LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



them'; and coUcflors often pay large fums for fine impref- 

 fioiis of them. 



His prints ar« original works, /. e. done immediately from 

 his own compolitions and Itiidies from natnre, and are not 

 numerous. But we are uncertain whether or not the fol- 

 lowing rtiort lift contains the wliole of his engravings. 



A fet of five, in fmall foho, of various horfes, with land- 

 fcape back-grounds. A fet of eight, in quarto, of cows and 

 bulls, fi:c. A mountainous landlcape, with a pcaiant driving 

 cattle, a very fine and rare print, in folio. Another very 

 beautiful landfcape, in which a fliephcrd, furroundod by his 

 (lock, is playin<r on his pipe, alfo of folio dimenfions ; and 

 a fet of fmall plates of plants and flowers. 



Nicholas Ryckmans, or Richmaus, was born at Antwerp 

 in the year 1620. He was probably the difciple of P. Pon- 

 tius, whofe (lylc he imitated, or ratlier tried to imitate. He 

 worked with the graver only, in a neat but llifT manner, and 

 the outlines of tlie naked parts of his figures (the extremities 

 efpecially), arc exceedingly incorreft. The following arc 

 among the bed of his works, which the merit of Rubens, 

 rathir tlinu his own, have recommended to public notice. 

 " The Adoration of the Wife Men," from Rubens, in large 

 folio ; the firll impreffions of which are prior to the inler- 

 tions of the addrefs of either Gafpcr Huberti, or Corn, 

 van Merlen. " The Entombing of Chriil ;" " A Head 

 of Clirill ;" and " The Holy Family," very rare, all in 

 folio ; " Ulyffes difcovering Achilles at the Court of Lyco- 

 ■medes," in large folio ; " Our Saviour and his Thirteen 

 ApotUes," half figures, on a fet of fourteen leaves, in quarto, 

 all after Rubens : and a work, intiiled " Palazzi di Ge- 

 iiova, raccolta e defignati da P. P. Rubens." It is divided 

 into two parts, reprcfenting the plans, elevations, and fcftions 

 of the principal palaces and churches at Genoa : th.e firll 

 part contains feventy-two plates, and the fecond fixty-feven. 

 It was firft printed at Antwerp in 1622, and reprinted in 

 1652, and is of large folio dimenfions. 



Cornelius van Caukcrken was born at Antwerp, A. D. 

 1625, where he eilablilhed a print-fhopof refpcQability, and 

 engraved feveral plates from Rubens and other mailers. 

 He worked entirely with the graver, in a heavy, laboured 

 ftyle, without much tafte. He ufually crofTed his fecond 

 ftrokes fquarely upon tiie firft, which mode of engraving 

 requires more exquifite handling of the graver than Cauker- 

 ken pofielTjd, to render the ettc6t agreeable. His lights 

 are generally too much covered ; and his drawing is very 

 defeftivc. However, fome of his beft prints are by no means 

 devoid ef merit : among which number the following may 

 be reckoned. 



Portraits. — Peter Snayers, of Antwerp, from Van Heil ; 

 Tobias Verhaefl, a landfcape painter, from Olho-vxnius ; 

 Peter Meerte, a portrait painter of Bruffels ; Robert van 

 den Hoeck, a painter of camps, from Gonzales Coques ; 

 Jolin de Carandolet ; Francis de Faino, baron de .Limajo ; 

 Charles van den Bofch, bifhop of Bruges, in an oval, with- 

 out the names of the painters, all of quarto fize ; and 

 Charles II. of England, with a back-ground by Hollar, in 

 large folio. 



Hjjlorkal, life, after various Majlcrs. — " A dead Chrift 

 lying on the Ground, with his Head on the Lap of the 

 Virgin," after Caracci ; " A dead Chriil, fupported by 

 the Holy Virgin and St. John," after Vandyke ; " The 

 Defceiit of the Holy Si)irit ;" " Charity with three Chil- 

 dren,'" both from the fame painter ; " Roman Charity," 

 after Rubens, a plate much to be preferred to the otiier 

 engravings of Caukerkeu, and of which it is uncommon to 

 find good imprelTions ; " St. Anne and the Virgin," after 

 Rubens, in folio, a rare print ; " The Martyrdom of St. 



