raiiding ;" " Two Horfe Soldiers difmounting before a Vic- 

 tualling Tent," both in folio ; "A Halt before an Inn ;" 

 "Departure for Hunting;" "A Combat of Horfe Sol- 

 diers ;" another " Combat of Cavalry ;" and " The Im- 



LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS GF THE. 



they arc harmonifed with the graver, and though flight, are Albert of Chevrcufe, in large folio ; " The City of LifTc, 

 free, intelligent, and plcafing, He imparts riclmefs to his inverted by the French Army," on two large folio pbtes ; 

 tones, and roundnefs to his figures, far beyond what is " The taking cf Dole," in large foHo, on two plates ; 

 ufually done with the joouit, lo little afTifted as it is m the " The March of Louis XIV. and his Retinue, over the 

 prints of Biffchop by the graver. His figures in general Pont-neuf to the Palace," in large folio ; all after Van der 

 are drawn with ability, yet in a mannered rather than a cor- Meulen. " The Battle between the French and Germans 

 reft ftyle. The extremities, indeed, are not always well in Italy," in large folio, after D. Hoogllraten ; and " The 

 marked, nor his heads equally expreflive or beautiful. grand Procefliou of Horfes in Holland," dedicated to Fre- 

 His molt conliderable worfe is intitled " Paradigmata gra- deric William, fon of the king of Pruffia, in large folio, 

 phices variorum artiphicum tabuiis jEneis," H^ague 1672, Thefe two laft are etched, and then harmonifed with the 

 in fobo. Two editions of this work were publillied in the graver, and are very capital performances. 

 fame year, one by the artirt, confifting of one hundred and Mezzotinlos from his own Defigns. — " Two Cavaliers ma- 

 two plates ; the other contains one hundred and thirteen, "' ' 



and was publifhed by Nic. Viffcher. As they differ effentially, 

 the curious are generally deiirous of poflefllng both. 



The mark ufed by this artill was a J and E, becaufe he 

 latinifed his name, fubftituting Epifcopius for Biffchop : this perial Cavalry fighting againd the Turks," all in large folio 



Peter Schcnck was one of thofe who regarded engraving 

 as a trade, or means of obtaining money, merely ; and on 

 whom it IS fruitlefs to dwell. He was born at Elberfeld, 

 A.D. 164J ; became a printfeller of Amfterdam, and died 

 at Leipfic in 1711. 



While he continued to engrave, he was a mere working- 

 man of induttry. Sometimes he fcraped mezzotiMto por- 

 traits; and fometimes he etched views ; but both were very 

 indifferentlv performed. Thofe of his produftions which are 

 beif entitled to notice, are the 



Mczzofintos of Petrus Schenck, after J. P. Feuerling, in 

 folio ; another portrait of Peter Schenck, fcated at table 

 with his wife, in large folio ; Martin Luther ; Gottifried 

 Keck, after D. Richtcr ; Gerard Lairefle ; Philip Jacob 

 Spener, theologift ; John Oleraris ; Peter de Witt, a di- 

 vine, after Muris ; Simon Schynvoet, an architeft of Am- 

 iterdam ; William Henr)', prince of Orange ; Charles XI. 

 fieci-ee, &c. ; and was employed by prince tugcne to and Charles XII, kings of Sweden; bull of the Virgin; "A 

 paint and engrave the battles and fiegcs he fo fortunately Criminal confeffing to a Monk;' " A young Woman con- 

 coridufted. This artift not only charafterifed the different felling to a Monk;" " Death playing the Violin, and pre- 

 nations he reprefented by the coftume, but by the general 

 phyfiognomy of his figures. 



He likewife etched a confiderable number of plates in a 

 flight, fpirited ftyie, with great freedom, and in a way 

 which manifells the hand of a mailer. The figures, horfes, 

 and other principal objeds, are executed with peculiar feel- 

 ing and ability. 



The work which he executed from the piftures which 

 be painted for prince Eugene is ufually bound up in a 

 large foho volume, with biftorical explanations by M. J. 

