LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE 



fay their having heen taken before the nam? of Clement de 

 Jonghe wa5 iiuerted as the publifher ; they form two fets in 

 large quarto. 



Thefirft fet contains, i. A foreft-fcene with afore-ground 

 of oaks. 2. A river-fcene with trees, &c. 3. A rocky 

 fcene uath -.vood and water. 4. A mountainohs landfcape 

 ivlth a wooden bridge towards the left. j. Another moun- 

 tainous landfcape with wood and water. 6. A canal, or 

 river, winding through a rocky country. 7. A rivcr-fcene 

 Vkith a vilkge churcli in the back-ground. 8. Trees and 

 water, with a mountainous dii'.ance. 



The fecond fet confifts alfo of eight fubjefts of fimilar 

 general character, chiefly of mountain fcenery. 



Naiwinck alivays etched from his own piftures or draw- 

 ings, and very rarely introduced any figures into his land- 

 fcapes. 



Herman Swanevclt, or Swanefeld, furnamed Herm.an 

 {i.e. t/jf Hermit), of Ifaly, was born at Voerden, in Holland, 

 A.D. 1620, and died at Rome 1690. He was the dilciple 

 of Gerard Douw, but ioon quitted the fchool of that m.af- 

 ter, and migrated to Italy, where he placed himfelf for a 

 while under the inftrudtions of Claude of Lorraine. 



But like all artills of original powers, he was much lefs 

 indebted to any in!i;ruclor fir his acquirements, than to his 

 own unremitting lludies from nature. 



The reclufe life vvhichhe led in Italy, and the long and foli- 

 tary rambles which he took in that claflical and romantic coun- 

 try, for the fake of enjoying nature, and contemplating land- 

 fcape at its pureft fources, obtained for him the cognomen 

 of the hermit, which, generally fpeaking, is well fuilained 

 in his works, by the retired gloom of his choice of fub- 

 jecls. 



For an account of his merits as a painter, the reader is re- 

 ferred to the article Sw.-iNEVELx. As an engraver, he was 

 original, bold, and free, always working from his own pic- 

 tures and drawings, which are either cumpofitions or views 

 from, nature, and which he enriched with figures and cattle, 

 that for drawing and appropriate introduction far exceed 

 tho.'e of his mailer Claude. 



The general characleriilics of his landfcapes are wildnefs 

 and fublimity. He has more of breadth and ordonnance, 

 or the ftudied graces of landfcape compofition, than Wa- 

 terloo, and more of mechanifm in his mode of execution, 

 but lefs of fine feeling and tafte. His chiarofcuro is 

 grander, but he pofiefll-s lefs fcnfibility to the fimple graces 

 of nature when viewed in detail. Swanevelt is more fym- 

 metrical and wifely arranged, Waterloo more fpontaneous. 

 If Swanevelt is more epic, Waterloo is more pafloral. 

 The latter etched what was before him without any feeming 

 effort ; the former went abroad tojfudy, and ftudied with 

 effed. 



The engravings of Swanevelt are fomewhat numerous, 

 and are much fought after ; fo that good impreffions are by 

 no means common. Thofe mod worthy of the attention of 

 the coUeftor are as follows : 



A fet of eighteen rural fubjefts, with figures and Italian 

 buildings, in ovals, entitled " Varis campeftri fan'.afise a 

 Hermano Swanevelt invent, et in lucem editas ;" a fet of 

 thirteen Italian landfcapes, including a dedication to Gedeon 

 Tallement, in fmall quarto ; a fet of twelve Italian land- 

 fcapes, enbvened with figures, and entitled " Diverfes Veucs 

 dedans et dehors de Rome, deflinees par Herman van Swane- 

 velt, dediees aux Vertueux," in quarto ; a fet of feven, of 

 domeftic animals, with landfcape back-grounds, in fmall 

 quarto ; a fet of four mountainous landfcapes, enriched 

 with figures of nymphs and fatyrs, in 410. ; four landfcapes, 



into which are introduced hiflorical fubjefts, ilz. " Abraham 

 receiving the three Angels;" "The Angel conducting 

 Tobit ;" " Elias in the Wilderncfs comforted by an Angel ;" 

