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From Original Paintings of Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Gonzalo Coques, Peter Dankerse de R y, Cornelius Janssens, James Jordaens, John Me yssens, 'Erasmus Quellinius' Guido Rheni, Nicholas de Helt Stocade, David Teniers, Thomas Willeborts Bossaert, and other celebrated Masters. To which is prefixed, An Account of their Lives, Characters, and moft con fiderable Works, in French and Englijh. Coilefled from the beft Authors extant, and the Original Manufcripts. L O N D O Ni Printed for and Sold by Olive Payne, Bookfeller, at Horace s-Head, Court in the Str'"*'* • xxr TT ^ in ’ Garden , Holbonu tj* andi * nd w - h - toms > MPCC XXXIX, 25ÜG2 PREFACE- M O N G all the beautiful and delightful Arts , that of Tainting has always found the moll Admirers ; (the Number of them almoft including all Mankind) : Con- Juls, Emperors , and Kings , See. have entertained themfelves with the Exereife of this Art. Fahius , a noble Roman, painted the Temple of Health in Rome, and gloried fo much in his Perfor- mances there, that he aflumed to himfelf for ever after, the Sirname of P ici or, and thought it no Dif- paragement to one of the moll illuftrious Families ill Rome, to be diftinguilhed by that Title. Tainting and Sculpture, as well as all other Arts dependant on l)e- Jign, greatly flourilhed during the Reigns of the twelve Cafars: And we are informed, that under their Suc- ceffors, Nerva and Trahan, they fhined with a Luftre almoft equal to what they had done under Alexander A 2 the PREFACE. the Great. It is likewife certain, that the Roman Em- perors, Adrian, Antonine, Alexander Sever us, Conjlan- ime, and V aient inian, were not only generous Encoura- gées of the je Aft s ; but alfo in the Practice of them fo well skilled, that they wrought feveral extraordinary Pieces, with their own Hands : and by their Example, as well as their Patronage, raifed up many confide- rable Artijis, in both Kinds. Several of the German Emperors have fpent many Hours with a Pallet and Pencils ; and in the laft Cen- tury, Lewis XIII. King of France, by the Instruc- tion of Simon Vouet, became a good Proficient : And our own King Charles I. delighted more in Painting , than in all the other Sciences, as much a Mailer as he was of all. The late excellent Queen Mary, and her Royal Sifter, the late Queen Anne of glorious Memory, were both inftructed in this Art, by Mr. Richard Gibfon , commonly called the Dwarf. All the Children of the Qpeen of Bohemia, Daughter to King Jameslwere taught to paint by Gerard Honthorji ;and among the Reft, the Princefs Sophia (Grandmother to his Prefent moft Sacred Majefty King George II.) who, with her Sifter the Abbefs of Maubuijfon, diftin- guilhed themfelves by their Skill in Painting. Nor does the Efteem for this Science decline in the pre- fent Gener ation ; all the Children of his prefent Ma- jejty having learned to defign : The Princefs Royal of Great PREFACE. Great Britain and Orange in particular, is faid to be an excellent Performer in Miniature ; and the Princejjes Amelia, and Carolina, have made this Art their Study. His Royal Highnefs the Duke, and the Princeffes Mary and Louifa, have likewife attained to a good Proficiency in Drawing , by the Inftruclion of Mr. Ber - nard Lens, Limner in Ordinary to his MajeJiy. Not only the Art itfelf, but the Profeffors thereof, have had the greateft Regard paid them by the moft illuftrious Perfons, of all Ages and Nations. Alexander the Great, was not fo fond of his beautiful and charm- ing Miftrefs Campafpe, as of his Painter Apelles ; for he parted with her, to gratify him. I have already faid, how much the Roman Emperors patronized this Art ; and in latter Times, the Sovereigns of moft Kingdoms in Europe have not been content with the Poflfeffion of the moft excellent Paintings ; but have caufed the Painters themfelves to live in their Palaces, in Apartments near their own ; as will appear on pending the following Sheets. Not to mention the great Honours conferred on thofe of the Profeflion, by the Emperors of Germany, the Kings of France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, &c. as well as many of the Popes ; I lhall take Notice of the great Regard paid to Artijis by the Court of Great Britain : King Charles I. (as already faid) had this Science PREFACE. in fuch Efteem, that by Means of the great Earl of Arundel , he caufed the moft eminent Painters, of dif- ferent Countries, to come and refide in his Metro- polis. In his Reign the Art of Painting flourifhed more than in any Age before, or (perhaps) fince. The faid King, receiving the utmoft Satisfaction from their Performances, not only gratified them all with magnificent Prefents, but conferred on three of them the Honour of Knighthood ; viz,. Sir Peter Paul Ru- bens, Sir Anthony Van Dyck, and Sir Balthazar Gerbier ; the laft of whom he alfo made Majler of the Ceremonies. Several of the Perfons fpoken of in this Book, have likewife, by their great Merits, born confiderable Offices in the State, as the afore- faid Sir Peter Paul Rubens, John of Bruges, Otho Ve- nius, and othei's. As to the Publication of this Book, it is prefumed it will be acceptable to the Curious-, not only as it contains an ample Account of the Lives of the moft Eminent Painters J and other A r tills ; but at the fame Time prefents to View their true Portraitures, en- graved by the beft Hands, from original Paintings of the greateft Mafters: For it is an Obfervation of a celebrated and judicious Author of our own Coun- try, That mojl Men are defirous of being acquainted 'with the P erf on of an Author, as well as with his bV orks. INDEX. INDEX. B. 1 Page Plate TTAcob Backer [ 22 24 . I David Ballii 33 48 J ohn WilliamBauur 19 18 David Beck 24 3.1 Henry Berckmans 40 73 Abraham Blomaert 5 7 Simon Bodaoom 59 95 John Both 2 4 3° Leonard Bramer 3 1 44 Adrian Brouwer 61 102 Peter Brugel 45 76 Nicholas Bruyant 61 101 John Bylert 2 1 20 C. James Callot 57 92 Richard Collin 6 1 100 Gonzalo Coques 35 57 Dirick Corenhert 60 99 Theodore Corenherc 53 80 Cornelius Cort 53 79 John Coffiers 33 47 D. Cornelius Dackerts de Ry 52 78 Peter Danckerfe de Ry 34 52 James D'Arthois 35 54 Adrian De Bie 29 39 Gafpar De Crayer 30 42 Nicholas De Helt Stocade 35 5 6 Peter De Jode Sen. 56 83 Peter De Jode y un. 57 9i Henry De Key fer 53 81 Stephen De la Bella 60 98 Deodate Del Mont Page 22 Jerom Du Bois 2 Paul Du Pont 57 Adam E. EUheimer 6 Luke F. Faydherbe 57 Luke Franc hoys 38 Peter Franchoys 23 G. Sir Balthafar Gerbier 31 Wenceflaus H. Hollar 59 Henry Hondius 56 Gerard Honthorft 25 James j- Jordaens 2 9 Nicholas K. Knupfer 20 Charles L. Le Brun 46 James M. Matham 54 Plate 2 5 3 89 9 90 6 5 29 43 96 87 32 41 I 9, 7t 84 Peter X m* Sui I N Pagc^ Peter Meerte 37 John Meyffens 39 P. Francis of Padua 2 3 Bonaventure Peters 26 John Peters 38 Cornelius Poulenbourgh 3 2 Erafmus Quellinius 3 2 Aertus Quellinus 60 R. Guido Rheni 7 Sir Peter PaulRubens 9 S. Giles Sadeler 56 John Rapnael Sadeler Sadeler 54 54 Herman Saftleven 33 Rowland Savery 21 Daniel Segers 2 7 Gerard Segers 18 Peter Snayers 28 Francis Snyders 14 T. David Teniers, Senior 2 3 David Teniers, 'Junior 3 6 Peter Telia 44 V. John Van Baden 2 1 Peter Van B :edael 39 E Page Plate John Van Bronchord: 34 5° John Vanden Hecke 38 64 Henry VanderBorcht Sen. 22 2 3 Henry V ander Borcht^w. 39 68 John Baptilt Van Deynum 40 7 r Abraham Van Diepenbeke 34 5 1 Sir Anthony Van Dyck *5 H James Van Es 2 9 38 Hubert Van Eyck 1 1 John Van Eyck 1 2 Theodore Van Harlem 3 4 Daniel Van Heil 34 53 John Baptift Van Heil 37 60 Leo Van Heil 59 93 Robert Van Hocck 37 59 John Van Keffel 40 72 Peter Van Lint 35 55 Adrian Van Nieulant 2 3 27 William Van Nieulant *5 Adam Van Oort 5 6 Charles Van Savoyen 38 66 George Van Son 40 70 John Philip Van Thielen 37 61 Oftavio Van Veen 3 5 Adrian Van Venne ?9 4-9 Adrian Van Utrecht 49 16 Peter Verbrugghen 59 94 Toby Verhaecht 6 8 Simon Vouet 40 74 James Vrancquart 55 85 W. Adam Willaerts *9 *7 Thomas WilleboertsBolTaert 2 5 33 Francis Wouters 2 7 35 A N D Plate 62 69 28 34 6 3 45 46 97 10 11 86 82 83 49 22 3 6 *5 37 12 26 58 75 2 1 1 67 A N ACCOUNT O F T H E LIVES OF THE i Moft eminent Pa i nters, and other famous Art i sts. 1. Hubert Van Eyck, and 2. John Van Eyck, co?n?nonly call'd John of Bruges, ERE Brothers, and Natives of Majfeyck on the Meufe : Hubert was born in 1366, and fohn in 1370, They were the firft Painters in the Low Countries that did any Thing worth Notice ; for which Reafon they are reckon’d the Founders of the Flemifo School. They had both Genius and Skill : They work’d together, and became famous by their Per- formances : They drew feveral Pi&ures for Philip the Good , B Duke ÊÊ 2 Lives oj Eminent Painters, &c. Duke of Burgundy ; that which was fet up in St. John's Church at Gaunt was univerfally admir’d. Philip I. King of Spain, not being able to obtain the Original at any Price, got a Copy of it, at the Expence of 2000 Ducats , which he carried into Spain with him. The Subjed of this Piece was taken out of the Revelations , where the old Men adore the Lamb ; it con- lifts of 330 Figures, the Faces being fo diverfify’d as to caufo Admiration in the Spectators. This Picture is to this Day efteem’d a wonderful Piece of Art : Having been carefully pre- ferv’d ; ’tis ftill very frefh, being never expos’d to View but on Holidays, or at the Defire of Perfons of the firft Quality. Hubert died in 1426, and was buried in the Cathedral at Gaunt ; after which, his Brother John remov’d to Bruges , where he took up his Refidence, and from thence was call’d John of Bruges. ’Twas this John , who, in feeking for a Var- nifh that might give more Force to his Colouring, found out that Linfeed-Oil , mix’d with Colours, had a very good EffecT, without ufing any Varnifh at all. His Works increafing in Beauty, were bought up by the Great, and had the firft Places in their Cabinets. He was efteem’d as well for the ' Solidity of his Judgment, as for his Skill in Painting. The Duke of Bur- gundy had fo good an Opinion of his Merit, that he made him a Counfellor of State. He died at Bruges in 1441, and was buried in the Church of St. Donatus , according to his own Dé- lire. His Sifter Margaret would never marry, that Ihe might be the more at Liberty to exercife herfelf in Painting , which Ihe paftionately lov’d. 3. H iEROM Boschius, or Jerom D UBOIS, H A D a peculiar Inclination to paint Apparitions and Spi- rits. In a Piece of his reprefenting Hell , is moft admi- rably defcribed the horrid Shapes and Deformity of the infernal Spirits , Lives of Eminent Painters, 6 ?c. Spirits ; the ftrange Punifhments of the Damn in Rivers, as it were of Fire tempeftuoufly rolling, and mingled with thick Darkriefs and Smoke : So that his Painting caufes rather a Hor- ror mixt with Admiration, than any Delight to behold. Several of his Pieces were carried to the Ffcurial , and plac’d there by Order of the King of Spain . He died about the Year 1500. 