 Dumont. They were publithed at the Hague in 1725, 

 on the frontifpiece is infcribed " Dcffeintes et gravees en 

 taille douce, par le Sieur Jean Huchtenbourg." This work 

 is curious and confiderable, but is not confidered as con- 

 taining his beft engravings ; he likewife fcraped mezzotinto 

 a good deal, but his performances in that art are not fo 

 good as his etchings ; and it is very difficult to find good 

 imprcfiions. 



When this artift did not fign his name at length, he fub 



monogram will be found in PIcite IV. of thofe ufed by the 

 artiils of the Netherlands. 



The remainder of the engravings by BilTchop, are 

 " Chrift and the Woman of Samaria," in large folio, after 

 Annibale Caracci ; " Jofeph diftributing Corn to the 

 Egyptians," in large foHo, from Bartholomew Bru'.berge ; 

 " The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence," its companion, from 

 the fame painter. A large book from the dravvings of the 

 great marters ; and a book of ftatues. 



John van Hugtenburg, or Huchtenbourg, was horn at 

 Haerlem, A.D. 1646, and died at Amfterdam in 1733. 

 He ftudied painting under John Wyck, and afterwards 

 went to Italy for improvement, and refided a coiiliderable 

 time at Rome. On his return he vilited Paris, and often 

 painted on the fame canvas with Van der Meulen, though 

 his ftyle bears refemblance to that of Wouvermans. 

 Hugtenburg excelled in painting battles, encampments, 

 &c. ; and was employed by prince Eugene to 



fenting himfelf to a Man," infcribed " Mortis in^rata Mu- 

 fica," bU of folio fize. 



John vander Bruggcn was another who merged the artift 

 in the tradefman. He v.'as born at Brufiels, A.D. 1649 ' 

 and worked for fome time in his native country, but after- 

 wards went to Paris, where he eftablifhed liimfelf as a print- 

 feller. In 1698 he publifhed the works of La Page, with 

 the portrait of that artift engraved by himfelf in mezzotinto, 

 after Largilliere. 



There is a great number of mezzotinlos by Vander Brug- 

 gen, which, though not entirely deftitute of merit, are fueh 

 as do hini no great honour as an artift. The mark which he 

 frequently ufed will be found in our Plate IV. of thofe ufed 

 by the engravers of the Low Countries. 



The following are the molt important of his engravings. 

 The portrait of himfelf after Largilliere ; Antony Vandyke ; 

 and the portrait of Louis le Grand, all in foho. " The Gold 

 weigher," after Rembrandt; "An old Woman weighing 

 Gold ;" "A Man feated, with a Goblet in his Hand ;" A 



ftitHted his initials, in the manner expreffed in Phte IV. of Man leaning againft a Table, and a Woman behind him 



thofe ufed by the engravers of the Netherlands. The fol- 

 lowing are confidered as fome of his beft engravings. 



"Travellers halting before a Forge," in folio; "Wil- 

 liam III. reviewing his Army near Arnheim," in large folio ; 



fet of eight oval prints, in 4to., reprefeming marches. 



fcolding;" "A Man feated under a Tree lighting his Pipe;" 

 " A Man fleeping, and another ftanding near him ;" " Cu- 

 pid and Pfyche ileeping ;" a large fkull, infcribed "Me- 

 mento mori ;" " An old Man in a Public-hcufe,, with a 

 Girl playing the Flute ;" " A Party of Peafants in a Pub- 



encampments, battles, &c. ; a fet of four mountainous land- lic-houfe, fmoking and drinking ;" both the latter are after 

 fcapes with figures ; " Hunters refting," in a woody land- Teniers ; and all are of quarto dimcnfions. 

 fcapc, in large foho ; all from his own piftures. " A com- Sufanna vander Bruggen was doubtlefs related to this 

 hat of Cavalry," in large folio, after Van der Meulen; artift, and engraved fome few plates of no great merit, after 

 smother " Combat of Cavalry," dedicated to duke Charles Vandyke and Rubens. 



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