Lievin," birtiop of Ghent, after Rubens, in large folio (thofc 

 impreffions are the beft with the addrefs of Hollander) ;,• 

 and " A Female fuckling a Child," in folio, from Ab. 

 Diepenbeck. 



Phihp Fruyticrs was born at Antwerp in the year 1625,- 

 He was originally an oil painter, but afterwards preferred 

 water-colour, and greatly excelled in miniature painting. 

 His works chiefly confill of portraits and convcrlatiiins,. 

 which he executed in a very mallerly ftyle. . His heads are 

 very exprefTive, and his draperies well drawn. Rubens waif 

 fo much pleafed with this painter, that he and his family fat 

 to him ; and the pifture of them, which he painted, was- 

 conlidered as his mafter-piece. 



I'ruytiers likewife excelled in etching, which he performed 

 in an intelligent ftyle, worthy of a great painter; and gene- 

 rally produced powerful effefts of chiarofcuro. His en- 

 gravings are not numerous, nor are we able to fpecify more 

 than the following 



Porlrails of Godofredi Wendelini, a philofopher of the 

 feventeentli century, in folio ; Marcus Ambrofius Capello,. 

 tifltop of Antwerp; Jacob Edelherr of Louvain, both in-- 

 large folio ; Hedwige Elconora, queen of Sweden ; and. 

 an emblematical fubjecl on the birth of the Virgin, in folio,, 

 all from his own pictures. 



For an account of the merits of John Fyt as a painter, 

 fee vol. xvi. part ii. He flouriflied at the period which is- 

 now niider our review, and etched fome few plates of animals 

 with his accuftomed feeling and vigour, of which the follow- 

 ing is a lift. A fet of eight, in quarto, of various animals. 

 And a let of feven, comprifing the title, with a dedication 

 to Don Carlo Guafco, marchefe di Solerio, &c. Sec. of dogs, 

 \'--ith landfcape back-grounds, in fmall folio. Few painters^ 

 have produced etchings in a more feeling and animated llyle 

 than this fet is executed. 



Henry Bary was a: native of Holland, born A. D. 1626. 

 His ftyle of engraving feems to have been formed from 

 Undying the prints of Cornelius VifTcher ; and the imi- 

 tation appears moil evident in his portraits ; efpecially 

 thofe wnich he has executed in his neatell manner. In, 

 drawing, tafte, and harmony of chiarofcuro, he is fre- 

 quently deficient; yet fometimes he has difcovej-ed much 

 mechanical fl<ili, and feems to have handled his graver with; 

 facilit.y. One of his beft and moft finiihed prints is " Sprino-- 

 and Summer," perfonified by two children, a fmall up- 

 right plate, from Vandyke, and executed as a companion to 

 the "Autumn andWinter," engraved by Munichuyfcii, after- 

 G. Laireffe. This plate is executed entirely with the- 

 graver, in a clear neat ftyle, and Ihews his management of- 

 that inftrument in the moft ftriking light. Among the bell 

 of his remaiiiing engravings are the following. 



Portraits 'without the Names of the Painters — Dirk and- 

 V/alter Grabeth, painters on glafs ; Adrian Hcerebond, a 

 philofopher; Hieroaymus van Bevcrnink ; Didicr Erafmus 

 of Rotterdam, ail of quarto fize; Wilhelm Jofcph, baron 

 of Ghent, and admiral of Holland ; Rogibout Hagcrbeets,, 

 both in folio ; Anitius Maniius Severinus Boetius, in quarto ; 

 Jacobus Taurinus ; the count John of VValdftein, both 111- 

 folio ; and the duchefs de la Valiere, in large folio. 



Portraits Jigried iviih the Names of the Painters — Hugo- 

 Grotius, after Mich.iel Jaiifon Mireveldt ; Cornelius Ket- 

 tels, the painter, from a pifture by himfelf, both in quarto ;. 

 Jacob Backer, the painter, after G. Terburgh, in an oval of 

 folio fize ; John Schellhammer, minifter of Hamburgh -^^ 

 John Zas, a reformer of Gouda, from Chr. Pierfon ; Jacob- 

 Batelicr ; and Arnold Guftermans, from VV'efterbaen, all in 

 folio ; Michael de Ruyter, the D Jtch admiral, after F. Bo! ;. 

 admiral Vlugh, after B. vander Helft, bu:h in large folio j. 



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