LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



Motman, accompanied by cheruBs, a (IcuU, and a cenfer ; 

 John Boelenfz, in an oval border, witb " Sanftitato et Doc- 

 trina" infcribcd on aftreamcr ; Adrian Pauw, knight of the 

 order of St. Michael ; David Peiterz de Vries, chief mafter 

 of the artillery in the Dutch States, very rare; Jodiua Von- 

 del, a Dutch poet, half length, all of folio iize ; Jacob 

 Werterbacn, lord of Brandwick, &c. half length, in an oval 

 border, octavo fize, very rare ; Alexander VII. fovereign 

 pontiff, with the motto " Juftitia et Veritatc" on a car- 

 touch fupported by children ; Coppenol, commonly called 

 the writer, bccaufe he holds a pen ; Peter Scriveriiis, a phi- 

 lofopher of Haerlem, (of this engraving it is uncommon to 

 meet with a good imprefTion) ; John de Paefs, holding a 

 piirfc, and a cartonch, on which is written his occupation of 

 an exchange broker, all in folio ; an etching of an old 

 woman, commonly fuppofed to he the mother of VilTcher ; 

 another portrait of the fame perfon, with a bomict on, botii 

 of quarto fize ; Robert Junius of Rotterdam, a clergyman, 

 in an oval border, " Palmidas pinx." in folio ; Conlhmtine 

 Huygens, nobleman of Zuylichcm, father to the celebrated 

 mathematician of tl-.at name, a fine and rare print ; a bult 

 of Peter GafTendi, in an octagon border, with Latin vcrfes ; 

 both in 4to. ; William of NalTan, foil of Frederic Henry, 

 prince of Orange ; Mary, cldeft daughter of Charles t. 

 wife of the former, both in large folio, from Hondthorft ; 

 Clirifliana, daughter of Gullavus Adolphus, and queen of 

 Sweden ; Frederic William, eleftor of Brandenburg ; 

 Charles Louis, palatine of the Rhine, and eleftor of i3a- 

 varia ; Charles II. of England, all after Hondthorll ; Janus 

 Douza, lord of Northvvick, and of fome celebrity as a philo- 

 fophcr, all of large folio dlmenfions. And two very rare 

 portraits, which we do not find fpecified in the catalogue of 

 Hecquet, -viz. Francis William, bifliop of Ofnabruck ; and 

 Louis Cutz, theologian, both in ovals, of 410. fizc. 



Hijforkal, l^c. from his oiun C ompofit'ions . — " The Four 

 Evangelifts," half lengths, with attributes, in folio ; " The 

 Pancake Woman," a large folio plate, the bell impreffions 

 of which are before the name of Clement de Jonghe was 

 affixed to it ; the fecond bell, before that of .John VifTcher. 

 It wns afterwards retouched by BalTan, and t!ie name of 

 John VilTcher crafed ; but the lall imprefiions are eafily dif- 

 tinguiflied from the firft by their palpable inferiority. " The 

 Rat-Catcher," the firll impreffions of which were taken be- 

 fore the name of Clement de Jonghe was affixed to it ; "The 

 Bohemian or Gypfey Woman," with three children, to one 

 of \yhom (lie gives the breaft, all in large folio ; the name of 

 Viflcher, in the earlieil impreffions of the latter plate, is upon 

 the margin at the bottom. It was afterwards obliterated to 

 make room for the infcription, and affixed to the upper 

 part of the plate ; " The Interior of a Cabaret," with a 

 party of five men fmoking and drinking, in folio ; " The 

 Antiquary," reprefeuting an amateur in his cabinet, looking 

 over his curiofities, in large folio. By fome this is niillakenly 

 faid to be from a pifture by Reynll, and others attribute it 

 to Correggio. Charles Gullavus, king of Sweden, and his 

 queen, accompanied by a great crowd of perfons, and an 

 old man reading a paper ; " The Coronation of the Queen 

 «f Sweden," infcribed " C.irolus Gullavus : — Hedwig 

 iileonora ;" all of large folio fize ; a boy holding a candle, 

 and a girl with a moiife trap, in which is a moufe : this print 

 19 ufually called " The Moufe Trap," in 4to. A figure 

 lying on a tomb, above which Chrill appears with cherubs, 

 beneath is a bas-relief with two genii placing a ferpent on a 

 fliuU crowned with laurel ; above is infcribed " Fortiter, fed 

 fuaviter," in large folio. A cat fleeping, with a rat before 

 her, in 4.to ; a cat fleeping upon a napkin, a very fmall plate 

 Jengthways, This print is exceedingly rare, and at the auction 



of Mariette's colleftion, it fold for the fum of three hundred 

 and fixty-one livrcs. 