4, Theodore Van Harlem FT'Lourifh’d in the Year 1462, as appears by a Piece of his at JT Leyden , upon which is written in Golden Letters in Latin to this Effect. Theodore of Harlem made me at Louvain in the Year 1462. God grant him everlajling Reft . This is all that remains of him, yet is enough to evidence that he was an excel- lent Artift. 5. O ctavio Venius, or Otho Van Veen, TXT AS born at Leyden in the Year 1558, of a confiderable W Fatnily, his Father being one of the principal Magi- Jlrates of that City : He was educated under Cardinal Groef- heck , Bifihop and Prince of Liege y and learn’d at the fame Time to defign of Ifaac Nicholas : He was but fifteen Years old, when the Civil Wars oblig’d him to leave his Country ; he retir’d to Liege , finifh’d his Studies, and there gave the firft Proofs of the Beauty of his Mind : The Cardinal gave him Letters of Re- commendation when he went to Rome> where he was entertain’d by Cardinal Maduccio . His Genius was fo extenfive, that he at once apply’d himfelf to Philofophy , Poetry , the Mathema - ticks , and Painting : He became a great Proficient in Defigning under the Difcipline of Frederico Zucchero ; and acquired an Excellence in all the Parts of Painting , efpecially in the Know- ledge of the Claro-Ofcuro , by which he was reckon’d in Italy , B 2 to cr, . /}. Lives of Eminent Painters., &c. to be one of the moft ingenious and univerfal Men of his Age ? He lived at Rome feven Years, during which Time he per- form’d feveral extraordinary Pieces ; and then palling into Ger - many , was receiv’d into the Emperor’s Service. After this, the Duke of Bavaria , and the Ele&or oï Colog n employ’d him, and entertain’d him with Refpeft fuitable to his Deferts ; but all the Advantages that he got by his Service in the Courts of Fo- reign Princes, could not detain him there ; he had a Delire to return into the Low-Countries , whereof Alexander Farnefe , Prince of Parma , was then Governor for the King of Spain > who made him his Engineer and Painter : He drew his Picture arm’d Cap-a-pee , which confirm’d his Reputation in the Ne- therlands . He was of fo excellent a Difpofition, that being join’d with great Learning and Induftry* made him belov’d by all the Court. After the Death of the Prince, he retired to Antwerp , where he adorn’d the principal Churches with his Paintings. The Archduke Albert (who fucceeded in the Go- vernment of the Low-Countries) fent for him to Bruffels , and made him Mafier of the Mint ; and tho’ it took up much Time to officiate in that Poft, Otho found Leifure to exercife himfelf in his Profeffion : He drew the Portraits at full Length of the Archduke, and the Infanta Ifabella his Wife, which were fent to James I. King of Great-Britain : And to ffiew his Know- ledge of Polite Learning as well as Painting , he publiffi’d feve- ral Treadles, embellilhing them with Cuts of his own Defigning, as Horace's Emblems , The Life of Ehomas Aquinas , and The Emblems of Love , which he perform’d with a great deal of Art and Grace. Venius dedicating the Emblems of Profane Love to the hifanta Ifabella , fhe oblig’d him to do the lame by Dix vine Love . Lewis XI II. King of France made him very ad- vantageous Offers to tempt him to enter into his Service ; but he would not leave his own Country, fatisfying himfelf with the Character and Employments he there enjoy’d. He was the Lives of Eminent Painters, &c\ 5 firft fince Polidore Caravaggio that reduc’d the Claro-Ofcuro ta a Principle of the Art of Painting . He had the Glory of Forming the Mind of Rubens , the Apelles of that Age, who perfected what Venius began, and the whole Flemijh School learn’d it of him. Otho died at BruJJels May 6, 1629, aged 71, according to fome Authors; but others fay he liv’d till 1634. He had two Brothers, Gilbert , who was an Engraver, and Peter , a Painter : He left behind him two Daughters, both, excellent in their Father’s Art ; the Eldeft, nam’d Cornelia, , was married to a rich Merchant at Antwerp ; the other Gertrude * who hath fignaliz’d both her Love to his Memory, and her owm Skill in Painting , by Drawing his Picture in the Manner as it is here reprefented in Print. 6. Adam Van Oort W A S the Son and Difciple of Lambert V a?i Oort , born at Antwerp in the Year 15,5 7. He painted in large, and had the Reputation of being a Matter, on Account of the many magnificent Defigns, which are to be found in the Collections of the Curious. He was fb full of Bufinefs, that he had not Time to travel out of his own Country : He was Rubens ’s firft Matter ; and having liv’d to the Age of eighty-four Years, died' at Antwerp , and was there buried in 1641. 7. Abraham Blomaert W AS born at a Place call’d Eorcum in Holland , about the Year 1567. His Father Cornelius Blomaert was an Ar- chitect, whom he follow’d to Utrecht , where he was educated, and always liv’d: His Matters were fome ordinary Painters that he met with by Chance, and he look’d upon the Time he fpent with them, as fo much thrown away. He form’d a Manner to himfeh 6 Lives of Eminent Painters, himfelf after Nature, and as his Genius direded him : It wa$ €afy, fruitful, graceful, and univerfal : He underftood the Claro - Of cur g ; the Folds of his Draperies were large, and had a good Effed ; but his Gout of Defgning had too much of his own Country in it A great Number of Prints were done by the beft Engravers after his Works. He died about eighty Years of Age in 1647, having three Sons, of whom Cornelius the youngeft was an excellent Engraver. He generally wrote his Name abbreviated in this Manner , Ab. BL in. 8. Toby Verhaecht, B ORN at Antwerp in the Year 1566, was an excellent Painter of Landfkips, and inftruded Rubens in that Branch of the Art : He died in the Year 1631. ThePidure from whence this Prim was taken, was painted by OElavio F vnius , fpoken of before. 9. Adam Elsheimer, B ORN at Frankfort upon the Mayn> in 1574, was the Son of a Taylor, and at firft a Difciple of Philip Ujfenbach or Oude?ibach , a Man of Senfe, who, aiming at a great many Things, had little Experience in the pradical Part of the Art, tho he was Mafter of the Theory. Adam having learnt of him as much as he could teach him, went to Rome , where he fpent the Remainder of his Days. He was very ftudious, and finifh’d extremely every Thing he did : His Colouring was good, and 11s Compofitions ingenious. Count Oaude of Utrecht grav’d feven Pieces after him with equal Finenefs and Force : Several other Prints were engrav’d after his Works, Part of which he etch d himfelf, and fome were grav’d by Madalain du Pas , and others. Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. j others. His Memory was fo good, that having feen a Thing, he wou’d keep it in his Mind for fome Time, and then paint it exadly, without deligning it when he faw it : He was an ex- cellent Artift in Landslips , Hijlory , and Night-Pieces with fmall Figures. His Works are very few, being hardly any where to be. found but in the Cabinets of Princes. He was naturally of a melancholy Difpolition, his chief Amufement being amongfl Tombs and Ruins : Tho’ he liv’d in Reputation at Rome, and Ibid his Pidures at high Prices, yet he took up fo much Time in finifhing them, that he could not fell them for enough to anfwer the Expence of his Houfe ; this encreas’d his Melancholy, fo that he negleded his Bulinefs, and liv’d only upon what he cou’d bor- row ; by which Means he ran fo far in Debt, that not being able to extricate himfelf out of it, he was thrown into Prifon, where he fell lick; but tho’ he was foon releas’d, his Diftemper conti- nued, which (with his Anxiety of Mind, occalion’d by his Trouble and Difgrace) carried him to his Grave in the Year ï6io, aged 36. The Italians themfelves, who had a particu- lar Efteem for him, lamented his Lofs. James Lrnejl Thomas: of Landau was his Difciple, whofe Manner was fo like his> Mailer’s, that his Pidures are often taken for Eljheimer s, Adam Eljheimer us d this Mark y AÆ., > 10. Guido RhenI; W AS born at Bologna in 1574 ; and having learn’d the* Rudiments of Painting under Dennis Calvert , a Flemijh * Mailer, was relin’d and polifh’d in the School of the Carraches.. He chiefly imitated Ludovico s Manner, becaufe he found more Grace and Grandeur in his Compofltions, than in thofe of his Kinfmen : He acquired fome Skill alfo in Mujick , by the In- llrudions of his Father, an eminent Frofeflbr of that Science.. Great were the Honours he receiv’d from Pope Paid V. from alii 8 Lives oj Eminent Painters, &c. all the Cardinals, and Princes of Italy ; from the French King Lewis Xiil. from King Philip IV. of Spain, and alfo from Via- •dijlausy King of Poland and Sweden \ who (befides a noble Re- ward) made him a Compliment, in a Let er under his own Hand, for an Europa he had fent him. He was extremely hand- fome, and graceful in his Perfon ; and fo very beautiful in his younger Days, that his Matter Ludovico in painting his Angels , took him always for his Model: Nor was he an Angel only in his Looks, if we may credit what the Chevalier Giofeppino told the Pope, when he afk d his Opinion of Guidon Performances, in the Capella ^uirinale. Our PiSlures (faid he) are the IV irk of Mens Hands , but thefe are made by Hands Divine . In his Behaviour he was modeft, gentile, and very obliging ; hv d m great Splendor both at Bologna and Rome , and was only unhappy in his immoderate Love of Gaming : To which, in his latter Days, he had abandon’d himfelf fo entirely, that all the Money he could get by his Pencil, or borrow upon Intereft, being too little to fupply his Lottes, he was at laft reduc’d to fo poor and mean a Condition, that the Confideration of his prefent Cir- eumftances, together with Reflexions on his former Reputa- tion, and high Manner of Living, brought on him a languifh- ing Diftemper, which occafion’d his Death, in the Year 1642, and the 68th of his Age. There are feveral Deftp'ns of this great Mafter etch’d by himfelf. He usd for his Mark the initial Letters of his Name , G. R, and fometimes G. R. F. fignifying Guido Rheni Fecit. In the Overthrow of the Giants , engrav d by Bartholomeo Coriolano, are thefe Letters , G. R. B. C. F. Lives of Eminent Painters, and at laft excelled him in the Force and Union of his Colouring. He was fo ravifhed with the wonderful Pai ntings he there beheld, that he could not without great Difficulty be got thence ; till Cardinal Zapata, the King of Spains Emèaffador at Rome , with great Importunity prevailed upon him to accompany him to Madrid , where he prefented him to the King, w T ho conferred upon him feveral Honours, as a Mark of his Efteem. Segers , at Ihis Return to Antwerp , finding that Rubens s and Van Dyck's Manners were generally approved of, he was obliged to change his own, or his Pi&ures would have lain upon his Hands : His good Senfe, and the Knowledge he had of his Art, made the Change eafy to him, and he fucceeded in his new Stile, as Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 19 as may be feen by his Works in moft of the Churches at Antwerp. He made for the Duke of Newburgh a Pidture of the B le fled Vir- gin, which pleafed him fo extremely, that he rewarded him with a Gold Chain and a Medal, over and above the full Price of his Work. He built himfelf a ftately Houfe at Antwerp , and adorned it with] a great Colledion of curious Paintings, gathered from all Parts, with great Coft and Induftry, and there peace- ably ended his Days in the Year 1651, about fixty Years of Age, leaving behind him a Son of his own Profeflion. 