FRENCH SCHOOL 
; Picrre-T'rangois os coufin-german of the former, 
-was born at Parisabout 1720. He was taught the art of 
engrav ing in the houle of Tardieu, whofe manner he clofely 
pied. ‘Lhe moft ‘confiderable works of this artift are the 
following : 
«© The Judgment of Pad is,’ after 
“ Perfeus and “Andromeda,” 
‘ferent pieces of architecture, after 
for the large edition of Fontaine’s Fables, after Oudry. 
Several plates of animals for Buffon’s Natural Hiftory 
Marie-Anne Rouffelet, the wife of P. F. Wardiet: alfo 
o feveral fubjects, an 
efart,’’ after Claude Vanloo, in folio ; ; and fome_ fe) 
de eh for Buffon’s Natural Hifto 
Claude Duflos was born at Paris A, D.1 
‘in the fame city in 1747. 
mot been mentioned: his fy 
‘ftudying the beit @ 
though “he occafionally called in ee aid "of etching and the 
ry point, he worked chiefly with the graver, handling that 
inftrument with great dexterity, yet with a dexterity perfect. 
Ty fi nied ent to his know ‘ledge of drawing, in which he 
was mean proficien His engr avings are finifhed with 
sconfiderable care and neatnefs, but in their general com- 
plexion are fomewhat cold and metailic when compared with 
thofe ws Audran and Duchange. 
From the numerous catalogue of is hiftorical works 
“ave e flee the following, whieh are all of the fclio dimen- 
Rube ens, in folio. 
1678, and ee 
“The Victory of St, Michael over the Devil,”’ an upright, 
engraved for the Crozat collection ; and‘* The entombing 
of Chrift,’’ both after Raphael. The fame fubjeGt. “The 
ventombing of Chriit,”’ after Pietro Perugino, for the Cro 
zat colleétion. “ Jefus Chrift with his Difciples at Pmae 
after Titian, from the fame piture, which was engraven 
om on. ‘The fame fubje&t, after Paul Veronefe. 
Concert of Mufi c,’”? after Dominichino, and « A Butt of 
the Virgin after Guido. 
From the pictures of Albano he has engraven “ The 
Pen en « Jefus Chrift as a ey ee 
Sueur, in the grand feminary 0 of St. Sulpice. 
{cent from a Crofs,’’ after a painting by the fame artift, in 
St. Gervais, an oval, “ The Woman taken 
in Ad nltery,” after Nic. Colombel. 
and among tee, «¢ St. John in 
OF ENGRAVING. 
Nat oire, clofes- our lift of the hittorical worke of Chide 
= portrait are bay of aa Fieger Paul de 
inal de Ret in folio, Nicolas 
yon, — ureur to the en che te ela fon. Denis 
Francois Bouthillier de Chavigny, bifhop of Troyes, after 
H. Rigaud. Jean Jacques Gaudart, counfellor to the king, 
after De Largilliere. Phillippe, duke of Orleans, 
oI e appea 
er which he handled Ww th 
great care and ability, but which, when not mingled with 
the more picturefque refults of etching, is apt to produce 
a oe and baie iden fuch as is but too — 
in he Detar,” wg a a pee upri ight, 
Banal on the Crozat collec “< The cifixion,’ 
{a “ar ge upright) from Guido. ee «Ste Catherine ne Co , 
after Frere Jean André. St. Celicia oe the Praifes 
of the Almighty,” after P. Mignar . Therefa in 
Contemplation,” and « St. rene ander “Of the {ociety 
of Jefuits. 
a following five age ae are infcribed with his own 
e, as the painter or defigner, as well as the 
tae bi ge of Montpellier, in folic, a 
tf an oval. Pierre @ Bayle the ae 
ligion, in gto. and 
br Chriftine Renate Zorn, engraven ia 
rated critic, in, 4to. 
4716, in 4to 
other malters, he has engraven, of the folio fize, 
Houle of the Pharifee,”’ after the fam companion to the min 
the former is engraven b offien. “Monk Zozimus king. ei d nl al e Dehn, — to the duke of 
adminiftering the a Sacrament to St. Mary the Egyp- Brunfwi unenbourg. ndre cule, cardinal de 
tian,’ after Lubin Fleury, ine minifter. Melchior, cardinal de Polignac 
The anda oe are 5 fo the pictures of Le Brun; in folio, a in portrait. Louis Pecour, ballet matter, 
«¢ The Ma of the Innocents.’’ « Jefus Chrift on the painted b - Tournieres, eke eal portrait. 
crucifix, with’ the infcription 
Mount of Olives.” A large c 
«© Helas ! eft ce amour,’’ &c. « A Crucifix with Angels,”’ 
copied from the beautiful print of Edelink. ‘ The Body 
Three Maries 
of Chrift at the Foot of the ae we the 
b 
* an oval, arith - ¢ Zephyrus ‘and i Flora.” for a a.com. 
- papion print, and ‘¢ the. pepioe : Bacchus ay vy eae 
A en - pac plates of «* The Trium mphi- 
trite « The Triumph oe Bisse Pe “Charles 
ced by her 
mae) a es a the ov: 
gis « The 
Elizabeth Sophia Cheron, wife of Jacques le Haye, paint- 
felf. Eufébe Renaudct, an abbé,. and diftin- 
guifhed fcholar of the laft century, after Ranc; and Lauifa 
Maria, princefs of Great Britain, after A. S. Belle, an 
Jac acques Chereau Aes the younger) was born at Blois 
n the year 16 at Paris in 17: e became 
the pupil of his des brthe er Francois, but poffeffing ne 
original powers, he could only imitate, which however he 
did with fome fuccefs. Invited hither by Du Bofc, he vi- 
fited England, but found, or ‘uve that his talents were 
undervalued, and retu timnedas 
e appears, however, not to rhe ieee a iy sg 1 
as an artift in his native country, for we fint ¢ foon 
ae war: 
