FRENCH SCHOOL OF ENGRAVING. 
Annunciation of the Virgin,” cA 
“The A 
< Medallion of a Cardinal fia by Religion and fur. Chrift crowned with Thorns,” in folio. * The Crucifixion,” 
rounded by the Virtues,” Ant. B. Stella pinx. Cl. Stella {in folio. « St. Jerome and St. Peter,”’ a pair, after Lichery. 
-1678, in folio. * Mofes expofed on'the Nile.”? Nic. Pouf- « St. Francis branded,” after Baroccio. “ St. la of 
fin pinx.. Cl. Stella fc. 167%, in ale rade in folio. France, the Founder of the Abbey of Long-champ,”’ after 
-¢ Mofes Striking the Rock,” Id. p id. fc. in folios Ph. de e. St. Anne-learning to read from the 
This piece is efteemed a chef-d’ceuvre of Glavin ne. “The Holy Virgin,” after Le Brun. ‘St. Mary the Egyptian, 
Crucifixion of our Saviour between wo Thieves,’ and St. Bozime,’’ after fame. ‘“ A Mado i 
ufually termed « Le Gran ‘Calvaite,” id. pinx. id. fc. fuck to the infant Jefus,”’ heuer ane rreggio, copied from the 
This is another of the beft works of Claudine. ‘ Peter nd — of Spierre. “ na fafhionable Drefs, and 
Man in their way to the Temple,” 
« A Holy cae Gen. 
in France, id. pinx. id. fe. 
: Holy Family,’ with feveral children carrying 
Howers, Nic. Pouffin pinx. Cl. Stella fe. dated 1661, in 
foli 
Aone Boufonnet Stella, fifter of Claudine, was 
She enjoyed the fame — 
r and fifter, and as an 
Acarcely inferior to either of the The two lowe 
pieces are the only ones executed by this lady, which have 
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"been handed down to us; but they are fufficient to. evince 
that the poffeffed very fuperior talents 
“Remus and Romulus, nurfed a thew on the 
t Stella, her 
he ene of the Raper Sigif- 
ong frieze executed in ftucco, 
ie a defign of Julia Romano. 
e Stellas had another brother, named boas 4 and, 
pecerae to Mr. Strutt, a fifter, ndmed Fra coife, who 
affifted Claudine in executing her plates, and ite died in 
cthe year 1676. 
Louis Ferdinand was born at Paris fome time about the 
Elle had another fon, of 
"in conjunction with Lou 
Elle, does not appea 
Neither of the ae 
iftinétion as a painter sd ee 
Aca 
Pei eintres, 
are oh concerned in p ing it 
nd fhade are sania! eal difpoted in this work, but the 
outlines not beir rect, it is radically defeCtive. Other 
gravin 
Van ae in ‘lari The 
head of a lady, after 
portrait of Nicolaus cara infcribed.V. E. pin . Fer 
dinand fecit, an oval,in final folio feries er orname nts, 
in th m..of friezes, w nC enil, intermingled with feftoons 
and garlands 2 after L. oe fix ay « L. Ferdinand fec. 
_ P. Mariette exc. in.quar feri 
dren, after the fame; ix ae rine in “mall 
-tentiana, ina frame, from Corr 
Nicolas 
es ay quar 
Bazin was born at Tro 1C 
16 365 He was the pupil of Claude "Mellan at Paris, where 
of | groupes of chil- 
» St. Po 
he mo: 
pitt tnt of portraits on ir fubjedts, engraved 
a ftiff and The ufually in quarto, in- 
feribed = ae name Of Bazin, a the belt of them are 
entitled as 
« The es Bernat of the oo painted by St. Luke.” 
was the fon of Ferdinand Elle, who had . 
» but why t 
-tifmal name ie their father and “hifvontinued the firname of ° 
"Head of John the Baptift,’’ after Carac 
difplayed much talent as an engraver, | 
Br ulart, we la 
eight seuara at mount Valerien. 
of Toulou 
r of their congregation 
at Pais after t. nci 1 
t. goat Loyal fou 
of India. S$ nder of the o f 
_Jefuits, Louis the Great, on horfeback, N. Bazin fc. 
1682, in folio. cee wis, ce phin of France, painted by 
J. B. Martin, and engraved by N. Bazin, 1686, in folio. 
Peter Landry, who was born at Paris in the year 1630, 
according to Huber, is one-of thofe artifts who id not 
enjoy a ane comnmenfurate with their meri 
engraved various pieces, both from his own, com 
and after ne of other artifts. His portraits are execute 
with much ftrength and neatnefs, Strutt, sea is ofa 
different opinion, and calls them ¢¢ {tiff and heavy.’ 
e following ae a ae of his hiftoric al works, 
a¥e beft known, and are all of the folio dimenfions. 
Jerome.” “A é i 
Cradle.” The Sa maritan,?” after rae «A large 
‘of Louis ey 
e haeben we ‘all see thofe 
e Bourbon, prince of Con 
OF ‘his 
after J. Fran Lou 
after Gribelin’ “Charles os haa, pies of So iftone 
infcribed Jo. Laniele del Petrus Landry fc. 1666. Charles 
enlis, = anonymous portrait, which 
is known t ‘of c arcourt, commonly called 
Te Cadet re la Perle 3 all of ‘which are in folio. 
Jean Frofne was born at Paris about the year 1630. 
appears to have dedicated ius attention folely to e engraving 
portraits, in imit with fome fuccelfs, as dle of 
Nanteuil ; of thee ian raat were colleé 
» b 
e orna« 
- mental. plates which he engraved for oe collection of grand. 
views of Sebaftian de Beaulieu may mention the fol- 
oe folio portraits by F rofne, as Goll Gag much merit 
n the execution. 
Claude Baudry, abbé a the Holy Crofs, after le Bon, 
Nicholas D 
dated 16 auvet, count Defmarez, gran 
_falconer of France ie Streton, - Tous de Lorrain, duke 
of Joyeufe. nry d’Orleans, duke of Longueville. Ni- 
cholas Putier of ‘Blanemefnil prefident of the French par- 
diament; and Ux ubray. 
ut all thefe are i ated of m 
a Robert Nanteuil, who m 
ied wonders of ‘es profeffion. 
rn at Rheims in the year 1630, died at Paris in 1678. 
Being the fon of a merchant of att fortune, he received a 
claffical 
mere mediocrity, compared _ 
ult ever be regarded as one of | 