16. Adrian Van Utretcht W AS born at Antwerp, January 12, 1599. His chief Excellency was in painting Fruit-Pieces, Birds, and Beads, either as alive or dead; his Works are in the Palaces of the Emperor, the King of Spain , and other Princes, and like- wife in Holland. : He had been in France , Provence, Italy, and Germany ; but Antwerp was the chief Place of his Refldence. 17. Adam Willaerts, B ORN at Antwerp , in the Year 1577, was a neat Painter of Sea-Pieces, Ports, Havens, Rivers, Ships, Boats, Barks, and little Figures in them. 18. John William Bauur, or Baurn, A Native of Strasburg, was a Difciple of Frederic Brendel, and had a great Genius; but the Force of his Imagination hindered his ftudying the Antique, and beautiful Nature, and prevented his throwing off the barbarous Gout of his Country. In the Year 1637, the Duke of BraJJignano fent for him to Rome, and entertained him in his Service : But his Studies were wholly D 2 employed 20 Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. employed about Archite&ure , and Land skip. He took no Care to form a grand Gufto of Defigning, or learn how to exprefs the Naked , which he performed but indifferently ; but in painting fmall Figures in Diftemper on V ellum .* His Pencil was light, his general Expreffions and Comportions beautiful even to Subli- mity. He ftudied his Trees at la Vig 7 ie Madame ; and the Pa- laces in and about Rome , were his Models for Architecture* From Rome he went to V enice^ and afterwards into Germany , where he ferved the Emperor Ferdinand He etch’d himfelf Ovid's Met amor phofes from his own Defigns, which make a Vo- lume by themfelves : Belides which, a great Number of Subjedls taken out of the holy Scriptures, and other Hiftories, were en- graved by Melchior Kuffel \ and make another Volume of Prints: By thefe two Books may be formed a Judgment of the Extent of Bauur s Genius. He died at Vienna in a fhort Time after he was married, in the Year 1 640. He wrote his Name Guil. Baurn, and fotnetimes Jo. GuiL Baürn. 19. Nicholas Knupfer W A S bred under Emanuel Nyfen at Leipjick . About the Year 1603, he lived at Magdeburg ; and afterwards, in 1630, went to Utrecht , and refided with the famous Abra- ham Blomaert , where he made feveral admirable Hiftory Pieces for the King of Demtiark , and other Princes and Perfons of Quality. 20. John Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 21 20. John Bylert W A S born at Utrecht , of mean Parentage, being but the Son of a Glazier ; yet advanced his own Fortune by his great Merit and Induftry. His Defigns are allowed to be good ; his Figures were moderately large, and very foft. 21. John Van Balen W A S a good Painter both in Great and Small. After re- ceiving his firft InftruCtion from his Father Henry V an Baleii) he was fome Time in Italy ; but Antwerp was the chief Place of his Refidence, where he was born in the Year 161 1- 22. Rowland Savery, A Native of Flanders , was the Son of an ordinary Painter : His firft Exercife in his Art was to imitate all Sorts of A- nimals after Nature; and he became fo fkilful in his Profeflion, that the Emperor Rodolphus II. who had a good Tafte, took him into his Service, andfent him to Friuli , to ftudy Landfkips on the Mountains, in which he fucceeded : His Defigns are ge- nerally drawn with a Pen, and wafhed over with different Co- lours, as near as he could to Nature, in the Objecft he defigned. He collected all his Drawings into a Book, which he carefully confulted : This Book is now in the Emperor’s Collection. Giles Sadeler , and Ifaac his Difciple, engraved feveral of his Land- fkips ; the fined of them all is the Piece in which St. Jerom is reprefented. He was much efteemed by the Lovers of the Art, and died at Utrecht in a good old Age. 23. Henry 22 Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 2 3* ÏÏE nrt Vahder Borcht, Senior , O F Bruffehy was born i:n the Year 1583, from whence he was removed to Gei-many^ on Account of the Troubles in his own Country, in 1586. After having learned the Rudiments of his Art of Giles V alckenborgh , he travelled into Italy , and at his Return lived at Franckendael, till the Year 1627, when he returned to Francfort . He was a great Lover of antique Curioli- ties, and other Rarities : The Earl of Arundel had him in great Efteem for his valuable Collégien of.antient Pieces, and Medals, as alfo for his Painting. 24. Jacob Backer, A Native of Haer linge , i;n the Year 1608, was an excellent Painter in Large, beiing a good Deligner and Colourift, and underftood the Naked perfectly well ; he had alfo a happy Talent in painting Portraits, and Amflerdam was the Place of his Relidence. 25. Deoda.te Del Mont L IVED fome Time witth Rubens , and travelled with him to Italy , and other Parts, to increafe his Experience. When Rubens parted from htim, he gave him a Teftimonial of his Abilities, by a publick Inftrument. He was for feveral Years Painter and Architea- General to the Duke of Newburgh ; he afterwards ferved the Archiduke Albert , and the Infanta Ifa- bella , in the fame Quality, tiill his Death, which happened in .the Year 1643. 26. D A- Lives of Eminent Painters, &e. 23 26. David Teniers, Senior, B ORN at Antwerp, in the Year 1582, was firft a Difciple of Ruhens in Flanders, and afterwards of Adam Eljhei- mer at Rome ; by which Means, when he returned to Antwerp y he made a Mixture of Rubens’s and Eljheimer s Manners : He excelled in Painting both great and final! Figures, as alfo in Landfkips ; and died in the Year 1 649. 27. Adrian Van Nieulant, A Native of Antwerp , was firft inftrudted by P eter Ifaac v and afterwards by Francis Baden at Amjlerdam, in 1607, where he fpent moft of his Life. He was a good Painter in fmall: Figures and Landfkips ; there are feveral fine Pieces extant of his doing, containing the Hiftories of the Old Teftament* He died in the 59th Year of his Age. ( 1 28. Francis of P ad u a, S O named from the Place of his Nativity, was an admirable Painter of great Figures, very copious in his Inventions, and 1 particularly excellent in Portraits, as appears by the Pictures of the Earl of Arundel, and his Countefs, drawn by him. He lived* fometimes at Rome \ but Padua, his native Place, was his chief Refidence. 29. Peter Franchoys W AS a Painter of good Efteem, born at Malines , and' died the eleventh Day of Auguft , 1654. 30. John 24 - Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 30. John Both, and Henry his Brother , O F Utrecht , were both Blomaerts Difciples, and both of them very ftudious and induftrious in their Profeffion : They went to Rome , where Henry applied himfelf to Lan dikips, imitating the Manner of Claude de Lorain , and John ftudied the drawing of Figures and Animals, in Imitation of Bamboccios Manner : Both of them fucceeding in their feveral Kinds, they agreed to paint Pictures together ; John drew the Figures and the Animals, and Henry the Landlkips, reconciling their Manners fo well, that the Piece appeared to be but one Man’s Doing : By this Means they finifhed their Pi&ures with fo much Eafe, and fold them fo faff, that they refolved to continue their joint La- bours ; till Henry going Home one Night, fell into a Canal at U enice> and was drowned : After which, John returned to U~ irecht , where he worked and lived with Reputation. The fudden Death of Henry Both was looked on as a Piece of divine Vengeance, for a Crime he was guilty of while he lived at Rome . He, with Peter V an Laer , (commonly called Bam - boccio) and three other Dutchmen ot their Acquaintance, having been found feveral Times eating Flefli on the Banks of the Tyber , during the Lent Seafon ; a Prieft, who had often admonifhed them for fo doing, furprifed them at it once more, and feeing that fair Means would not do, threatened to put them into the Inquijition : Both the Priefl: and the Dutchmen being very much exafperated, they threw him into the River ; and it was obferved, that all thefe five Hollanders died by Water. 31. David Beck, A Native of Ddft , in Holland y was both Painter and of the Bed-chamber to the Queen of Sweden , by whofe Direc- tions he drew the Pidures of the moft illuftrious Perfons in Ghrijlendom . o2s q e „ <3 ' 2 5 Lives of Eminent Painters, 32. Gerard Honthorst, B ORN at Utrecht , in the Year 1 592, was firft a Difciple of Abraham Bloemaert , and afterwards went to Rome , where having ftudied Defegning , he exercifed himfelf with fo much Application and Succefs in Drawing Night-Pieces, that none ever equalled him : His Capacity being known to feveral Cardinals , he was employ’d by them to paint the Rarities that Italy at that Time afforded : And at his Return to Utrecht he drew feveral Hijlory-Pieces, in which he likewife excelfd. He was a Man of fuch Sobriety, and of fo much Honour, that moft of the young Men of Quality of Antwerp , were fent to him to learn to deftgn ; he alfo taught the £%ueen of Bohemias Children : The Prince Palatine , and the four Princejfes were his Difciples ; among whom, her Highnefs the Princefs Sophia , and the Abbefs of Maubuijfon diftinguifh’d themfelves by their Skill in Painting. Charles the Firft, King of England , invited Honthorjl to come to London, where he did feveral grand Performances for his Ma- jefty. When he return’d to Holland, he painted the Prince of Orange's Houfes of Pleafure; in which, he drew Abundance of Poetical Subjects, as well in Frefco, as in Oil ; particularly in the Palace call’d la Maifon du Bois, (the Boarded-Houfe) half a League from the Hague . 