LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



John Luycken, or Luyken, wns born at Amfterdam feme 

 tirne about the middle of the feventeenth century, and died 

 :n that city in the year 1712. He ftudied the arts under 

 Martin Zaagmoelen. Baffan fays of his prints, " we remark 

 in them a fertility of genius, joined with great fpirit, judg- 

 ment, and facility of execution, he is the Callot, the Delia 

 Bella, and the Le Clerc of Holland." But this is fayiog a 

 jrreat deal too much. He neither drew fo corredly, nor 

 etched in fo clear and determined a llyle as either of thofe 

 diftinguiihed engravers. It is true there are few of his 

 prints, into which he has not introduced a great number of 

 figures, but the groups are feldom artfully managed ; the 

 lights, for want of harmony, and b^-ing too much icattered, 

 confufe the fubjeift, and fatigue the eye. This is fpeaking 

 of them, however, only comparatively ; confidering them by 

 themfelves they pofTefs great merit. 



He chiefly engraved after his own defigns, and the moil 

 confiderable of his works is the large bible, which was pub- 

 liflied by IVIontier in two folio voluuies, and the following. 



A fet of " The Ten Commandments," in 8vo. ; a fet of 

 feventeen, of "The Hiftory of Lapland and Finland," in 

 4to. ; a fet of feventeen views, &c. which accompany the 

 Eaftern Travels of M. Thevenot, in 410. Tlie hillory of 

 William III. king of England, m 8vo. ; " The Republic of 

 the Hebrews," in twenty-eight plates, in 8vo. and 410. 

 " The Theatre of Martyrs," from the time of Jefus Chrill, 

 to modern times, in a fet of one hundred and five plates, in 

 4to. ; "The Prophet Jonas, preaching to the Ninevites," 

 in large folio ; "The Affairination of Henry IV. of France," 

 in folio ; " The Flight of the Reformers at the Revocation 

 of the Edift of Nantes," in large folio ; " The Malfacre 

 of St. Bartholomew, or the Death of admiral Coligny," a 

 very capital print, engraved on two large folio plates. 



Gafpar, or Cafpar Luycken, was the fon of John Luy- 

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

 Amfterdam in the year 1660. He learned engraving from 

 his father, and defigned and engraved a confiderable number 

 of plates; but his works are neither fo numerous nor fo mij- 

 ritorious as thofe of his father, whofe ftyle he imitated. 

 Among them the following will probably be found moft wor- 

 thy of feledion. " St. Francis Xavier preaching before 

 the Emperor of Japan ;"' " The Jefuit MifTionaries obtaining 

 Audience of the Emperor of China ;" " The Emperor Jo- 

 feph I. receiving the Holy Sacrament ;'' " The Miracle of 

 the Five Loaves," all of large folio fize ; " The Twelve 

 Months of the Year ; ' " The Four Seafons;" and " The 

 Grand Roman Cabinet ;" all in folio. 



Paul van Somer was born in Holland, A.D. 1649. He 

 refided during fome time at Paris, and afterwards came to 

 London. He etched, engraved, and fcraped in mezzotinto, 

 but his works in either art do him no great credit ; among 

 them the following are moft worthy of attention. 



" Tobit burying the Dead," in large folio, from Sebaf- 

 tian Bourdon; " Mofes found in the Ark of Bulrulhes," 

 after Pouflin ; " The Baptifm of our Saviour," after the 

 fame painter, both in folio ; " Nil placet, &c." or the fable 

 of the old man and his als, after GrifEer, on a fet of fix 

 folio plates. 



From hisonvn Compofitions. — "The Holy Family ;" "The 

 Adoration of the Shepherds," both in folio ; " A Ruftic 

 Converfation of Four Peafants," in large folio. The four 

 parts of the day, on 4to. plates, mz. " The Morning," (Ce- 

 phalus at thechace;) " Noon Day," (Arethufa bathing in 

 the river Al.pheu3 ; ) " The Afternoon," (Diana and Ac- 

 teon ;) at/d "The Evening," ( Py ramus and Thifbe.) 



