FRENCH SCHOOL 
globe, having this infcription : “ fic fe ridendum dat derifo- 
ribus orbis,’’ 4to. 
A political allegory from Antoine Talon, dedicated to 
a Mazarin. his piece contains gure reprefent- 
the sp ease lying in an caine of de olation, 
iftance fcenes of horror hick 
om. Below, are ee o Hercules’ pre- 
ing oe and ftill eae. are two HgUIES. 3 
bah which reclines a fleeping Pallas, en- 
chained by two yout vee genil, — bands forming the 
initials of the cardinal’s s {carce print is eis 
and is engraved on ees 
nother allegory of fee fe al kind, from Guill. de 
Lon ngue eil, otic to the fam on. Here Apollo is 
reprefented furrounded by ae nine Mute, =e are oc- 
cupied in pourtraying the arms, the initials, and the devices 
of the cardinal ; and beneath are feen two rivers iffuing from 
their urns, ornamented with feftoons. This piece occupies 
two plates ; ike the former, is extremely | fearce. 
‘The follow ing -fubjedts are Sunk from various matters. 
“© Judi =e the Head o —- lofernes,’’ after Vir- 
ginia de Vez wife of t, in 4to.  Salom 
me 
carrying the Head of John the Baptilt in a Charger,’’ from 
S. Vouet, in gto. “ A Roman Charity,” from the fame, 
in gto.  Lucretia,’’ a folio plate publifhed at Rome. 
“ Pfyche and the fleeping Cupid,” ee in 4to. ley 
piece is engraven with cro{fs lines, and in a very matter 
ae “The Virgin holding a Rae. and the Infant Jef 
er knee,’? from the fame, dated 1633, in 4to. “ 
Take taking the Portrait of the Virgin,’”? from the fae 
162 vo. ‘* St. Francis de Paule cae the 
Fiacae? from the fame, Rome, in folio. * St. Catherine 
on her Knees, receiving from an Angel the Crown of Mar- 
from ithe fame, Rome, - Genius, Me- 
> from ig nese in Fale. «‘ The Eternal, 
es reprefenting the o 
is 
n folio, w 
y Genius, we one of the Mufes ‘prefents him with t 
Male of Satire,”? from the fame,.in folio. The frontif. 
piece to the Louvre edition of Horace. ¢ Virgil crowned 
by Agcie: > from the fame, in folio, without a fignature. 
The frontifpiece to the Louvre edition of Virgil. ‘ The 
Courtefy of Rebecca, in her firft Interview with Abraham’s 
Steward,’’ a folio engr aving: from Tinto ret, era one 
oo hiftorical prints of Mellan. of a 
Pal a Gard a folio print after Pietro da Cao, 
pubtied a ae 
works fom the Old and New Teftaments are as 
: “ Lot and his Daughters,” in 4to. dated Rome 
“ Sampfon betrayed by Delilah, Ha is cutting 
urning Bu ofes,”’ 
The « Miraculous. Fall of Manna,” on 
i Ecce Virgo 
1629. 
off his Hair,’’ in 4to. 
: an dated 1663. 
The “ Annunciation,’ infcri ec 6s 
«¢ The Madonna,”’ 
ee a folio print, ate 
in 8vo. in which th ible is repefented Fer beneath a 
tree, with ns infant Jefus o knee r of the 
fame fubje& and fize, dated 1659. Pe Mary i is oe at 
the bafe of a pillar, and, as in the preceding, fhe ho ds the 
infant Jefus on her knees Another, in whic 
her knee. «¢ A Group,” con- 
fiting of St. Anne, St. Joachim, St. Jofeph, St. Joba the 
3 
OF ENGRAVING. 
oo and St. Bernard. A _ = the gerd 
Chr A buft of the Virgin in her th. 
= the ‘Virgin, at a more advanced period a a with her 
ds crofled over her brea 
‘This is a ni 
noiffeurs. 
ing the Crofee? 
ea 
ra Mota etft,’? 1678, in folio. ** The: 
Refurretion of Jefus Chrift, a inferibed, “ Per fe refurgens,”? 
1683, in folio, “ The Fathers of the Church affembled in- 
esa ”” 1665, infolio. In ahi iece is feen a table, with 
pen book, in which the word “* Evan 
mere oly art 
religion and ee of the hour. TThofe which follow are 
rom his own compofition, as eal as feveral of which 
uft 2 ps “ The Sudarium of St. Ver 
f which we have already fpoken. 
n folio. ‘The faint is borne through the air by 
Thi s is the rareft, and one of the beft of Mella s 
engravings. <‘ St. Stephen in the Habit of a Deacon,?’ in 
4to. The faint is kneeling, and the fllowins ane 
mingles with a radiance of light; “ Ecce video ’Ccelos 
apertos.”’ 
« St. A n of Aleppo,’? 
nard proftrate before a Crucifix,’”’ 
“6 ea i Enecling before a Crucifix,” 1664, 
nic 1 rance,”’ in folio. Befides. 
the oated perforage in oF land{cape, feveral monks are 
feen in the back ground. t. a ae in the Defert, kneel- 
ing before a Crucifix,” 1638, in foli ‘ St. Francis de. 
Paule,”’ 1627, in quarto. « Pope oo writing to 
King Childebert,”’ 4681, in folio. <« aie John n meditating, 
in the Defert,”’ 1629, in folio. St jus in a 
” in folio. . 
: Penitent Magdalen lying on. 
a Mat, her Body oa by Thorns.’ © « ed y Mag-- 
dalen expiring, fupported by Angels,” Rome, 168 875. 
in folio. t. Genevieve, a young Shepherdel, Teated j in 
an Attitude of Contemplation, at the Foot of a Tree,’? 
1680, in folio. “ St. Claire kneeling before the Body - . 
Chrift,”” 1667, in folio, « A Nun at Prayers,’ 1644, i 
folio. “ St. rag Eocrng in her Ceil before a rus 
fix,”? 1661, in fe 
The following porani are chiefly engraved from the: 
artift’s own pictures and drawings, 
Claude. 
