LOW COUNTRIES, ENGRAVERS OF THE. 



Heemfted, in the Province of Utrecht, drawn and engraved 

 by J. Moucheron, and publiflied by the Widow of Nicholas 

 Viflcher, with the Permifiion of the States General." 

 They arc accompanied with French and German letter-prcfs. 

 Four garden views, with ruins and ii^urcs in the antique 

 ftyle ; another fct of four, of the fame character, in large 

 folio, from his own drawings ; four hmdfcapes, with build- 

 ings and figures, entitled " Einige Landfchapen, gefchildert 

 door G. Pouflin in Ronien, in t'Koper gebracht door J. 

 Moucheron in Amilerdam," in foho ; and a landfcape, men- 

 tioned by Baflan, of which we know neither the title nor 

 defcription. 



Matthew Pool was born at Amfterdam in the year 1 670, 

 but ftudied engraving at Paris, where he refided for fome 

 years. He afterwards returned to his native comitry, where 

 he married the daughter of Barent Graat, and engraved a 

 confiderable number of plates after various mailers, in a 

 ftyle refembling that of Bernard Picart. The moll im- 

 portant of his engravings arc as follows : Petrus Hogen- 

 betius, phyfician and poet ; Barent Graat, the father-in-law 

 of our artill ; " Jupiter fuckled by the Goat Amalthea," 

 fifter B. Graat, all in folio; " Cupid caught in a Net by 

 Time," after Guerchino, in an oval ; a bacchanalian fub- 

 'jeft, after Pouffin ; a fet of twelve, after Rembrandt, all in 

 4to ; a fet of one hundred and three, entitled " The Cabinet 

 of the Art of Sculpture, by Van Boffuet, engraven by M. 

 Pool, from the Dra,wings of B. Graat," in folio; and the 

 three large burlefque reprefentations of the ceremonies prac- 

 tifed by the Dutch painters at Rome, on the reception of 

 a member into the fociety, called " Schilderbent," from 

 drawings by Barent Graat, after the original piftures by 

 Dominique van Wynen, all in large folio. 



James Coelmans was born at Antwerp in the year 1670, 

 and died at Aix, in Provence, in 175^. He was the dilciple 

 of Cornelius Vermeulen, and was invited to Aix by M. de 

 Boyer d'Aguilles, to engrave his collcftion of piftufes, in 

 conjuniftion with Sebaftian Barras. This fet of engravings 

 was finidied A.D. 1709, but was not publilhed till 1744. 

 It is the moil confiderable, and the bell of the works of 

 Coelmans, though the plates are executed chiefly with the 

 graver, in a dark heavy ftyle, deftitute of harmony. 



The drawing of the naked parts of the human figure is 

 defective, and the exprefiion of the heads is likcwife but 

 poor. The fet of engravings above mentioned, conl'ift of 

 one hundred and eighteen, from which the following are 

 felefted as being the moft important. 



Portraits. — Donna Olympia Maldachini ; the niece of 

 pope Innocent X. from a picture by Jofephin ; the miilrefs 

 of Alexander Varotari, furnamcd Veronefe, from a piclure 

 by that painter, both in quarto ; a head of Paul Veroneie, 

 painted by himfelf, in folio ; Qonradus Ruten, from Bronk- 

 horft, in quarto ; Francis de Malherbe, after Finl'onius 

 Belga ; Vmcent Boyer, comte d'Aguilles, Sec. from a 

 picture by le Grand ; and John Batifta Boyer, comte 

 d'Aguilles, &c. after Plyacinthus Rigaud, all of folio 

 dimenfions. 



HifloricaU yc — " The Holy Family," with a landfcape 

 back-ground, from F. Maflbli Parmenfis, in large folio ; 

 " St. Dominique pafiing the Holy Writings through the 

 Fire, without damaging them," after Fr. Vanni ; " The 

 firft Interview of Rachael and Jacob," after Michael An- 

 --elo ; and its companion " Laban recompenfing Jacob with 

 Rachael," from the lame painter; " Jacob quitting Laban," 

 a fine compofition, after Caftiglione ; a very rich compoli- 

 tion of rauficians, dancers, drinkers, &c. furrounded with 

 whatever-can add to the luxury and fupport ot mankind, 

 infcribed " Omnia vanitas," from the fame painter; " Diana 



and Aftseon," from Otlovasnius, all of large folio Cze ; 

