafants feated, one of whom plays the 

 Violin," a fine and rare print in folio; "Peafants gaming," 

 in folio ; " Peafants regaling at the Door of an Alehoufe," 

 in folio, all from Van Oltade ; " The enraged Drink- 

 ers," in large foho, from De Witt ; " Peafants quar- 

 relling," in folio ; and " Peafants dancing at an Ale- 

 houie," commonly called " The Ball," in large folio, all 

 aftf r De Wit. 



William de Butenweg, or Van Buytenweck, was bom 



has alfo a windmill ; a fet of eleven landfcapes, with Dutck 

 infcriptions, all in quarto ; a fet of the coftume of the 

 Grecians and Turks, in oCtavo ; and a fet of the habits 

 of the countrywomen of the feveral cantons of Holland, 

 twelve fmall upright plates, from Buytenweg. 



Peter de Molyn was born at Haerlem in the year 1600. 

 For an account of his merits as a painter, as well as thofe 

 of his mure celebrated fon, fee the article MoLv.v, &c. 



Molyn etched fome few plates from his own compofitions, 

 in a good taffe, which are chiefly remarkable for their 

 ftriking effects of chiarofcuro, and are s-ery much fought 

 after by connoiffeurs. A let of four landfcapes ornamented 

 with very good figures, in folio ; another let of four fine 

 landfcapes, with cattle and figures, in large quarto ; the 

 ftar of Bethlehem, with a very fine night effed, and the 



cliings 

 All, except the laft, are marked P. Molyn fecit. ; but by fome 

 writers the two latter are faid to be by J. van de Velde. 



This artill marked his engravings with his initials, in the 

 form of a monogram, which will be found in our Plate 111. 

 of thole ufed by the engravers of the Netherlands. 



The works oi this artift have been confounded by Strntt 

 with thofe of his fon Peter Molyn the younger, who 

 is better known by his cognomen Tempefta. 



The younger Molyn was alfo a native of Haerlem, born 

 in the year 1637, and, according to fome of his biographers, 

 was the pupil of Snyders, whefe manner of painting Lett 

 firft imitated. 



Either the whirlwind of his violent pafTions, or, as fome 

 have expreffed it, his genius, which Ud him to the ftudy 

 of llornis at fea and other difmal fceiies, obtained for hini 

 the diflinrtive addition of '/(v?;/'r//i3 ; he was otherwife nick- 

 named Piciro Mulier, for a much worfe realon, but which 

 ftill has reference to the ungovernable and tempciluous cha- 

 racter of his mind. He caufed his wife to be alfaffinatedk 

 in order that he might be at liberty to n.arry a young ladr 

 of Genoa, with, wiioin he was paffionately in love. 



However viliaiaous-this critjie, and however incoicpatibV 



