FRENCH SCHOOL OF ENGRAVING. 
so with the graver by Et. Feffard. A colleCtion of 
heads (confiftiig of thirty of the quarto fize) from the 
cen of Rubens, or bean or both thefe mafters, in 
the Crozat mrmig ; and “ The Affembly of Brokers,"’ 
a humorous. pri es 
he oi ae portraits are alfo from the etching g-needle of 
oe ichael Mafciti, in i 
Count Caylus, nam ely, a medalhon, 
dated 1726. The abbé le Gendre. Camille Falconet, a 
iene of Lyons. Pe jae e da Carag and Vol- 
taire in the Battile ; all of ie ne plate 
Louis Surrngue, the elder, was born at ee in 1695, a 
died in the fame city in 1766 59 ae learned the principles of 
dofign and of engraving uoler P. Pic 
faccefsfu’! te imitat — 
ble, an 
effes the tching-aedl and. es grave aurrugvue farnifh- 
ed fome very good prints to the greatett number a the col- 
letions which appeare ad daring his time 
. He wasa member of the Ro yal Ac cade ‘my, and engraved 
portraits and hiftory ane equal fuccefs. The following are 
the — of his principal worxs : 
M: arguerite trampling an eno us Dragon under 
i "Beer Riphael. < St Jerome fitting in the De art, 
in evo wad Meditati ion’ after Balthafar of Sienna, engraven 
by Nicolas Chateau, and retouched by ouis $Surru ugite. 
<¢ Jefus curing Ten Lepers,”’ after Jerom aye “ Abra- 
ham offeriag up. Ifaac,’’ after the eberd painting a An- 
drea del mee in the gallery of Drefdor. hefe four are 
‘ ativity of the Virgin,’’ after ag da Cortona, 
oles brea ig the Tables of t e Las wy’? 
“ caiee “aiid by rah am after 
Euft. le Sueur, engraven I. “6 sare od 
to the Fine Arts, > after Le Ban *“ Defcent of Aineas 
into Hell,’’ after Ant. Coypel. « Economy,”’ ahies a ee 
ing of Chardin, i in the cabinet of the king of Sweden, bei: 
e Amufements of Private Life,’’ in 
of Pleafing,”’ . B. Pater. ¢ » Pleafures. of cae 
mer,’”’ after the fame. vu feet we ects from the comic romance 
of Scarron, entitled * e de Bouvillon, in order to 
a. oe bids him feek oe a Flea;”’ and “« Ragotin 
after the fame fa ae: and. of ie 
ey engraven in 174 48. vid Teniers caufing 
Fortune to i told, _ after the f fame, .“-Silvia in 
expectation of her Lov after a painting of Santerre ae 
an idea of Rembr aah. « The Philo ofopher i in Meditatio 
nd i 
Rubens, rege aot alfoengraven by C. Galle, and by 
H. Watele 
‘demy, of the folibs ae pa ouis de Boullon ngne, the 
father, painter te the king, after Mathieu. “Sofeph-Chrit 
toph es aP ete {culptor, relation. and pupil of 
ophe 
P, Puget, both in foli 
Pierre-Louis ee 
"year 17 Fie acqu ea the elements of his art under the 
pateraal 10° a His ftyle of engraving greatly refembled 
that of his father ; a him he wasa member of the royal 
academy, and like him h portraits and 
hiftorical ie ae whic the following 2 are thofe of moft 
importance, xe a pair of quarto andicapes. after 
Toe they are all te the folio clafs.. 
the fon, was born at Paris in the 
** Ry 
dent eine ” 
; another 
ae a Nativi vity of our Saviour,'’ aftér the. celebrated 
orreg2. © "The Virgin and Child accompanied by St. 
Jzrome, .St. Crifpin, “and St. Crifpinian,”’ after Guido. 
“ The Judgment of Paris,’’ after H. zius. ** The 
Converfation,” and “ The ey in Bed,’’ two Flemith 
fubjeCts after Teniers, engraven i n 1748. - Two Flemifh 
Land{capes,”’ after the fan me, engrav 1750, in quarto. 
“ Clytie changed into a Sun fos ee ° waft rx Ch, Coypel. 
 QO-lando learning the Flight of Angelica from the Shep- 
herds.”” “ Delign of a Saloon at St Cloud, ee 
the Apotheofis of Hercules,’ both from Ch. ag a = 
eet at B.S. ele al entitled « The Monkey Pain 
« The Antiquary ape) in the midit of his Curiol- 
= ” « 'The Blind Man,” with fix. French verfes, is from the 
fame painter. 
._ His beft portraits are in folio, and are thofe of Sire non 
Guillsio, fculptor to the king, after oypel, engraven 
by P. L Surrugue for his reception into the academy 
1747- René in, direftor of the academy of 
ainting, after dela Tour, enyraven by Sarrugpe the younger 
for’ his “tecepiion into the academy in TAT, d 
all drefs, after Ant. pla ies anonymous 
come was, falfely underftood to be me ¢ 
Pompadour, but is that of Madame de eer 
br accic father, painted by the fon 
J seques-Gabri riel Huquier, the father, was born at Or- 
leans in 1695, and died at Paris in 1772. In see 
with his fon, ‘hiv artift etched a great number of prints after 
Gillot, Watteau; Boucher, and other French matters. He 
3; and Rem- 
s 
on oe evenings, and converfe for their 
mutual pleafure and improvement. 
Hugquier was a man of ta fte;, wall a on fubjects 
connected with the fine arts, and at his death 1 n im- 
menfe colleCtion of print; and cae of great value, wie ch 
were fold by public au@tion. We begin our feleCtion of his 
works, Ns thofe w - - has engraven after Won. 
which, are all of the folio c 
t of five plates ented “© The Senfes.’’ A pair of 
_the ee of Cytherea a acchus. The following are 
alfo publifhed in pairs, emple of Bacchus,’’ and 
“ The Temple of Neptune.’’ “ Apollo,’? and. « asa 
‘ The She pherd over 
ay e Timperor of 'China,’’ and 
“s The Chinefe 2 Divinity.” ‘A fet of four plates of the 
ane exprefled by Paftorals.; and another fet of the four 
elem 
9 
His bett prints after aria are two books of. ftudies, 
four plates in each. ook of academical figures. Four 
fets of Paftorals, fix a ineach. Four plates of Chinefe 
fubje€ts ;—but Boucher is always eapeay or trifling. 
From his own defigns he has oe one hundred and 
eight plates, coniifting of fix as pais vafes, 
ook of orn ees nts, a grand iconology, or 
lle€tion of allegorical vignettes, cara s arts and 
nees, heathen deities, virtues, vic on two hun. 
dred at ad ee plates; anda ence antique ae 
dra — by Oppenort, whofe aa ace the ha 
e Edme Petit was ee 
cont ic 
number ae a of an the flower are the 
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