LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



fallen into the error of calliii^^ him Cornelius Berchcm. Flo- 

 rent le CoHjte has alfo fuppofed that there were two artifts 

 of this funnanie, one of whom he calls Cornelius ; whereas 

 the letter C in Bcrgliem's cypher llands forClaus, the com- 

 mon abbreviation of Nicholas' among the nations of the 

 continent. 



Herman Zacht-Lceven, or Sachtleeven, was born at 

 Rotterdam, AD. 1609, and died at Utrecht in 16S5. He 

 was the difciple of John van Goyen, and became a landfcape- 

 painter of great eel ;brity. He etched fome few plates in a 

 free and intelligent ; le from his own compolitions, of which 

 the following are t bell ; a landfcape and cattle ; a moun- 

 tainous landfcape, . ith figures and water; both in quarto. 

 A fet of fix landfcapes, the firft of which is executed by 

 Ag. Winter, and the remainder by Sachtleeven, in quarto; 

 and a landfcape, wr.h two elephants, in folio. 



Cornelius Sachileeven w ,s the younger brother of Her- 

 man, mentioned in the preceding article, and was born at 

 Rotterdam in the year igi2. He painted in the ftyle of 

 Brouwer and Teniers, commonly fclcCting fuch fubjedts 

 as village parties, foldiers regaling, &c. 



This artift likewife etched feveral plates from his own com- 

 pofitions in a flight fpirited ftyle ; amongft which the follow- 

 ing are thofe which are held in moft ellecm. " The Five 

 Senfes," intitled " De vyf Smnen, wt ghebelt door Cor. 

 Sachtleeven." A fet of twelve fmall plates of animals; and 

 a landfcape, with animals and a goatherd, of quarto fize; 

 executed in a broad and pifturefque ftyle. 



John George van Vliet was born at Delft in the year 

 1610 ; and was one of the moft fuccefsful of the difciplei 

 and imitators of Rembrandt. He executed a confiderable 

 number of etchings, fome of which poffefs great merit, par- 

 ticularly thofe from the drawings and piclures of his great 

 matter. They are exceedingly powerful in effeft ; the fha- 

 dows being dark, and the lights broad and clear ; but his 

 figures in general are very incorreft, the extremities badly 

 marked, and the draperies heavy. 



Van Vliet ufually etched his plates with a very delicate 

 point, afterwards ftrengthening tliem with aqua-fortis and the 

 graver. His plates are well worthy the obfervation of fuch 

 artifts as wifti to make a proper diftribution of hght and 

 fhade an efTential part of their ftudy. At the fale of Ma- 

 rietta, a complete fet of his works was fold for one thou- 

 fand and feventy-five livres. He commonly marked them 

 with his name, or a monogram, whicii will be found amongft 

 thofe of the engravers of the Netherlands. The following 

 are the moft worthy the attention of the connoifTeur. 



Portraits and ideal Heads. — Buft of a man, from Rem- 

 brandt ; an Oriental head, drefled in a turban, and diamond 

 •rnament ; head of a warrior ; profile of an old man, with 

 his hands clafped, looking upwards ; ditto of an old man 

 with a grey beard and a leathern cap ; ditto of a man with 

 muftachios, and a fur bonnet and mantle ; all in folio. Buft 

 of an old man with muftachios, habited in a mantle ; Pro- 

 file of an ofBcer, with a hat and feathers, both in quarto ; 

 and a beautifully finilhed plate of an old woman reading, her 

 head is covered with drapery which falls on her (houlders, 

 in folio ; all from the pitlures of Rembrandt. 



Hijlorical, iffe. — " Lot and his Daughters," a foho print, 

 in which the chiarofcuro is remarkably well managed. 