33- Th OMAS WlLLEBORTS BoSSAERT W A S born at Berghen op Zoom in Brabant, in the Year 1613, and (according to the Examples of the great Painters that ftourifh’d at that Time) began to draw when very young in the Books that were intended for other Studies : Preferring his Pencil before all Things, he drew his own Pidture, by the Re- femblance in a Looking-glafs, fo like, that thofe that faw it E were 2 6 Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. were aftonifh’d. This he did before he had the leaft Infime- tion from any one, and at the Age only of twelve Years. His Parents perceiving this, fent him to a Mafter that he might follow his own Inclination; but becaufe his firft Mafter was but an indifferent Painter, and no Ways capable of fatisfying his earneft Defire of Learning, he left him, and engag’d himfelf with Gerard Segers , under whofe better Inftru£tion, Art per- feded what Nature began ; proving a moft accomplifh’d Artift* after four Years Pradice. Antwerp being at that Time the Seat of Arts, and where was a Co>nflux of the moft eminent Painters, he thought it a Place moft worthy of his Refidence, and the fitted: for him to improve in. There he made fuch a Number of magnificent Pieces, as gave new Splendor to the ancient Beauty of that wealthy City. Henry Frederick , Prince of Orange , in the Year 1642, and his Son Prince TFilliam, employ’d him in their Service for feveral Years ; in which Time, he made thofe excellent Pieces, which were to be feen at the faid Prince’s Palace at the Hague , and other Parts of Holland: Having painted moft Perfons of Quality that were then living. That great Piece of his, at the Hague , is moft admirable, where he reprefents Mars the God of War on one Side, ftirr’d up and provok’d by -the Furies : And on the other Hand, Peace and Concord, ftriving gently to appeafe and reftrain him. The Martyrdom of St. George im the great Church is alfo an excel- lent Piece. He died in the Flower of his Age, and his Lofs was much lamented by all that were acquainted either with his Per- fon or Abilities. 34- B O N A V E N T U R E PETERS, A Native of Antwerp , in the Year 1614, had an excellent Faculty in Sea-Pieces „ fometimes reprefenting a calm Sea, full of Ships and Galleys riding, with Pendants and Streamers difplay’d Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 27 dilplay’d as it were in Triumph : Sometimes an outrageous Storm, in which the furious Winds, and foaming Billows, feem to contend with each other for Vi&ory, while fome {hatter ’d Bark or linking Ship is the Sacrifice that mu ft appeafe their Wrath. His Sea-Fights are alfo very natural, in which he ob- ferved, as to his Defign, an exa in the Palatinate , from whence - (on Account of the Wars) he removed to Franckfort , in- the Year 1636. The Earl of Arundel palling that Way in his EmbalTy to the Emperor , took him with him to Vienna , and employed him in Italy, with Mr. Peti , in colle&ing what Ra- rities could be there procured ; and afterwards brought him to England , where he continued in the faid Earl’s Service till his Death ; after whofe Deceafe he was preferred to the Service of King Charles II. then Prince of Wales . After having lived a conEderable Time at London , in great Efteem, he w r ent to Antwerp , where he died. His Father (of the fame Name) was; likewife very much valued by the Earl of Arundel , for his fine- Colleâion of Rarities , and Antique Curiofities . 69. J OHN MEYSSENS W AS born at Brujfels,. May 17, 1612, but his ufual Refi- dence was at Antwerp ; where, befides many Things; which he painted to the Life with lingular Judgment, he' traded much in making and felling Prints , in the Knowledge whereof he was very Ikilful ; and to all which (as you fee in many Plates of this Book) he ufually put his Name in this Manner, Jo. Meffens excudit . It may be obferved likewife, that many of the Heads in this Colledion were painted by him. 70. George Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. jo. George Van Son, , A N excellent Painter of Fruit and Flowers at Antwerp , where he was born in the Year 1622. 7 1. John Baptist Van Deynum, B ORN at Antwerp , in the Year 1620, was excellent at painting Portraits in Small, Landkips, and other Figures in Miniature. He was honoured by the City of Antwerp , with the Command of a Company of their Trained Bands, in the Quality of Captain . 72. John Van Kessel, A Native of Antwerp , in the Year 1626, was a curious Painter of Flowers , InfeSls , See. and his Pictures were much efteemed. 73. H ENRY BERCKMANS, B ORN at Clunder near TVillemJladt , was the Difciple of W mver man, the famous Battle^ Painter at Haerlem, and of Thomas W illeborts , and James Jordaens at Antwerp. His Pieces are much valued, efpecially his Faces, done from the Life. He lived at Middleburgh in Zeala?td . 74. S IMON VOUET VT 7 AS born at Paris , Jan. 8. 1582. He was the Son and * » Difciple of Laurence V ou et, an ordinary Painter : But by his Studies elfewhere, he acquired fuch Skill in his Art, that at Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 41 at twenty Years old, Moiifieur de Sancy , who was going Em- baffador to Confiant impie , took him in his Retinue, to draw the Grand Seigniors Pidure, and the moft confiderable Places about Confiantinople : But Vouet , at his Arrival, finding the Difficulty of performing his Defign, by Reafon of the Turkijh Laws, was forced to take a quite different Method from the ufual Pradice, and to imprint in his Mind, by the Force of Imagination, the Sultans Vifage, as he obferved it in his at- tending the Embaffador at his Audience, and at other Times ; which he did with fo much Accuracy, that his Draught of It afterwards, when retired to his Chamber, according to thbfe Ideas he had before conceived, appeared to refemble the Original as exadly to the Life, as if the Sultan had fat on Purpofe for it. This was looked upon to be fo extraordinary an Effed of Ingenuity, that he was richly rewarded for it : And it was fo generally efteemed and applauded by Men of Judgment, that divers Copies were made of it by feveral eminent Hands. Llaving drawn fome other Portraits at Confiantinople^ he took Shipping for V enice , and afterwards went to Rome , where he ftaid fourteen Years ; in which Time he made fo confiderable a Progrels in his Art, that befides the Favours which he received from Pope Urban VIII. and the Cardinal his Nephew, he was chofen Prince of the Roman Academy of St. Lube. During his Abode at Rome^ he married Virginia Ùezzo Vellatrano^ a Lady of extraordinary Beauty, and fkilful in Painting, as appears by many excellent Prints, that were done after her Defigns. Lewis XIII. King of France (who allowed him a Penfion during his Abode at Rome ) fent for him in the Year 1627, to work in his Royal Palaces, and above all at Luxemburgh : So that by Com- mand of his natural Prince , he was obliged to leave Rome , and its Glories, and return to France ; having left behind him fe- veral Monuments of his Pencil, which were held in equal Re- putation with fome of the beft in Italy. , and placed as a G Tefti- A 2 Lives oj Eminent Painters, &c. Teftimony thereof, in the Church oi St. Peter at Rome ; where nothing; that is common, is fuflered to come. He no fooner arrived in France , but the King made him his principal Painter : He pra&ifed both in Portraits and Hiflories , and furmfhed lome of the Apartments of the Louvre , the Palaces of Luxem- burg) and St. Germains , the Galleries and Chapel of Cardinal Richlieu ; and alfo his Caftle of Ruell , the Queen s Baths, and the Marefchal d’Effiats fine Houfe at Chilly, He drew Portraits in. Crayons and Pajiels with fuch facility, that the King admired and delighted to fee him work : He alfo learned of him to defign, in which his Majejly made a won- derful Progrefs in a little Time ; drawing lèverai Portraits, very much refembling fome of the mod confiderable Perlons at Court ; which he bellowed among his Favourites, after he had taken the Pleafure of doing them. Charles I. King of England , had fo great a Regard for him, that he endeavoured by many Sollicitations to get him into his Service ; but could not prevail : Yet V ouet fent him fome of his Pieces, as an Acknowledgment of his Refped and Veneration for fo great a Prince. , , „ , While he was at Rome, he imitated Caravaggio and R alen- linds Manner ; but when he came to Parts, he was fo lui y employed, that he formed a Manner to himfelf, more expedi- tious by great Shadows and general Tints ; which he made ufe of, and fucceeded in the better, becaufe his Pencil was brilk, lively, and light. It would be a Matter of wonder to think what a prodigious Number of Pâtures he drew, if we did not know that he had a great many Difciples, whom he bred up in his Manner ; who were lkilful Painters, and executed his De figns with Eafe, tho’ they were not fimlhed fo well as they fhould have been. . , „ - . , , , France is indebted to him for deflroying the infipid and bar- barous Manner that then reigned, and for introducing a G out-, in Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 43 in which he was affifted by Blanch art. The Novelty of Vouet\ Manner , and the kind Reception he gave every Body that came to him, made the French Painters, his Contemporaries, fall into it, and brought him Difciples from all Parts ; as well thofe w ho profefled the other Arts depending on Defign , as thofe who ftudied the Art of Painting only. Moft of the Painters, who have fince been any ways famous in their Profeffion, were bred up by him ; as Le Brun , Perrier y Peter Mignard y Chaperon , Perfon y Le Sueur y Corneille , Dorigny y Tartebat y Belli y du Fref- noy y and feveral others, whom he employed in making the Or- naments of his Pieces, and Dejigns for Tapejlries y as JuJle cF Eg - mont y V andrijfe , Scalberg y Fatel y Bellin y V an Boucle- y Belle- Ange r Cot t elle , &c. without reckoning a great Number of young Perfons, who learned to dejign of him. Dorigny y who was his Son-in-Law, as well as his Pupil, graved the greateft Part of his Father-in-Law’s Works. Vouet y rather fpent with Labour than with Years, died in 1641, in the fifty-ninth Year of his Age. He had a Brother, whofe Name was Aubin Vouet y who painted after his Manner , and was a tolerable Performer, V ouet s Works were agreeable in Companion with thofe that had hitherto been done in France ; but he was every where a Mannerijl ; His greateft Perfection was in his agreeable Colour- ings and his brifk and lively Pencil ; being otherwife but indif- ferently qualified : He had no Genius for Grand Compojitions y was unbappy in his Invention, unacquainted with the Rules of PerfpeElive y and underftood but little of the Union of Colour j, or the DoSlrine of Lights and Shadows : The Pajfions of the Soul are not at all exprefs’d in his Figures , and he con- tented himfelf with giving a certain Air to his Heads , which had no Meaning in it. His Cielings are the beft Part of his Per- formances, and fhewed his Difciples the Way to make finer than any France had ever feen before. G 2 He 44 Lives of Eminent Painters, &V. He had one Advantage above other Painters : There never was a Matter, whofe Manner made fuch an Impreffion on the Minds of his Difcipl es, and was fo generally followed by them. But it muft be owned, that if this Manner deftroyed the infi- pid Gout in France , it introduced one fo unnatural, fo wild, apd (being eafy) fo univerfal, that his Difciples, and mo ft of the French Painters have been debauched by it : They can hardly get rid of it to this Day. But it is believed Fouet followed his Intereft more than his Judgment, in forming that expedi- tious Manner already mentioned. 