 and " The Angel encouragihg Tobit to take the Fifh," all' 

 of quarto fize ; a fet of. fix Italian landfcapes with figures ; 

 another fet of the fame number, with remarkable buildings 

 and figures ; four landfcapes, in each of which the Flight 

 into Egypt is variouHy reprefented ; four views of the 

 Apennii^es, with rultic figures, all of folio dimenfions ; a 

 fet of four landfcapes with figures and animals, in fmali 

 folio ; fix landf apes, forming a feries, into wliich the hiftory 

 of Venus and Adonis is introduced, in large folio ; and a fet 

 of four wild landfcapes, with legendary fubjefts, in large 

 filio, viz. " St. Jerome meditating before his Cell ;" "A 

 Satyr oiiering Fruit to St An;hony in the Defart ;" 

 " St. Anthony regaling his Friend Sc. Pacome ;" and " The 

 Death of the Magdalen.'". 



Aldert van Everdiiigen was born at Alkmaer, in Hol- 

 land, A.D. 1621, and died in the fame city in 1675. He 

 frequented fucceffively the fchools of Roland Savery and 

 Peter Molyn, both of whom he foon furpaffed. During a 

 voyage in the North fea, he was thrown by a tempeft on the 

 coaft of Norway, where he refided upwards of twelve 

 months, and employed his time in ftudying the wild and 

 romantic charafter of the landfcape fcenery of that country. 

 He etclied with the fame piclurefque feelmg and talle with 

 which, as we ha»e already ftuted (fee Eveiidinge.v) he 

 painted, and among his works are a let of one hundred fmall 

 views in Norway, executed with admirable variety, pecu- 

 liar characleriibc wildnefs, and as much vigour of geniu* 

 as the calcades of Tivuli, by Salvator Rofa. Mod of his 

 engravings are of Norwegian fubjefts, and are marked fome- 

 times with his initials, and at others with his name at 

 length. 



Believing that there is, in our language, no defcriptive 

 catalogue of the works of this artift, we ihall proceed to fpe- 

 cify thole moll worthy of admiration. 



A pair of fmall oval landfcapes of rural chara£ler ; a pair 

 of very fmall upright?, one reprefenting a foreil with four 

 figures in the Norwegian collume, the other a champaign 

 country with a cottage ; four fmall mountainous landfcapes 

 with figures and water ; four, in octavo, etched in a very- 

 free flyle, of cottages and figures. 



Another fet of four, in octavo, of cottages and figures ; 

 three marine fubjeils with veflels and figures, in 4to. 



Six mountainous landfcapes, with figures, trees, wind- 

 mills, cottages, &c. in 4to. 



A fet of three, in quarto, one reprefenting a windmill and 

 fluice ; the fecond a perfpeClive view of a village and 

 church ; the third is of wild character, with three peafants 

 and a dog on the fore-grround. 



A pair, in quarto, one reprefenting a mountainous fcene 

 with fir trees and a hermitage ; the other cottages and trees, 

 with a fwineherdand two hogs in the fore-ground. 



Two woody iandlcapes, of quarto fize, in one are rocka 

 on the fore-ground and cottages ; the other is a cottao-e- 

 fcene, with a man and woman in converfation. The four 

 lall are (contrary to the cuilom of Everdingen) length- 

 ways. 



A pair of landfcapes, in quarto, of rocky charaSer, with 

 fir trees and figures ; in the fecond two figures are feated at 

 the foot of a rock, one of whom writes on a llcne the name 

 of Everdingen. 



A pair of mountainous landfcapes ; in one of them is a 



wooden bridge communicating from oiie rock to another ; 



the other is a ftone bridge communicating with very lofty 



6 rocks, 