The two following are in mezzotinto. " The Ceuntcfs 



of Meath," after Mignard ; and « An Officer and Girl in 

 converfation," both in folio. 



John van Somer was born in Holland in the year 1640, 

 and was probably related to Matthias van Somer, who, ac- 

 cording to profeflbr Chrift, engraved a fet of landfcapes. 

 John engraved in mezzotinto, and with the graver, but did 

 not much exceed mediocrity. The following are fome of 

 his bcft productions. Antony Gregatus, profelTor of theo- 

 logy at Heidelberg ; Daniel Sachfe, theologift, both in 410. ; 

 Charles Louis, eleftor of Bavaria ; Michael Adria.itfz, ad- 

 miral of the United Provinces, a fine portrait, in large folio, 

 from Du Jardin ; " Tliree Peafants drinking in an Ale- 

 houfc," from J. Both; "Dutch Smokers," after Oftade ; 

 " A Dutch Concert," from Teniers ; " A Man filbng his 

 Pipe, and a Girl drinking," from Gerard Terburgh, all in 

 folio ; " The Angels appearing to Abraham," in large 

 foho, from Laftman ; and " A Party of Pleafure," from 

 his own defign. 



S. A. Van Lamfweerde was a native of Utrecht, born 

 fome time about the year 1650 ; but he appears to have 

 been an artift of no great merit. He engraved portraits 

 fomewhat in the ftyle of Suyderhoef, among which the fol- 

 lowing are moft worthy of notice. 



Francis Gomarius, a theologian of Bruges, in folio ; 

 Henry Alting d'Embden, a theologian of Heidelberg, in 

 4to. ; Anna Maria Schurman, in folio ; Cyprian Regnier, 

 a juris confulte, at Utrecht, after Gerard Duffeit ; and 

 Charles de Maets, profeflbr of theology at Utrecht, after 

 Hendrick Bloemaert ; both in large folio. 



John Lamfvelt was born at Utrecht in the year 1660. 

 He was probably a difciple of Romain de Hooghe, whofe 

 ftyle he has tried to imitate. His principal works are por- 

 traits, part of which he engraved for the hiftory of 

 Louis XIII., by Michael le VafTor, among which the fol- 

 lowing are the moft important. A Head of Oliver Crom- 

 well, in an oval of quarto fize ; John de Wit ; Conielius 

 Pieterfzoon Hooft ; George Caflander ; Hubert Duifhuis, 

 of Rotterdam ; all rare and much fought after by connoif- 

 feurs ; and a large folio engraving of " The Siege of 

 Tournay, by the duke of Marlborough and prince Eu- 

 gene." 



John Verkolie was boru at Amfterdam in the year 1650, 

 and died at Delft in 1693. He became an artift owing te 

 an accident he met with in his youth, which obliged him to 

 keep his bed for three years, during which time he amufed 

 himfclf with copying pifturcs and drawings : he acquired 

 the rudiments of perfpeftive from books, and he foon tried 

 to paint in oil, without any other inftruftions. He after- 

 wards became the difciple of John Lievens, and ftudied with 

 afliduity the piftures of Van Zylc. Verkolie refided at 

 Delft, where he was obliged to employ great part of his 

 time in painting portraits, but he hkewife fucceeded in 

 hiftorical and converfational fubjefts. He amufed himfelf 

 with fcraping in mezzotinto, which was then but recently 

 difcovered ; and the prints which he executed are much 

 fuperior to what might have been expedted at fo early a 

 period. The following Portraits are fome of his beft pro- 

 dudions in that art. 



Himfelf, after De Leeuw, in 8vo. ; Steffan Wolters, from 

 P. Kneller, in quarto ; Jofias van de Kapelle, a clergyman 

 of Lcyden ; Cornehus van Ackcn, a clergyman of Delft j 

 William Henry, prince of Orange ; and Hortenfia de 

 Mancini, duchefs of Mazarin, after Lely, all in folio. 



Various Htjlorical SubjeSs, \Sfc — " Jupiter and Cilifto,"' 

 from G. Netfcher, (the companion to " AShcpherdand Shep- 

 kerdefs," by G. Valck, from the fan:>e painter) ; " Venus 



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