75. Peter Testae W A S bom at Lucca , in the Dukedom of Florence , in the Year 161 1 ; and having laid the Foundations of Painting at Home, went very poor in a Pilgrim’s Habit to Rome ; and fpent fome Time in the School of Domenichmo , but afterwards fixed himfelf in that of ' Peter Cortona . He was fo indefath gable in his Studies, that there was not a Piece of ArchiteElure , a Statue , a Bafs- Relief, a Monument , or the leaft Fragment of Antiquity , in, or about Rome , that he had not defigned and got by Heart. His Manner of Living was miferable to the laft Degree ; infomuch, that Sandrart, meeting him one Day de- figning the R uins about Rome , in a wretched Condition, having fcarce wherewithal to cover his Nakednefs, he took Pity on him, carried him to his Houfe, clothed him, fed him, and employed him to defign feveral Things in the Gallery of JuJli- niano \ after which, he recommended him to other Matters, who fet him to work. He was fuch a Man-hater , and fo wild, that Sandrart could hardly have any of his Company : His Gemus w 7 as fo fiery and licentious, that all the Pains he took ferved him to little Purpofe ; and the Trouble he gave himfelf about his Pictures fucceeded as ill, as may be feen by the Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 4.5 the few Pieces that are left of his Doing, and by the little Value that is fet on them thro’ his bad Colouring, and the Hardnefs of his Pencil : But he was commendable for his De- signs and Prints , of which he engraved Part himfelf; Part were done by Cefare Tefta, and the reft by other Gravers. There ffs a great Deal of Fancy, Gaiety, and Pradice in them ; but little Intelligence of the Claro-Ofcuro , little Reafon, and little Juft- nefs. He was a Man of a quick Head, a ready Hand, and a lively Spirit in moft of his Performances : But yet for want of Science, and good Rules to cultivate and ftrengthen his Genius, all thofe hopeful Qualities loon ran to IV teds, and produced little elfe but Monfters, Chimera's, and fuch like wild and ex- travagant Fancies. He was drowned in the Tyber, in the Year 1650; fome fay, he accidentally fell off from the Ba?tk, as. he was endeavouring to recover his Hat , which the Wind had blown into the River, as he was defigning a Profped : But others, who were well acquainted with the morofe, and melan- choly Temper of the Man, will have it to have been a volun- tary and premeditated Ad. He ufed thefe two Marks y , r £F 76. Peter Brugel W A S the Son of old Peter Brugel , and elder Brother of John (commonly called V elvet Brugel , becaufe of the Velvet Garments which he generally affected to wear.) He was a great Painter of Boors , &c. and for his extraordinary Humour m reprefenting lèverai Scenes of Hell , the Fables of Tantalus , Prometheus , Ixion , St. Anthony s Temptation , and the like, was- lirnamed the Hellijh Brugel 4 6 Lives of Eminent Painters^ &c. 77. Charles Le Brun \I 7 AS born at Paris, in the Year 1620, and came into the World with all the happy Difpofitions neceffary to form a great Mafter. He was the Son of an ordinary Sculptor , who lived in the Place-Maubert : His Father was employed in the Garden of the Hotel Seguier , and ufed to carry his Son with him thither, to make him copy fome Dejigns after him. Mon- four the Chancellor , walking one Day in the Garden, faw the Lad dejigning , and took Notice that he did it with Eafe and Application for one of his Years ; from whence he concluded, it was the Effedl of an uncommon Genius : He was pleafed with his Phyfiognomy , and liking his good Inclination to the Art of Painting, bid him bring him his Drawings from Time to Time ; which he did : And the Chancellor afterwards took Care to ad- vance him, fupplying him with Money, to encourage him in the Profecution of his Studies. The young Man, animated by Monjteur de Seguier s Favour, made fo wonderful a Progrefs in his Profeffion, that the Chan- cellor recommended him to Fouet , who was then Painting the Library of the Hotel Seguier , and was looked upon by all the French Painters as the Raphael of Prance . Le Brun , at fifteen Years old, drew two Pidtures, which furprized the Painters of thofe Times : The firft was the Por- trait of his Grandfather , and the other reprefented Hercules knocking down Diomedess Horfes. The Chancellor Seguier , fome Time after, perceiving by Le Bruns Eagernels to learn, and the Progrefs he had made in his Art, that he was fit to travel to Italy , fent him thither, in the Year 1639, and main- tained him there three Years, allowing him a confiderable Pen- fion. While Le Brun was at Rome , he perfected himfelf in the Knowledge of thofe Parts of his Art, that got him univerfal Repu- Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 47 Reputation. The young Painters, who return from Rome , in their Way home to the other Parts of Europe , generally flop at Venice , to learn at leaf!: a Tincture of Colouring-, but Le Brun had not that Curiolity. The firft Pi&ure he drew when he came back to France , was the Brazen Serpent which is in the Convent of the Monks Pic - pus : He afterwards did feveral other Pictures for the Chancellor * his Prote&or. When he compared his own Works with thofe of his Con- temporary Painters in France , he knew what Value to put upon himfelf ; and the Delire he had to make himfelf known, put him upon folliciting to have the Drawing of thofe Pieces that were to be expofed to publick View : To this End, he drew the Picture for the May , for the Church of Notre Dame , two Years fucceffively. The firft Year he painted the Martyrdom of St-. Peter , and the lecond, that of St. Stephen. Le Sueur (whom we mentioned in the Life of Simon V ouet ) was the only Painter, who difputed the Superiority in his Art with him ; but whe- ther it was that Le Brun was thought more Ikilful than Le Sueur , or that his Manner was more in Vogue ; or elfe that his Friends were more numerous, or more potent ; he always had the Advantage of his Competitor, in Opportunities to figna- lize himfelf by Grand Comportions. Moniteur De Lamberts, Gallery in the Ifle of Notre-Dame , and the Seminary of St. Sulpitius , fettled his Reputation on fo folid a Balls, that Mr. Foucquet , who was then Surintendant of the Financesy employed him to paint his fine Houfe of Vaux le Vicomte : Le Brun has there lhewn the Greatnefs of his Geniusy and the Depth of his Knowledge, efpecially in the Apartment called the Chamber of the Mufes : One of the Cielings tb that Houfe is efteemed the bell Piece he ever did, 4*8 Lives of Eminent Painters, &c Mr. Foucquet , to engage him wholly in his Service, allowed him a Penfion of twelve thoufand Livres a Year ; and paid him befides for his Works. After Mr. Foucquet* Imprifon- ment, the King, who refolved to have the Arts flourifh in his Kingdom, as well as the Sciences, call his Eyes on Le Brun .ennobled him, honoured him with the Order of St. Michael and made him his principal Painter. In this Poft he gave ftill greater Demonftrations of his Merit to his Majefiy, than ever he had done before. Monjteur Colbert, Minifter of State, and Surintendant of the Royal Buildings, valued him as the bed Painter in the World. Le Brun laid the Project of Confirming the Foundation of the Academy of Painting, by his Majefiy ’s .Authority : He prefented it to Mr. Colbert, who propofed it to the King, not only to confirm it, but to render it more illu- ftrious than any of that Kind ever was. The Revenues of the Academy were enlarged, new Statutes made, and that Body was to confift of a Protedor, a Vice-Protector, a Director, a Chan- cellor, four Rectors, fourteen Profeffors, of whom one was to be for Anatomy, and another for the Mathematicks : There were alfo to be Afliftants to the Rectors and Profeffors, feveral Coun- fellors, a Secretary, and two Sergeants. He drew up another Project for an Academy at Rome, to be founded by the King, for the Ufe of the French Students who travel thither ; in which there was a Director to be maintained, to take Charge of the Penfi oners, whom the King was to fend from Time to Time, to fiudy at Rome ; and who, by their Edu- cation there, might be made capable of ferving his Majefty in his Paintings, Sculptures, and Buildings . Le Brun was very zealous to advance the Fine Arts in France : In this he feconded the King’s good Intentions, who entrufted Mr. Colbert with the Execution of his Orders. That Minifier did nothing without confulting Le Brun ; and this Painter not only undertook the Charge of taking Care of the Performance Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 49 Performance of Things in genera] ; but alfo, was very careful about his own in particular, finifhing his Pictures with the greateft Induftry, and informing himfelf exactly of every Thing that related to his Art, either by reading good Authors, or con- fulting Men of Learning. His Works at Sceaux , and in feveral Houfes in Paris , Ipread his Fame all over Europe ; but efpecially what he did for the King ; the moft confiderable of which are his large Pictures, containing the Hiftory of Alexander the Great , in the deling of the Gallery of V erf ailles^ and the great Stair-Cafe there. When the King made Le Brun his principal Painter , he gave him alfo the Direction of the Manufactures at the Gobelines ; which he minded with fuch Application, that there was nothing done, but what was after his Defigits. The Facility with which he followed his Studies at Rome y and advanced himfelf in the Knowledge of his Art ; as alfo the fir ft Pictures he drew after his Return, gave the World a great Opinion of his Ability : They might be faid to be perfect, tho’ not to fo great a Degree as thofe that he drew afterwards. He had a fine Genius ; his Senfe was penetrating and folid, and his Invention eafy, tho’ with Reflection : He never admitted any Thing into the Compofition of his Pictures, without firft confidering it well : He confulted Books and Men of Learning, that he might omit nothing which was convenient for him to introduce into his Piece. His Exprejfions were ingenious, and there was nothing outrageous in his Fire. Upon the