 " The Baptifm of the Eunuch of Queen Candace,'' agrand 

 compofition, of which good impreflions are very rare, in 

 large folio ; " St. Jerom kneeling, at Devotion," a very line 

 print ; all from Rembrandt, and in folio. " St. Jerom 

 reading," from a picture by Van Vliet himfelf ; " Ifaac dif- 

 coveringhis Miftake in having given his Bleffing to Jacob ;" 



" Sufanna furprifed by the Elders," bo'th from Livens, in 

 large folio ; "The Refurreclion of Lazarus," from his ov.rii 

 compofition, in large folio. John Louys copied this print, 

 and his copy is niperior to the original. " The Ballad- 

 finger," who is rcprefented in a village ftrect, furrounded 

 with ruftics, in folio ; " The Rat Seller," in quarto ; four 

 figures in Spanifti ;ittirc, playing at trictrac ; a woman and 

 chil 1 liftening to a man who is feated on a bafl<et turned 

 upfide down ; " Tlie Philofophcr reading," with a remark- 

 ably fine effeiH ; " Tlie Mathematician wrilin;; by Candle- 

 light," all in quarto ; " An Orgie of Pcafants," a very good 

 compofition, of fix figures, in folio ; all from his own 

 defigns. 



Ferdinand Bol was born at Dordrecht in the year 

 i6to, but lived and died at Amfterdam, where lils parents 

 came to refide when he was but three years old He ftudied 

 in the fchool of Rembrandt, and attained great celebrity as 

 a painter of hiltory and portraits. He executed a confider- 

 able number of plates in a bold free ftyle ; the lights and 

 ftiadows are broad and powerful, which renders the chiaro- 

 fcuro of Bol particularly ftrikiiig ; but his prints want that 

 lightnefs of touch and admirable tafte which thofe of Rem- 

 brandt poffefs in fuch high perfection. The following are a 

 felection of the bcft engravings of Bol, and are nearly, if 

 not quite, as much fought after as thofe of Rembrandt. 



Po'tr.iits and Heads. — Half-length portrait of a young 

 man, with a hat on ; portrait of an officer, both in 4to. 

 Half-length portrait of a man, with a hat and feathers ; a 

 young woman with a cap and feathers, in an oval ; both in 

 8vo. The woman and the pear, being a portrait of a young 

 female in a veil, prefenting a pear, a very fine print, in 

 410. An old man feated, habited in a fur robe, in large 

 4to., a rare print. A very fpirited half-length engrav- 

 ing of an old man, with a cap on. And a buft of an old 

 man habited in a fur robe, in an oval of quarto fize, very 

 rare. 



HiJloricaU ^c. — " A Philofopher in his Study," with 

 globes, books, &c. and a very fi;ie effeft ; " A Philofopher 

 reading." An old man feated before a table, on which arc 

 placed globes and books. This print is commonly known 

 by the name of " The Aftrologer," all in 4to. A family 

 in a room, confifting of a man, woman, and child fucking, 

 known by the name of " The Chamber of the Accoucheur" 

 in folio ; " Abraham's Sacrifice," arched at the top, in large 

 folio ; " Hagar and Iftimael in the Defart," in folio ; " The 

 Sacrifice of Gideon," reprefented at the moment when the 

 angel lights the facrifice, in the back-ground is the altar of 

 Baal, in4t().; and " St. Jerom contemplating a Crucifix," 

 in a circle of folio fize. 



The events of the life of Dirick or Theodore Stoop are 

 very obfcure. He was born fomewhere in Holland in the 

 year 1610, or thereabouts, but how he acquired his great abi- 

 lity in painting and etching is not known. His etchings are 

 from his own compofitions, are performed in a very neat and 

 pifturefque ftyle, and are much and defervedly celebrated, 

 and highly valued. 



His principal work is a fet of twelve plates in fmall folio, 

 of which the fubjefts are horfes, dogs, and peaiantry, 

 engaged in various rural occupations, and marked D. 

 Stoop, fee. 



Rodrigo Stoop was the younger brother of Theodore, 

 and was born in Holland, A. D. 1 61 2. According to . 

 the author of " An En"ay towards an Englifti School of 

 Painters," the baptifmal name of this artift was Peter, but he 

 always placed the initial R before his family name, and is 

 called Rodrigo by the continental writers. He came into 1 



England 



