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 PORTRAITS AND SUBJECTS FROM HIS OWN DESIGNS. F. Adam Sasbout ; inscribed Omnia ranifas, John Bergman, Jesuit, kneeling before an Altar, point- ing to a Skull. St. Aloysius Gonzaga kneeling before a Criicifix. "U'iUiani Louis, Count of Nassau. William of Nassau lying in State. 1618. Seventy-seven plates for the ' Life of Christ ; ' published at Antwerp 1622 and 1623 ; Het Leven, &e. The plates for a book entitled ' The Pilgrimage ; ' pub- lished at Antwerp in 1627.

VARIOUS .SUBJECTS AKTER DIFFERENT MASTERS.

The Adoration of the Shepherds; after Air. Bloemaert. 1618. The Eepose in Egypt ; after the same. Twenty-four of the Hermits of the Deserts; Silva Ana- yhoretica ; published at Antwerp in 1619 ; after the same. Twenty-six of the } [ermit esses ; after the same. Four of landscapes ana figures ; after the same. 1613. Set of twenty landscapes ; numbered ; after the same. 1616. Fourteen of animals; after the same; B. a Bolsicert ftc. 1611. Jesus Christ, with Mary and Martha; after J. Gotemar ; B. a Bolsicert sc.; scarce. The Judgment of Solomon ; after Rubens. The Resurrection of Lazarus; after the same; very fine. The Last Supper ; after the same ; P. P. Rubens pinx. Boet. a Bohicert sc; very fine. Men contending against Animals ; after D. i 'incken- booms; B.a Bolsweri sc. ; scarce. A Landscape, with Adam and Eve in Paradise ; after the same; B. d, Bolswett sc. ; scarce.

BOLSWERT, ScHELTins i, a very distinguished engraver, was the younger brother of Boetius Adam a Bolawert, and was born at the town of Bolswert, in Friesland, in 1586. He settled with his brother at Antwerp, where he became one of the most cele- brated engravers of his country. He died there in 1659. The plates of this excellent artist are worked entirely with the graver, and it does not appear that he made any use of the point. He engraved many plates after the most eminent of the Flemish masters, but he has particularly dis- tinguished himself by the admirable performances he has left us, after some of the finest pictures of Rubens and Van Dyck, which he represented with a judgment and ability that give them more efEect than can well be expected in a print, and appear to exhibit the very character and colour of the paintings. It was not unusual for Rubens to retouch his proofs, in the progress of the plates, with chalk or with the pencil, which corrections, attended to by the engraver, contributed not a little to the characteristic expression we find in his prints ; proofs of this description are to be met with in the portfolios of the curious. He engraved with equal success historical subjects, huntings, land- scapes, and portraits ; and the number of his prints is very considerable. His plates are generally signed with his name, or thus, l^A^ (°QXt. ols. The following are his principal prints, of which we have given rather a detailed list ;

VARIOUS SUBJECTS, MOSTLY AFTER HIS OWN DESIGNS. The Infant Jesus and St. John playing with a Lamb. The Virgin Mary, and Infant Jesus sleeping. The Virgin giving suck to the Infant. The Virgin Mary, with her hands folded on her Breast. The Virgin Mary with the Infant in the clouds, with Angels and Cherubim. The Infant Jesus caressing the Virgin Mary, and St. Joseph holding a Pear. Twelve half-length figures of Saints. Twelve other half-length figures of Saints, beginning with St. Peter. A Hermit kneeling before a Crucifix. Mater Dolorosa. Jesus Christ triumphing over Death. St. Barbe, Martyr. St. Stanislaus Koska, kneeling before au Altar. St. Francis Borgia. St. Alfonso Rodriguez. Robert Bellarmin, of the Society of Jesus. Leonard Lessius ; another Jesuit. An emblematical subject of Prince Ferdinand ; inscribed In te spes reclinata recumhit. Two plates of a Thesis ; dedicated to Sigismnnd, King of Poland. Six plates, with the Frontispiece, for the Academie de VEspee;hy Thibault. 1628. The Dispute between the Gras and the Meagre B. A. Bohicert inv

VARIOUS SUBJECTS, AFTER DIFFERENT FLEMISH MASTERS. The Death of a Saint, and that of a Sinner ; after Die- penbeeck. The Dead Christ on the Knees of the Virgin Mary ; after the same. The Crucifixion of the Three Jesuits at Japan ; after the same. The Crucifixion ; Jac. Jordans inv. et pijix. ; the best impressions are before the cum Pnvi/ct/io Reyis. Mercury and Argus ; afterthesame; the good impressions are before the address of Blooteling ; fine. The iofant Jupiter; after the same ; fine. Pan playing on a Flute ; after the same ; fine. A Concert; entitled Soo d'Oude sonytn, soo pepen de Jonijen ; after the same. Pan holding a Basket of Fruit, and Ceres crowned with Com, and a Man sounding a Horn ; after the same ; very scarce. The Salutation ; after Gerard Zegers. The Return of the Holy Family out of Egypt ; after the same. The Virgin appearing to St. Ignatius, who is kneeling ; after the same. St. Francis Xavier, tempted by the Devil; after the same. Peter denying Christ ; after the same ; very fine. Abraham sacrificing Isaac ; after Theoodor Ronibouts. A Concert ; after the same. The Virgin with the Infant Jesus holding a Globe ; after Erasmus Quellinus. The Communion of St. Rosa ; after the same. The Triumph of the Archduke Leopold William, Governor of the Netherlands, 1653 ; four sheets ; after the same.

PORTRAITS, ETC., AFTER VAN DTCK. Andries van Ertvelt, painter of Antwerp. Martin Pepin, painter. Adriaan Brouwer, painter. Jean Baptiste Barbe, engraver. Justus Lipsius, historiographer. Albert, Prince of Aremberg. Mary Ruthven, wife of Van Dyck. Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Orleaus. Willem de Vos, painter. Sebastiaan Vranck, painter. Maria mater Dei. The Holy Family, with an Angel holding a Crown. The Virgin and "the Infant Christ on her Knee, with a Female Saint holding a Palm. The Holy Family, with the Infant sleeping in the Arms of the Virgin. The Holy Family in a landscape, with several Angels. Christ crowned with Thorns ; very fine. The Elevation of the Cross.

The Crucifixion, a grand composition, with two Men on horseback, and a figure presenting the Sponge to Christ. On the other side, the Virgin Mary and St. John standing, and Mary Magdalene kneeling and embracing the Cross. This is considered one of the most beautiful engravings by Bolswert. In the first