Sight of his firft Productions, one would have thought he would have had a particular Talent for foft and tender Subjects. He drew moft- ly Pieces of Devotion in his younger Days, and had no Oppor- tunity to fhew the Grandeur of his Genius ; but in his future Paintings he made it appear that his Talent was univerfal ; that he could excel alike in the ferious Manner , as well as in the gay ; in the terrible, as well as in the tender. He treated of H Allé- Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. Allegorical SubjeEls with a gre^t deal of Fancy ; but inftead of taking his Stories from the Fable , as is generally done,- he in- vented them all himfelf. He always efteemed the Roman School for Dejign , tho he in- clined to imitate that of Bologna , in his Stile and Gujlo , and particularly Ainnib ale Car acci, whole hlanner he followed • Tho his Gout is not fo lively as that Painter’s, it is lefs loaden, more equal, more graceful, and always correct. His Attitudes are well ’chofen, natural, exprefiive, and judicioufly contrafted : His Draperies are well fet, agreeable, and fhew the Naked with Difcretion; but there is no great Variety in his Folds : His Expreffions , in all his Reprefentations, are beautiful. He ftudied the P ajjlons with extraordinary Application, as appears by the curious Treatife he compoled on them, which he adorned with demonftrative Figures', neverthelefs, even in this, he feems to have but one Idea , and to be always the lame, degeneiating into Habitude , or what we call Manner : ’Tis true that Habi- tude is beautiful ; but for want of examining Nature , and feeing that fhe can exprefs the fame Pafftons feveral Ways, fome of which are very lively, and piquant, he has very much leffened the Value of his Productions in the Opinion of the Criticks. What has been faid of the Pajftons may ferve for his Defegns , both of Figures and the Airs of his Heads ; for they ai e almoft always the fame, tho’ they are well chofen ; which doubtlefs pio- ceeded either from his reducing Nature to a Habitude he had contracted, or elfe from his not having enough confidered the Diverlity of which fhe is fufceptible ; for the Painter ought to obferve her particular Productions as carefully as her geneial. Le Brun , when he came back from Italy , faw the Neceflity of leaving off his wild and trivial Tints , which his Mafter Vouet made ufe of for Expedition fake : He got rid of them in a great Meafure ; he tempered them, and brought them nearer the Truth \ yet, whatever Pains he took to leave them quite off, he Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. ^ r he always retained in his Stile, Tints that were too general ; ef- pecially in his Draperies , and his Carnations ; and did not enough mind his Reflexions, which contribute very much, both to the Force and Roundnefs of Obje&s, and to the Union and Likenefs of Imitation. His Local Colours are bad ; he was too carelefs in his Endea- vours, to give each Object its true Character by this Part of his Art: For this Reafon only, his Pictures (as we fay) fmell of the Pallet, and have not the Effect as to the Senfation of Nature, as thofe of other Mafters have, whofe Local Colours are more ftudied. For a Proof of this Aflertion, the Spectator need only put one of Le Bruns, belt Pieces, by one of the beft of the V enetian School \ he will find by the Comparifon, that the Ex- cellence in the Part of the Local Colours, is on the Side of the V znetian PiSlure, and that Le B?*un comes infinitely fhort of it on that Account. As Le Brun erred in that Part of his Art, fo he committed a Fault in his Lights and Shadows : Fie feldom took Care to make the Fore-part of his Pictures fufficiently brown, and was of Opinion, that great Lights ought not to be placed in the hindmoft Part of a Picture ; by which Means moft of his Works have very little Effect : ’Tis not the fame as to his Intelligence of the Claro-Ofcuro, tho’ he did not ftudy that fo much as he ought to have done in his Youth ; yet in his riper Years he law the Neceffity of it, and practifed it with Succefs. His Grand Compofitions , containing the Hiftory of Alexander the Great, are fufficient Proofs of his Knowledge of this Artifice. His laft Productions, which are his beft, fhew the Extent of his Ability and Genius ; and the Prints that are engraved after them, will render his Name famous to all Pofterity. He was a univerfal Painter, performing well alike in all Kinds, Land- skip only excepted : His Pencil was light and mellow ; he was equally exact and eafy in his Performances. In a Word, he H 2 was ^ 2 Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. was Matter of fo many Parts of his Art, that he deferves a Piace among the Painters of the fir ft Rank ; and whatever may be faid to leffen the Value of his Works, his Memory is ftill reve- renced, and a due Share of Praife given him throughout all Europe , and no doubt Pofterity will continue to do Juftice to- his Merit. He died in his Lodgings at the Gobelins., in the Year 1 690. His Tomb is in a Chapel which he purchafed in the Church of St. Nicholas du Chardonnet , where his Widow erected a magnificent Maufoleum to his Memory. From Painters we come now to J peak oj other Artifts, no lefs renowned in their feveral Profeflions ; and firjt of 78. c ORNELIUS D ANCK E RTS De Ry, W HO was born at Amjlerdam, in the Year 1661. He was full forty Years Majler-Mafon and Architect of that fa- mous City ; fueceeding his Father Cornelius in that Employ : Du- ring which Time he finifhed a great many noble and fuperb Edi- fices to the great Improvement and Enlargement of that City : He built the New Port at Harlem , the three new Churches there, the Exchange for Merchants, and innumerable other Or- naments to the faid Place. By great Study and Experience, he invented a Way to build Stone-Bridges upon great Rivers, with- out flopping or diverting the Current of the Stream \ a Proof whereof he made upon the River of Amfierdam , in the Year 1632, by a Bridge two hundred Feet in lengthy and ftanding upon feven Arches. He died in the Year 1634, aged feventy- three Years. 79. Cor- Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 53 79. Cornelius Cort, "J 3 ORN in Holland \ in the Year 1536, vas an excellent Matter in the Art of Graving ; which, the’ it be the fame with Painting, as to its Dejign , yet differs very much from it in the Practice : For the one is performed by the gentle Touches and Pliablenefs of the Pencil ; the other, by the Sharpnefs of the Steel, and a fteady Hand. Painting has its Perfection in the natural Application of the Colours to the Body they fhould re- prefent ; the other only in deferibing its Contours , Relievo s T Lights , and Shadows ; and tho’ it be reduced only to Black and White ; or rather (as Artifts call it) to Claro-Ofcuro ; yet it re* prefents the Superficies of Bodies, their Form and Roundnefs, with no lefs Beauty, Force, and Elegance, than the belt of Pic- tures. He made Italy , for a long Time, the Place of his Re* fidence, where he graved the Defigns of Raphael Urbin, Titian * and others. He died at Rome in the Year 1578. 80. Theodore Corenhert W A S born at Amfierdam, in the Year 1522; he was an excellent Engraver after the Defigns of Martin Hem - skirk and others, and was alfo a goed Poet r and died at Der - goude, in the Year 1590. 81. Henry De Keyser, TD CRN at Utrecht , May the 15, 1565, was Architect of -U Amfier dam, and one of the beft Carvers in Holland , of which that magnificent Tomb of the Prince of Orange at Delft, and the Town-Hall at Amfier dam, are fufficient Inftances, He died at Amfier dam, on the Day of his Birth, in the Year 1621, aged fifty-fix Years, 82. John Lives of Evitaient Painters, &c. 82. John Sadeler, B orn at Brujfels in Brabant , in the Year 1550, attained to a great Excellency in Graving , merely by his own In- duftry ; without any one to inftrud: or diredt him. His Per- formances have much Sweetnefs in them ; as appears by what he has done for Martin de Vos and others. In the Year 1588, he went to Franckfort ; and after he had fpent fome Time there, he removed to Munichen , where the Duke of Bavaria honoured him with a Gold Chain and a Medal In 1595 he went to Venice, where he died of a Fever, in the Year 1600, aged 50. 83. Raphael Sadeler, B Rother of John, and born alfo at Brujfels, in the Year x 555 > was an exce ll en ^ Engraver ; as may be leen by his Works, particularly in the Jefuit Raherus\ Lives of the Bava- rian Saints ; a Book chiefly remarkable for its curious Cuts : Alfo the Book of Hermits , which he and his Brother John to- gether graved. He fometimes pra&ifed Painting alfo, as well as Engraving’, and accompanied his Brother John in his Travels to Munichen , and to Venice, in which Place he alfo died. 84. James Matham, S On -in-Law to the famous Henry Goltzius , of whom he learned to Grave, and attained to great Perfection in that Art, was born at Harlem the 15 th Day of 0 Bober, 1 57 1 > ant ^ died January the 20th, 1631, aged 61 Years. Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 85. James Vrancq^uart, A Perfon of an indefatigable Spirit, fo thirfty cf Honour, that he applied himfelf with incredible Diligence to Painting , Geometry , Architecture , and P&etry , all at one Time. After he had fatisfied his Curiofity in viewing the Rarities of Rome, he was chofen Architect to the Archduke Albert of Aujlria r and the Infanta Ifabella his Wife ; in which Employ he conti- nued till the Death of the faid Archduke : After whole Deceafe he employed the utmoft Secrets of his Art and Skill, in erecting to his Memory that ftately Maufoleum , which is to be leen in the Church of St. Gudule in Brujfels ; a Work fo noble, and magnificent, that ft was thought worthy to be the Subjed: of a Book, containing a Defcription thereof, and the Pomp of his funeral Solemnity in Copper Cuts . He was like wile ArchiteEl and Engineer in Ordinary for the City of Brujfels. The Form of that magnificent Church of the Jefuits , reputed one of the bell contriv’d in the Low-Countries , is of his Defegn and Di- rection. Being a Man of no lefs Subtil ty in Contrivance and Invention than he was induftrious, he irwented a little Steel Engine , which with the Noife it would make by the Motion of certain Springs, at a determinate Time, fhould wake him at what Hour of the Night foever he intended to rife, being fet for it accordingly ; and at the fame Time would light his Can- dle, by Means of a little Match, dipp’d in Brim/lone , which took Fire at the Striking of the Machine. After he had lived a long Time at Brujfels , in much Splendor and Reputation, he died in the Low-Countries , to the great Grief of all true Lovers of Art. J ..Ives of Eminent Painters, &c. 86. Giles Sadeler, W ithout derogating from the Praife due to his Uncles John and Raphael \ was the belt Engraver of them all ; in- fomuch, that he was efteemed worthy to be Engraver to three of the German Emperors fucceffively, viz. Rodolphus , Matthias , and Ferdinand the Second. He was not only an incomparable Graver , but a very good Painter, oftentimes dejigning , and drawing Portraits from the Life, which he afterwards en- graved. He lived at Prague in Bohemia , and there died in the Year 1629. 