hi/iotical, i^c. a/tr various Italian Majlers. — " The Angel 

 commanding Abraham to quit his Country, and iojourn in 

 the Land towards which he points," from Baifan; "Abraham 

 at Sichem,and God appearing to him in a Dream," from, the 

 fame painter; "Sufannah and the Elders," from Guido. Tiie 

 bull of a woman with her liand upon her breall, a very fine 

 print, thought to be from Parmegiano, all in folio ; '.' Chrilt 

 carried to the Tomb ;" " The Refurrettion," after P. Vero- 

 nefe, infcribed " Ego et Pater unus fumus," in large folio ; 

 " The Holy Family," where the infant Chrilt is on the lap 

 of the Virgin, and St. John prefeiits fruit ; thought to be 

 from Palma ; " The Holy Family," in which the infant 

 Chrill is playing with flowers on the lap of his mother, and 

 in the back-ground is Tobit brought by an angel ; and an- 

 other " Holy Family," where St. John prelents a pear to 

 the infant Chrill, both without the painters names, and all 

 of folio dimcnlion.s. 



Suhjeds from Fkmijl Maflers. — " The Lall Judgment," 

 after Rubens, a fine engraving, on two large folio plates ; 

 " The Holy Virgin and Infant Chrilt iurrouiided by 

 Angels," alter the fame painter, in large folio ; " St. 

 Francis d'AfCfe receiving the Infant Chrilt from the 

 Virgin," in large folio ; " Achilles difcovered by Ulyfles 

 at the Court of Lytomedes," in large folio. At the 

 time Viifcher engraved this plate he was under the di- 

 redlion of Soutman. A hoy lighting his candle from that 

 of a woman with a balket, in large qaarto ; all from 

 Rubens. A man playing the violin, accompanied by live 

 children, from Van Ollade, a very fine engraving, of which 

 it is very difficult to find a good impreliion. An etch- 

 ing of the fame fubjett, marked "A. Van Ollade pinx. 

 C. Viifcher fecit, aqi a furti." The interior of a fmoking- 

 room, with fix men, a woman, and two children ; all in lirge 

 folio. The bell imprefiions ot this plate arc before the 

 names of VifTcher and Ollade were inferted. A fmoking- 

 room, with two men and a woman drinking ; a man and 

 woman in a public houlc, on whole faces drunkennefs and 

 vulgarity arc depiited molt admirably ; both from Ollade. 

 A party of five men in an alehoufe, one of whom plays 

 the violin, whilll the others fing, from Ad. IJrouwcr, 

 both m folio. A furgeon performing an operation on a 

 man's foot, in folio ; from the fame matter. Three very fine 

 prints, after P. van Laer ; iiiz. i. The pillol-fliot, or the 

 coach robbed ; in folio. 2. An attack on a convoy. 

 3. The lime-kiln ; both the lall in large folio. A party of 

 hunters on horfcback, with liounds, &c. from P. de Laer ; 

 and its companion, a man featcd on the banks of a river, in 

 which women are waflung. A huullcape with a moonlight 

 effedt, which expofes two robbers making off with their 

 booty, after having knocked down a man ; and its compa- 

 nion, a rural fubject of a man and woman tending fheep, 

 both in large folio, from de Laer ; and two fcts of fi^ur 

 foho plates, each after Berghem, ot which the fubjeCts are 

 landfcapes, adorned with ruins and rullic figures. 



The merits of John Viflcher, as an engraver of landfcape, 

 cattle, and ruUic figures, were not lefs original and extra- 

 ordinary than thofe of his brother Cornelius. He was born 

 at Araiterdam in the year 1636, and has been fpoken of as 

 a painter as well as an engraver. His pictures we have not 

 feen, and his engravings alone are fufficient to entitle him to 

 the fame he fo jultly enjoys. 



With artill-hke regard to the demands of theclafs of fub- 

 jedts which chiefly engaged his abilities, a much larger por- 

 tion of his engravings is performed with the etching-point 

 than in thofe of Cornelius, which initr'xiient he handled 



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