FRENCH SCHOOL OF ENGRAVING. 
in a border of rofe-trees, with the infcription “ Rofa m 
tica,’’ de la Fofle pinx. “The Met 
after Jac. Courtin, all in folio. 
Jean Charles Flipart, the elder, was born at Paris A.D. 
1700, or thereabout, and died in the fame city, but the time 
of his death has not been isda oo ele . —_ but 
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He alfo engraved, but without any confiderable Ne cae 
« A Magdalen,” after Ch. Le Brun; “ ‘ Apollo 
fuing Daphne, ” after René Houaffe, in 
Jean Jacques Vlipart, (the fon,) was a at cone in1723, 
and died in the fame city in 1782. Never did any artill, ac- 
aS to Bafan, poffefs age modeity and dvintereited. 
nefs than the junior Flipart, a ith thet rene we 
soe a confiderable portion ME profeffional talent. His 
earlier see are executed in a comparatively open ay le, with 
w croffings, but afterwards, adopting the opinion o 
Watelet, chat ~ Baliga he ald vals between Lee lines of = 
ngraving lefs unfavourable to the a 
a prin ae ‘Giana. his principle, and ne an to advance 
his a ates by means of etching, crofling his work frequently 
win fecond and third couries of lac. and fillmg up the 
aneele which ful ga with Fs ner upon oe 
varnifh, and before his ae ver ad a ve 
faithed appearance Had 
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am and 
of the Eternal afer nee Fall,’ after 
6 ‘Vena . rms to _Aineas,’’ after 
oung fetta ’ after an - Vien. 
s Athenian,”’ after the fame, pright. 
ee nara a ‘and aod 1 by his 
> after the fam ‘ The Village Bri de,” after 
J. B. Greuze, engraven in 1770. beautiful compofition, 
“ The Cake at the Feaft of Kings,”’ 
en in 17773 a grand compofition. 
face apie during the Day,’’ after 
ag ett, a Shipwreck during 
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ma ter Boucher 
«¢ The Conia o 
a painting of L. ao engraved for the reception of 
ae ke into the Academy. 
His por ae are thofe of Jeanne du Ronceray, wife 
of Fava a drawn ochin, in quarto. Jean Baptitte 
Greuze, drawn by himfelf, and engraven by his Ciend 
Flipart, in quarto 
Flipart has libewile engraven with Pee fe feveral 
ent ooks, He } 
— who died in 1773, 
ais eee en Flipare, 
of Wee — e family, was en- 
aot hs 
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graving at Venice in 1740s rv 
The ‘only production of hie an chil we are acquaint. 
thy f~ 
tamorphofis of Syrinx,’’ 
ed is a concert with four. opel aia inferibed Jofeph 
i ae = = fc. W aig ex 
Lau was born 
At fir he 
in a very fhor e relin- 
quifhe erwards de chanel time to 
engraving, in which he made great progrefs. 
Cars has been regarded by Watelct, a other excellent 
judges, as one ee . he beft engravers is the aaa cen- 
ury. d his prints ina very different, thoug 
oe me ina ot erable fiyle to that of oe preceding 
age $ but though it might ee heve been equally fuitable. 
to the paintings, after which thofe mafters engraved, yet 
it was ene oe to the mind of Cars| by engrav- 
ing a ee es es the gre | matters o 
It a pe Le Seu ur, Le Brun, Mignard, &c. pof- 
fefled a degree of harfhuefs ang would have ae but ill 
expreffed by the fafcinating mellownefs which Cars intro- 
cea éven into his fhadows., In the eae of J. Au- 
ny, picquancy pred in the half tints, while in Car: 
itis isin the ee "Se His chef d’ couvres are thote- w hich he en- 
graved after Le Moin 
The engravings of this very meritorious atit are nume- 
rous, and in general co The ae are thofe more 
particularly worthy the notice of connviile 
«The Adoration of as She ane ” ee “the Flight 
into Egypt,”’ both after Carlo Vanloo. * The rd 
of David, ” after J. F.de Troy. 7 
na,’ _ er t Se me. The Blin 
B. « The Mother with ‘T hre hildren,” ee 
the ae aad by L. Cars, and finithed with the graver 
by A. D. Jardinier. « Adam and Eve before their Tran 
greffion,”’ after Fr. le Moine. “ Adam and Eve after their 
minztes 
Tran{greffion,’’ S companion print to bea Legere after 
Ch. Natoire. ‘The Bather,’ a ntering the 
water, after Le Moine, who wa Pi ‘the ne of the 
following eight fubjects: «Time carrying away Truth.’ 
a6 TAG reules {pinning before Omphale,’’ a dikingsiied 
eus delivering Andromeda.” “¢ Iphi 
ied b 
ay en 
away “hy 7? & Jupiter and “Europa 
gory on the Fruitfulnefs cf the Queen.’ « XV 
taken out of the Hands of Women, and placed under the 
are of Men,”’ afer Fr. Boucher. ‘Monument in pons 
of the Duke of Marlborough, ” after the fam ‘ The 
Fortune-teller.”? «A Meal aa ival, ” and «é ve efcort 
of eae all after Watte 
t difkinguifhed porta oo m the graver of Cars 
- re a Michael Anguie > feulptor to the king, . painted 
Gab. Revel, and engrav ars, for his reception 
into the academy in a. Armand Galton, cardinal de 
Rehan, after H. Rigs re d’ Hozier, geuealogilt of 
rf and, queen of France, 
Louis leone d’ Aubuffon, duke de la 
Gafpar de Real, Chevalier. Francois Boucher, 
: Dade was born at hoe in the yer 17035 
and 