 " Lot and his Daughters flying from Sodom," after Ru- 

 bens, in folio ; the interior of a Gothic church, with 

 figures, after Stcenwyck, in quarto ; " A Satyr drinking 

 from a Vafe, which is fupported by a Cupid," accompanied 

 by a nymph, who feems to fay, that is enough ! and \% 

 probably intended for Temperance, after Pouflin ; " The 

 Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew," after Seb. Bourdon ; 

 " Mount Parnaftus," a rich compofition, from Euftace ie 

 Sueur, all in large folio ; " The Flight into Egypt," after 

 P. Puget ; " The Murder of the Innocents," from Claude 

 Spierrc, both in folio ; and a head of '' The Holy Virgin," 

 after Seb. Barras, in large quarto. 



Albert Haelwegh was a native of the Netherlands, and 

 born about the year 1670. In 1690, he refided at Copen- 

 hagen ; but was afterwards invited to Denmark, where he 

 engraved a confiderable number of portraits, in a ftiff", dark 

 ftyle, but which, for fome reafon with which we are not 

 acquainted, are collefted with fome degree of avidity by 

 the foreign connoilTeurs. Of the works of Haelwegh, the 

 following are moft worthy of notice ; Louis, landgrave of 

 Hefle Caffel, from S. Duarte; Joachim de Gerfdorf, of 

 Synbyholm ; Otten Krag de Woldberg ; Gundee Rofen- 

 krantz de Winding ; Frederick Ratz de Tygeilrup ; 

 Peter de Reetz de Tygeftrup ; and Magnus Kaas de S'of- 

 ring, all Danifh fenators, from Albert Wachters, in folio ; 

 Sophia Amelia, queen of X)enmark and Norway, in large 

 folio ; Chrillian, count de Rantzou, earl of Brandenbourg, 

 a fine portrait, in large folio, both from the fame pain'er ; 

 the frontifpiece to the " Flora Danica" of Simonis Pauli, 

 with a portrait of the author, after Carl van Mander, in 

 quarto ; and " The Four Seafous," from the fame painter, 

 alfo in quarto. 



Francis Pilfen was born at Ghent in the year 1676, 

 and became the pupil of Robert van Audenaerd. There 

 are very few prints by the hand of this artift, ai.id the fol- 

 lowing are all we can fpecify. " The Holy Virgin fuck- 

 ling the Infant Chrift," after Rubens, in odtavo ; "The 

 Converfion of St. Bavon," a grand compofition, arched at 

 the top, after Rubens, in large folio ; " The Judgment of 

 Midas," after the fame painter ; and " The Martyrdom of 

 St. Blaize," from Gafpar de Crayer, both in folio. 



Abraham Rademacker was born at Amfterdam, A.D. 

 1675, and died at Haerlem in 1735. He became an ex- 

 cellent landfcape painter and engraver, without any in- 

 ftructions, having never ftudied under any mafter. 



Rademacker drew in Indian ink, and painted in diftem- 

 per, many views in Holland, which he embellifhed with 

 figures and animals ; he alfo etched a colleftion of views in 

 the United Provinces, in a very niafterly ftyle ; it con- 

 tains three hundred prints, and was pubhft.ed at Amfter- 

 dam in 1 73 1, in two quarto volumes. 



Francis Harrewin was born at Bruflels in the year i68i. 

 He was the difciple of Romyn le Hooghe, and engraved a 

 confiderable number of plates from his own compoiltions, 

 and thofe of other mafters. Among his works is a fet of 

 the caftles and villas, for le Roy's account of the Brabant 

 family, which was pubhftied in 1699; and alfo the follow, 

 ing portraits of Henry de Lorraine, duke of Guife ; Mar- 

 garite de Valois, both in odtavo ; Albert, archduke of 

 Auftria, a whole length figure at prater with St. James; 

 its companion Ifabclla, infanta of Spain, alfo kneehng, 

 while St. Margaret is prefenting her with a wreath of 

 flowers, both very rare prints in large folio, and after Ru- 

 bens. Two folio views ot the houfe of fir P. P. Rubens, at 

 Antwerp, after Van Croes, may alfo be reckoned among 

 the beft produdions of Harrewin. 



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