FRENCH SCHOOL OF ENGRAVING. 
dentine from the fames “ Arn indigent aie lose 
by a lame Beggar on Crutches,” from the jame. agar 
Daithed by Abraham,’ ? after P, da Cortona, falfely aleribed 
to Ann. Caracci, in folio. 
Befides the above, he etched lea the works of his 
father, “ The Sacrifice of Abraham,” ‘ King Phineas 
delivered from Harpies,”’ and “ Cleapstts taking the Afp 
it.’ 
the year 
e was born at Paris in 
Without ae evincing th ame oe ic ce 
brother, he is ranked among fe mete artilts of ae 
French {chool. Afier refiding fome time at Rome, he re- 
n — oman a profefior 
nted, at Notre Dame, 
«6 St. Peter delivered Gon Prifon ° and for the church of 
the Carmelites, “‘ The Appearance of our Saviour to St. 
Therefa and St. John, after his Crucifixion.’ 
Like his brother, he etched feveral pieces - his own 
ate as well as from thofe of the Caracci 
o Jean tifte Corneille that we owe the publi- 
ea. of Ge finefk Ratues of Florence and Rome, reduced 
from aGtual meafurement, of which himfelf engraved the 
grenter rere the others were executed by F.. Mariette, 
Cc. Simoneau. 
ue mong the pieces engraven by himfelf, ad be-mentioned 
s¢'The Bu ft of tours 1 Angelo.” «€ Sufan a fu rprifed i in 
e Bath’? « - Auguftin, feated in a Garde en, in the 
Mia ] his Dikeples. ” «6 A half length Figure of St. 
« Jefus Chrift appearing to St. Therefa and 
St. pe after the Crucifixion,” from 7 ile painting in 
the Carmelite church at Paris. ‘“ The of Monfieur, 
crowned by Victory, with the Trophies a at the Battle 
of Caffel.? « edallion o Pp contemning 
Love.” ¢ A Daphne transformed into 
«A 
eeieeaer 7? «The M 
l by J. Mariette. “¢ Mercury in an Orb 
a difcovering the cigs or . 
e 
ss of lie 
iles. 
ares i from Anni 
land{cape from the fame. 
race,” from the fame. 
Several artifts have engraven from the originals of Jean 
Baptifte. J. Mariette alone has a engraven and caufed 
to be executed fifty-five of his pie 
che was born at Paris A. D. 1606, and 
are not informed whe- 
¢ St. John the Bapti 
al Caracci. ‘* The Samarra” a 
‘St. Francis branded with Dif- 
ecame a member of the royal academy, and 
though a landfcape painter, was nominated profeffor 
in 1655. Put Bits landfcapes were painted by 
him on the walls of one of the royal apartments at Fon- 
tainebleau. bas al graven feveral {capes, the 
greateft number of whic his own compofition, 
ti 
fix plates from the 
fix plates illuftrative 
she Annunciation to the fight into Egypt, in. folio.. A. 
feries of twelve landfcapes from Swanevelt, in to 
ubjects from ae a es rit. ‘The Pro 
Courtefans.”? 2d, 
Father,”’ ‘nferibed “ <H. Mau 
ane et at fe 
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folio. wo landfcapes, at ruins and figures, id. fec. in | 
folio. wo sad oe ag andfcapes, with buildings and 
figures, id. fec. in folio. A landfeape from the fable of 
t de la Hire was born at Paris 1606, and 
died in ae fame cityin 1666. His father a de la Hire, 
who had long exercifed the profefiion of a painter in Poland, 
obferving the pr ae ae of his fon, inftructed him i a 
the principles of his art. Young de la Hire. afterwards 
ftudied in the {chool oe Vouet, and was are firit pupil of 
hat mafter who ftruck out for himfelf a new path. Not- 
withftanding fome imper fodions, his paints acquired him. 
a 
eat ee puresen, and he was received into the — in 
8. 
Hire. 
veral pieces aftr his own ee 
] Family, in w ich St. is feen kiffing the Feet 
of the Infant Jefus.”’ This piece - aaah . de la Hire 
inv. et fe. in folio. ‘Holy Fam ee is a. 
very fine land{cape, into which a great number 
are introduced, id. fec. folio. “ A landfcape.” i? Chis. 
piece the Virgin Mary is feated on the ground, behind her 
St. Jofeph, and before her the Infant Jefus, who bruifes a: 
ferpent with a crofs brought by angels, id. fec. 1639 in folio, 
“A Repofe during the Flight to Egypt;” a beautiful 
land{cape in folio, id. fec. “ Chrifl with the ey Sie 
St. John, at the Foot of the Crofs ;”’ infcribed L, 
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ervedly admired. ‘ The 
of Paris,” ina beautiful Tandcape, id. fee. in folio.. 
Tir a Henriet was born he dogo in the year 1607, and 
died at Paris in 1661 s the fon of Claude oes 
a rae from Chalons, who i cea ed at Nancy. 
wen 
the ft ridieft bends of fiiendhhip, 
At his death, Silveftre ere all hi 
extremely numerous. Ifrael H 
vaft isi of views and {mall pieces rn-han 
uibert, or Wiburt, who was educated by Vouet 
is fu cee to have been a native of Paris, cae to have been. 
re ae 
e fame AG. hich 
were faut engraven ‘by € G. A see. ers he 
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