87. Henry Hondius, A Good Engraver , and Dejigner , born at Duff ell in Bra- bant , in the Year 1573, was defcended of noble Ex-^ tra&ion ; and having an Inclination to the Study of this Art, he fet himfelf to follow the Inftrudtions of John IVierx . He ftudied likewife the Mathematicks , Geometry , ArchiteElure , Per - fpeElive , and Fortification , under the Direction of old John V' redeman , and afterwards of Samuel Marelois , a Man whofe Works fhew he had not his Equal : In all thefe Sciences Hondius attained to good Experience, as appears by his Prints . He lived for the moft Part at the Hague . 88. Peter De Jo de, Senior , W A S born at Atttwerp^ and brought up by the celebrated Henry Goltzius : He was an excellent Engraver and De - fig ner ; and lived a long Time at Rome , where he made feve- ral curious Defigns . In the Year 1601, he returned to Antwerp^ his native Place, where he died Augufi the 9th, 1634. 89. Paul Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. $7 89. Paul Du Pont, or Paul Pontius, B ORN at Antwerp, in the Year 1603, received his firft Inftru&ions from Luke V or ft er man , after which he lived with Rubens . He was an admirable Artift y as appears by a great Number of Rubens's Deftgns , V an Dyck's Heads , and other curious Prints, by him engraved. 90. Luke Faydherbe W AS a famous Statuary and Architect , being a Difciple of the renowned Peter Paul Rubens> whofe Inftrudtion none ever received, but proved excellent in lome Art or other. He lived for the moft Part at Malines , the Place of his Birth. 91. Peter De Jode, Junior , W A S born at Antwerp , November the 2 2d, in the Year 1606, where he received his Inftrudtion from his Father of the fame Name \ proving a delicate Engraver . At Paris y he and his Father together engraved fome excellent Pieces for Monfieur Bon-Enfant , and the Sieur L' Imago. Many fine Prints are to be feen of his doing after Rubens y V an Dyck and others. 92. James Callot W A S a Gentleman of good Efteem in Lorrain , born at Nancy in the Year 1594. His Father was Herald at Arms to the Duke of Lorrain. In his Youth he learned to grave of one Croce y who made the Stamps, by which the Money of that Country was coined ; he afterwards lived fome Time with a Painter of Lorrain , of fufficient Ability, who taught him I to £ 8 Lives oj Eminent Painters, 6cc. to defign well ; by whofe Inftru&ions, having attained a com- petent Skill and Judgment, he travelled in Company of fome Gentlemen of Holland. , to Italy ^ and flay’d a confiderable Time at Rome ; There he applied himfelf to etching , finding that more eafy to him, and his Performance in it freer than graving ; which he did with fo much Application and Induftry, that his Works were finifhed to a Miracle, and became the Admira- tion of all that had Eyes to penetrate into the Delicacy, and Beauty of them. The Grand Duke of Tufcany , one of the moft curious and magnificent Princes, at that Time in Europe \ fent for him to Florence , and lodged him in his Palace, near his own Apartment, that he might have the Satisfaction of fee- ing thofe delightful Curiofities he was continually at work upon. Here it was that he graved , The great Market-Place at Florence , with fo much Art and Skill, that it is impofliBle to give it its due Commendation. His Miferies of War , The Hijlory of our Saviour s Faff on , The Temptation of St. Anthony , with a Multitude of others, fhew that he was a Miracle of an Art if for Miniature , and had not his Fellow in this Kind. He was afterwards lent for Home, by the Duke of Lorrain , where he married a Lady of great Beauty, rich and young, with whom he lived the Refidue of his Life, in much Content and Satisfaction. He died much lamented at Nancy , March the 27th, 1635, a g e d 4 1 Years; and was buried in the Church of the Cordeliers , where his loving Confort caufed a fumptuous Marble Tomb to be erected to his Memory, with his Effigy and Coat of Arms , viz. On a Field Azure , five Stars Or. 93. Leo Lives of Eminent Painter;, &c. 93» Leo Van- Heil, T)Rother of Daniel and John Baptifi Far. Heil , was bom IJ at Brujfels , in the Year 1605. He was a good Painter of Flowers , Cattle, and other little Animals , and was alfo well fkilled in ArchiBure , and P erf pective . 94. Peter Verbrugghen TX 7 A S renowned for his excellent Faculty in carving all ▼ V Manner of Figures in Æ/0/w. He lived at Antwerp , the Place of his Birth. 95- Simon Bosboo B ORN at Emden , in the Year 1614, was a very good Architect and Mafon , in the Service of the Elector of Brandenburgh . 96. Wenceslaus Hollar, A Gentleman of Prague in Bohemia , born in the Year 1607» He was by Nature much inclined to work in Miniature a ^, ffchmg, i n the laft of which he became exceeding famous ; tho ijL was not a httle difcouraged therein by his Father, who would have had him follow other Studies. In the Year 1627 he e l Prague , and vilned many Cities of Germany , when coming at la It to Colen, he waited upon the Earl of Arundel, that truly great and noble Patron of Arts, who was there on his Embafly to t le Emperor, at Vienna ; and afterwards came over with him to England. He lived here a confiderable Time, and drew many Churches, Ruins, Perfons, and Views, which he afterwards 1 2 etched. 6 o Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. etched , and which will always be in good Efteem. His parti- cular Excellency was etching , and there are great Numbers of his Prints in England , in the Collections of the Curious, to give him a Share of Praife, equal to his Merit, which Words cannot fufficiently do. He at lalt entered into the Service of the Duke of York , but on Account of the Troubles in England \ he retired to Antwerp and there died. B orn at St. Trude in the Country of Liege y was an ex- cellent Architect y and Carver in Stone , W ood> &c. Ant- werp was the Place of his Rehdence. Native of Florence in Italy y in the Year 1614, was a very good Painter in Miniaturey but was moil excellent at Etching . He was a Perfon of great Judgment, and fruitful Invention ; and had the Honour to be brought up by the in- comparable Callot. He died in the Year 1664. His Prints are to be found in great Abundance, with thefe Marks, âà M B Rother of Theodore y by Art as well as Nature : Both liv- ing a long Time together, and performing Defigns of a like Nature. Vi d* N°. 80. He ufed this Mark 97. Aertus Quellinus, 98. Stephen de la Bella, or S. B, 99. Dirick Corenhert, 100. Richard Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 6 1 ioo. Richard Collin, B ORN in the Year 1627, was ^ g°°d Geographer x Cof- mographer , Mathematician , and Engraver ; His chief Bufinefs confifted in making and graving Maps and Geogra- phical Tables. He alfo engraved Portraits , if he was the fame P erf on , whofe Name is at the Bottom of the Plate , N° 61. 101. Nicholas Bruyant, A Very good Aflrologer and Mathematician of Arras in France , was bom the tenth Day of April 1572, and died July the twelfth, in the Year 1638. 102. Adrian Brouwer W AS born in the City of Harle?n x in the Year 1608; and befides his great Obligations to Nature, was very much beholden to Frans Hals , who took him from begging in the Streets, and inftrudled him in the Rudiments of Painting : And to make him Amends for his Kindnefs, Brouwer , when he found himfelf fufficiently qualified to get a Livelihood, ran away from his Mafter into France , and after a fhort Stay there, returned and fettled at Antwerp. Having been robbed by cer- tain Pirates on the Coaft of Holland , and ftripped of his- Clothes ; at his Landing he got him a Suit made of ftrong Canvas ; upon which he painted feveral Flowers and Figures, after the Manner of Indian Silks : Which fome Ladies feeing, and taking it to be a rich Sort of Silk, enquired up and down amongft the Mercers for fome of the fame Sort, but to no Purpofe. Some few Days after, Brouwer got upon the Stage in the Playhoufe at Amflerdam , as foon as the Play was ended ; and 62 Lives of Eminent Painters., arxd there taking a wet Cloth in his Hand, he wiped out before them all the whole Painting ; and by fhewing it was nothin* but Canvas , undeceived them of their former pleafant Miftake! Another Time, perceiving that his Friends flighted him for the Meannefs of his Habit, he got himfelf a rich Velvet Suit, fuch as the wealthy Merchants of Antwerp ufed to wear. A Coufin of his that happened at that Time to be upon his Marriage, finding him fo well equipped, invited him to grace the Wed-- ding with his Company : Brouwer failed not to be there, and when all the Company much commended the Bravery and Richnefs of his Apparel, he fnatched up a Difli of Meat that flood upon the Table, and threw all the Sauce and Greafe that was in it upon his Cloaths, faying in a great Rage, That it was more Jit to bejlow the good Chear on his Clothes , fence it was for their Sake , and not his own , that he was invited : Giving them to underhand by this A&ion, tho’ it was ridiculous and extravagant, that he defpifed them no lefs for their Ignorance and Folly, in making more Account of the Shell than the Kernel 1 ; and in meafuring the inward Deferts of Men by the Goodnels of their Apparel. His Clothes being ftneared over with Greafe, he threw them into the Fire, and hafted away to his ufual Place of Refort. Humour was his proper Sphere: And it v/as in little Pieces that he ufed to reprefen ts Boors , and and others his P ot -Comp anions ^ drinkings fmoaking Tobacco , gaming , fightings &c. with a Pencil fo tender and free, fo much of Nature in his Expreffion , fuch excellent Drawing in all the particular Parts, and good keeping in the whole together, that none of his Countrymen have ever been comparable to him, in that Subjedh He was extremely facetious and pleafant over his Cups,) fcorned to work as long as he had any Money in his Pocket , declared for a fho?~t Life , and a merry one : And refolving to ride Pojl to his Grave , by the Help of Wine and Brandy , got to his journy s End at thirty Years of Age, Lives of Eminent Painters, &c. 6 3 in the Year 1638; fo very poor, that Contributions were raifed to lay him privately in the Ground : From whence (it is com- monly faid) he was foon after taken up, and very handfomely interred by Rubens, who was a great Admirer of his happy Genius for Painting. 