FRENCH SCHOOL OF paksuabenael 
Claude Mellan, painter. a engraver, ne 5p | in folio. 
ne 
abbé of Villeloin, in quarto. 
oe 7 mae connoiffeur in prints, whom we have fometim mes 
Francis de la Motte le Vayer, 1648, in quarto. 
Betor Gaffendi, ivarees! royal of mathematics at Paris, in 
quarto. Henry du - Montmorency, in quarto. Car- 
dinal de Bouillon, 1615, in n folio. This is a buft of the 
The iluftrious penne cardinal 
Cardinal Mazarin, gr. olio 
Ri 
Francis WV illemontey bifhop of St. Maloes, eae in folio. 
Pierre Seguier, chancellor of France, gr. in his 
portrait is executed with much da Nicholas ‘Cocfetesn, 
bifhop of Marfeilles, Du Mouttier pinx. lio. The 
gr. 
celebrated cardinal de Perron, Herbin pinx. gr. folio. “Vidor 
le Bouthillier, archbifhop of Tours, 1658. gr. folio. Joann 
Haberti Eq. TI’. D. de Montmor Monae D.Cla 
Mellan, 1640, gr. folio. Henri-Louis Habert de 
Montmor, the fon of Jean, 1640, gr. folio. lua 
Maria de Baude Frontenac, fie of H. L. ert de 
unas 1641, olio. Hen i de Mefimes, prfident 
of the parliament, &c. gr. folio Molé, kee f 
the feals, gr. folio bel Servien, treafurer to the French 
ademy, gr a“ oO. neg Cl abri de Peirefe, 
Be fides the works above Caan 
flatues, antique bufts, and baflo haan. from the Juftinian 
nt of 3223 as well as the antique fta- 
ufts of the royal palaces of France ; but the 
latter, as has already been menti erformed in 
with Baudet; they form altogether fixty-one 
Pe Michel Corneille, the father, was aes at ae in 
Simon 
In this 
mother, 
and St. John is reprefented bringing fome fruit. 
‘66 ‘The Maffacre of the Inn ocents,” from the tapeftries of 
the Vatican, by Raphael, in folio. * aes a eee) to 
Mary Magdalen, as a Caters - the ** noli me tan- 
gere,” from t e fame,’ in pe * 'The Virgin fucking 
the Infant refs,” from Caracci, in foli 
Michel Corneille, the eldett fon of the fo a was born 
nd died in the fame city in 1708. He 
by his Ether and became one of a mofl ce- 
. lebrated pei of the Royal Academy. 
diftinguifh his works from thofe of his father, he fometimes 
added an A to his baptifm: 
n 
learned the ents of art from his father, h 
to. 
Italy to ee ee his fatiessa the {chool of the Cac. 
: 
Mellan executed 
In order 10° 
pat on 1 which account he has 
a J an Se Gg } a It Ox ay 
cefs. 
gran eads are ida char ee 3 the 
extremities ike thofe of Ra iphael, are a ly drawn, and the 
d with great tafte. © may fee how clofe- 
ly he has treed the eee Italian hae ag and admire 
the good ufe he has made of thofe ftudies. The figure of 
Abraham in the laft, has much of the ftyle of rane 
Caravaggio i in it, and all nal cr figures in the third are 
drawn in on manner of Car 
tfeller of Rome eae obtained thefe four plates, 
< lang heard of the fame of aphael, ae the cra fty i ig 
infer oe beneath the hie 
ead ie there were perfons at that cae e; pre- 
fent, the ready es of deception, and who coafieed no 
other oracles for the truths of art. 
The fubjects of thefe four prints, which are now become 
very fcarce, are, 1ft. The Deity appearing to Abraham. 
2d. Abraham journeying with L . Abraham puttin g 
to flight of erate Kings. 
Delilah ouene off Sampfon’s Hair.”? « The mira- 
aes Conception.”’ In this piece St. Ann and St. Joachi 
and affes, 
7 froma opidkure in the Wr hite Foie at 
Lyons, in which St. Mary is reprefented as cae toenter a 
beat. « eg calling of Peter and Andrew, ure in 
Notre Dame, at Paris. “ The Virgin embracing the In- 
fant Jefus, Gorlinpel by St. John the Beptift,”? froma 
ec 
ar : 
ed by Jean Mariette. This is a beautiful {mall nee oe om 
a defign by Corneille himfelf. s¢ Jefus Chrift and tl 
gin appearing to St. Fr 
chins, at Paris. sé Ss 
of Pa dua carrying = Infant Jefus i is - Arms, »» «¢ The 
ze case is of fine the Globe 
of Fra . The “Conti Of paerae This is a 
Frontifpicee to M. de Piles’ Aare on Ponting «“ The 
Inhabitants of Madagafcar {wearing cee! to the Kin ng a 
.? The betrothing of - Catherine,” a 
L. Caracci, in _folio. 
with the Angel, ane Ann 
a Benet foe in the Defert, ? from the fame. ° ¢ 
i“ Mercury 