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He alfo makes and fells the beft Kind of Ground for Etching on Copper Plates, at twenty Shillings per Pound. .2 IOANNES AB EYCK, PICTOR. . epo, cjM fetos oleo de Jemine lint ^Fpxpreflo docui princess mifcere color es , 'Trfuferto cum J'ratre- Nouum jfupuere reaper turn, i^Atpue tpsi ipnotum quondam jortaffls lApelfj Florent es op if us Brupce: mox noflra per omnem ^l)iffundi fate profitas non afnmt orfem — j ■'Tt ■ (j’aiU excui. ‘ Domimcus Lampsontus . HIERONYMO BOSCHIO, PICTORI . QmdjiRi vulù.Hteronyme Bofciît, ^AJJ^ieeresf TiRi Diris àuari iff? oc ulus tuus attonvtushjuicC CrecCicferim patutfje recefius , pallor in ore ? vefut lemures Jt , ^Tartqreafque domositua arnnao ^jfectra Ereln voRtantia comm Qmf^uidfiaRpf Jtnus imus~Auerni ‘Tam potuit Rene pinqere cfextra . Çalle exciiil . ^ THEODORO HARLEJVLIQ PICTORI . et aefes, ‘Theodore > tuam cjuoque beÇjica Jemper f^ude toffet acC aftra manumj c fpsa tuis rerum ^emtrix ^ expref?a J-’iauris ^Je Natura fidt dmn timet arte yarem > . ^ -? adam el.siiomej». ™ Francfort en Lan i5-7*4- 7i/z a ten Tdudeur, facsoit son tuoren i a e ran tforc Cnee Philippe Oudetib aéh, y j gran deseionateurj et. très bon gain cire, rtcaicanoins Surgassoti son maistre de beaucoup^ estoit et un Hu. meur ■tneUuieoLugte J se tiquant ordinaù'entcirt dans les Solises, ou en, aueb \‘^ue Vicié PauTLCj exersent dc la, Jucoti , son. estude, on troue veil de ses. tenures mais , extrêmement labo use if, auecaue vue a ronde force et d’un dtutn entendement, iLageu dessainaue, mais tenant du arari/buustrê, Touchant sa vie dt este, de peu. de durée, nicurutgaMCO, hujjervt per le mande une RcnâtnJe] eut- tuire^a a. jamais SV- l-tellar Jeeii . yjxiejgêur funxit ei excuid, A DE NIËULAKT f Ufit Mr * ™vri/,fr f „6r t . -*-* I ea n £G*£jj*9U fscibet sx ru/if , ' V-' : " ' :\:v ' ■' "" ” ' : ■ 4 . ; " , / r ; ÆP‘ ' ■r i . <> ii,„ ' . . f .... . " •* *Ui ' Eft ne a Anvers on voit par tout a J on Jfrit divin, en un Jl' If as Ant. ran aaycK ptnxtt . CH£\S\JXIER DU ROY D ANÜLETÊRRE v mois de mars, a este le vray Phaenior de no/tre Jtet Joit en pourtrairts ou en tableaux, dont il a monjlre la mort noue a ratfÿ dùn tel miracle de la nature vdres t an j P avt'PonhueJruî/’/ü . Je ■’M.etjffanc eoccuJtt. Ne en Anvers , lan le îu^delanuter, ü est un patntrejort rename pertoutycn exceretre est en t jruiats, animante mortes, etvjfs,a4mirabilemsn/j>ritief paiement les & payne,et pfu/teunr autres awnaes pnnres.et au par a neuattae.il ai eie etij- ranee, rrovenee. / ialfe, et eàelt tnajpne. et iï/e teinf en ta VtffeJA nvers. Iaan pmxUee exeuif. a»m+. Weumtnrftvtp. n „ I , OHA; NNIÿ VAN BALE.N iLfTJ.l ‘ Z.C^r el en J n '”^< ‘1 * r -ite f lu-laue temps Eaten 4 Pa / Commencement auprès sen Pei Jünjtric ... Men. Il fut „e snJuuem tan ,7u, eu il (e lieu, men ti^akl, en ran Jetnumee nun Bobu fount KKt^jU, j. ffteeeeene eeenJi, . ■UH • s . "■ V À . . . • • . - • - • * • • • •« .... DeJüru-ffelles ou il naquit ton tS*83>- 2 ou- -dfut, entmene en Jtllemaipne P ar k? ~ troubles l ’an ÏSSF, et an res il ad appris la- Peinture CheZj Gi-ties de Talerenpatpn Estant retourne d’ Italie il a dente ut-e uFranckcndaet udfques en lan 162,7 cpui.-est venu demeurer a- Francfort au Falalt-naf estant aufp an amateur aAtnt r aile de ioute^ferhe Jè rare te et asitujuvte^ auafy, pie Le Conte dijlrcndcU le Cherjjcnotb pour les rares pieces et Cunafitez. qui/ allait en de Lap, tant en .iMsdall es que Feint u ■ res et autre fortes dldnhputez^ tienne us- van der t-erebt umier pinxiti TU Hellas' feed ,fif& lâcmnesffFeÿ/j/èns excudit Noble dome sty duDiic de Nieuborp, son peintre et architecte generale, pour quelques innees.par l'aduoy des S erenùs^Ar chimes JÜherte etlsabeEe, des quelles iljut entretenu s a vie durante, mourut en Anvers Eau 1^4^. . O-'oJtntot tel M»nt finxit. ' ^ C .Vauman, fculp j ,, x-mi.US.KS SENIOR, Z O. mai/b P- y. Xol pimif etrenonimé en toutes fortes de jrlzndes^etUesfPeTet ]>aysajes, et mourut l'an 164 p . PV -Z. fj^/rb - .'feu /?., Hâtif de Pad o a paintre admirable d e^cj ra ndesfj uree, 1 1 fi jjlipe flux aux tnoen ti0ns,bon portraicteur, te qu'ilat monjirefer les p or traie ts du Conte d’Arondel , et déjà femme, il Je tient ordinairementà Pome, et maintenant tl tient J a demeure a Padoa . . T Padaanifto Je/irt . / Mesflen fecit et ex. eud ■ , , • B on pamctre en ÿaAjfayes h ten or donees, a la veue bien dances, les devants forts, et bien c oule^réesj amies des figures, et am + bien entesidues.fe Uentmiantetumt aVtrecfitvilU \defnÆnee. j e- MS Atimdnt Jcttlfjït ■ I-M'ijJJrns ~cuXt. maux. Abr, tUlller j* fd ; n ' * V tret kt lan ijji, . tree I’enpetinctrs en onlennancrs et peurli-aiets, a ft*' latte temps en Ualte v /ayant peur jrltft'eues CarJtnauihc Jes chafes ex-fuiJSs, comme ausji il a fatst enjinel errs a es œuvres ires Mies pour le R^oy,latt vetl enseres en ta sourJu ftoy Je Defietnarsqu* keauseup Je fee- t alleaux-, iîfe tient a ptrfent a le Haye au fret se Je fan AUesfs te Prince À Pranjefan maiftre e/ioit Abraham Blammaert . ' mw i —ÉÉMMMIi eective , et il e/t un jrand desfeipnateur Sr. Çiurlltnît}^ Jrhn. Tetr. dr Iode /eulp . lo.bJl offerte excudit . L a ginuers, est nee Lan 1603. IL a eu au commencement de fon art- four nuuftrc Corn! de Vos. 11 eft devenue Jcrt excellent. Ce due tesmcujnent alezjes £ cinctures fill of ait enflu/îeurs Eglise tant gout le Roy d'Esfmgne, gue four lelrtnce ar ma et four drcliducgRcofolde (juihame etflufieurs atdtres Rrrnces et Seigneurs . Iaannes Cgfitrs fnxit Tltnu Jr Zoljculpit lomnct Ur ^ rm nc VAN H KA . s» fcèaueeiif? de éaé/ e dux. qui/ a fa let . lean B apt- v>a n He il pinxit- est né de Bru ■ Bredrie Battais feulp/d. lean Meg^ens exeuJit. , -■ PJe' en jinuers, lan J 6j 8. at aprcz^ Jon Art Ceez^ leUieur Dauid Ryckaert Jon beau Pere, ou il a tellement auance' (on Jlude yue le TLoij d Angleterre C'ect Employe pour auoir de Jes pieces . le duc de Brandenborj Jen delzctoii Jort et le prince Doranpe On Jaifoit prana Cas, (es ordonances Jnt excellentes, et Jes pourtraicts en petit l admirables ■ oonkalo Copies jn'nxit. poulus yentius fchu-lpflt Jeannes me y Jens exes: Seigneur de C ouw enter ch, etc.il e/t du, très fameux peintre ^.Daniel Z eg ers ile/t deueniL peintre très e/hmé JS rafmus OveUinus pnxit~ né kKaUnes, l'an 161B. a ejle dîfciple la. Compagnie de Iefiis, auprès le que lie fis tablaux en rende ties tefrnoinqges. ^ Richard Collin Jculpsitr Gres Con /Peintre de Mers, ca/rzLes et tempeslés /Catadtes lateaux etc sur mer, e de Mers, crûmes et te \Gtieres, /Villes, et Chat Pirpees jrar 'as Ccaniew Vf r ares, et lien csBrpees jsar tous pays, jjrtncejjalemen t~ ima tears et c? ran as <Çec/nienrs. demeurp.nt ett ainuers Cue. T ’orOermanj junior do lino nuit- et /eufv • ! tl/e de sa nais arice, ne Lan 1624,. Peintre très expert et renommé en jr am) es ordonnances, etpourtraitfs, née a Matines. Lucas Franç/iqÿs Jnnxit. Coeur. "Waiananj Jculp • - - -■- -- - - paiid£ej et autres Jÿurej en. rnmiatw'e, et Capitam d'vne Compagnie, des bouregecis dans la vdle ddlnvevs, en l’an ion. IB ■ veut JJûyruim ptnxdt. HENRY BerCRJVSANS Naquit en la Valette de Clunder Jituee proche de Willenflat.il J-ut djfcijple de Thihppe WTouerman T cintre extraordinaire en Batailles en la ville de Harlem. Puis apres il \Jon apprentijpiae en Pqftures ou Piqûres chez 7 * n nm n c ~XkTi lin A n yr-t-n 7Z*st su, s. * T.», - // n _ TV . /* /I ' s Thomas W ille lorts et Jacques Jordaens en. * dnuers . Ses Tieces font fort e/Htnees, particulière ment Je s Fourtraits. Il tient Ja rjidence a Middelboury en Z e tonde. H Herckmans C.Waumans fadp. I.Mcffens excudit. CORNEILLE DANCKERT5 DE BY 7^' ' n Jf n .Jdf 1 -^ not f ut l^3‘bfige dej3 fins,* ejte environ qp ans- maifire maçon et Architecte Je ces te tUsM vient en la place du feu f on Pere Ju mesme nom, qui avait enTon vivant femvi la Pille teenarge.tlafaict unegmnje nombre Je gmnds etfianalesba stim entsfca t ce due laoqranjis ’Jejit enjon temps, ilabaftt l* novelle porte Je Haerlem, les trois no Ve II es Eq lifes.M Baurfe ' innummerabl es ouvrages aparté nants a l 'ornement de Peste Ville, il trouva par orande ’encian Je Oaftirdesponts de pierre/ans reftraindre le cours dp l'eau fur des orande s Riviere preuve UmdjxpardeJJhsU Kunere d'Amflel Uroe de zo à pieds ayant y. arcfis. 2,Un. ttl.irld'fculrfit, J tc.M.eyffe«. exeuSit 1 c IE AN SADELER 82 . Très" excellent ènaraveur, natif sic ffruffelles en Sealant Van ijf O.it at efte premteremerit daniqfsjuincut ertjer, mats aijant I'efprit flue eleve,tl fat addcnne a la jjravure, oui art lui a tr'ilué la plue grande douceur et Jultilite du lurin'- la quelle il at acquife par Jail tnejnie var Ja arande diligence. tesrnoiane lee pieces' qU 'if a Jaict peur Tvtartin de Vos-, et plusieurs autres . Ian ijoS.il ej t aile demeurer a Transfert , e t de la a hSunicneei en S>aviere , au le Duc lui a fatctprefentd'unechefnedoravecune madaille, et en lan ljpj. i! eft alls yrettji'e Ja A etneure a lesni fe eu tl mourut de la chaude Jiehre lan-iuo o. i e .ia ei/ffinr exe. A esté très bon enaravear, et dejjeûfiieur très ittujïre: il aj-kict plufteurs chefs des œuvres t-l & lony temps demeure a R^ome , et en làn ufoi.retoumoit eu Anvers, ville déjà najfflmee. ayant eu pour majlre Henri Jolt?^. il „ niourut làn ' t fa sud e Q d 'n.uoust • M-feniirui»/ ?'**“ P Aflfjrtvndr Jtpfli- To - M'ijfi** Lvcas Faydherbe Stzztuairâ. et tres-rtrwmtnë jwur Jm^rand'. Nébk faintreTür Paul Rubene, demeurant a -Uaine ^ !$*ré%mœir la *i-a„XÏm*rshsJf haJnc^mije^â, hju.rrr.rt fMW»* <*f *“*??% T^f^sZcUa/ J* nai /anse, l'an u>jf,lc’ V *' mars? JVLafnr Jehn . Alternant J2ul r ft . I *î rt(jJ*na ex ru*$t ÜlgitijIÜ!!! UHHiÜüHfüUjHfUÜj .SIMON BOâBOOM. . Natif Ionien enl'amé^ jütlcn Arclnkïï : et tailleur le verre \\ afifh employé anjêrulce Au NA^s^Jirh SïuAe A«it. Vehw hi Ac fculy-Un. M?ssms Kcidit-. Gentilhomme ne a Praae lan tfoj.A este' de nature fort in, clin f ïfi* Je t.ement pour ese Vire tr, mais beaucoup retarde par fan perejan if%J. tl eft party de Fhaye ana demeure en divers Veux en Allemagne, il e est ad donne peur peu de temps y leau farte, ef tant party de Catalane a veste Comte d’Arandel vers Vienne et dlllec par Prape vers tA nalelerre, ou ayant esteferviteur domestiefue du Duc de Iorekal fast retire de la a eaufe de .la atterre a Anvers au il reff Je encores. J Ie.tA-etisfens pinxit et ex eu dit. Sieffano U Belle, natif J* Florence en Thtlie, en l an. i f 14* 1 res bon painrtre en. petit) (tâsi fouet merueiiiey, en * f aU ' fort di vn qrand esprit. ires abonnant, en. indentions , njnict 'son conten.lftne.TLt auprès laocques Qtllot . on. voit quantité dé ses estampes, par tout , jbçfd*$n*ïh. mOr t'cf. _ ' Lvnnrr.V'jr.sp? ,r,uti P S ■ I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!