Ottley, William Young: An inquiry into the origin and early history of engraving: upon copper and in wood ; with an account of engravers and their works, from the invention of chalcography by Maso Finiguerra to the time of Marc Antonio Raimondi (Band 2) (London, 1816) [Cicognara, 266B]

CHAP. VII.]

NICOLETTO DA MODENA.

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pax . e. The letters n. m. together with a sprig of laurel, are en-
graved upon a quiver which rests against the altar. This engraving
measures five inches and three-eighths in height, by three inches
and three-quarters in width. (Bartsch, No. 36.)

The Punishment of a Deceitful Tongue.

Seven infants are here represented around an anvil, upon which
they are beating a human tongue with large hammers. At the
bottom of the print is a dragon between two other infants, one of
which is sleeping on the right, the other on the left. Under the
anvil, upon one of the steps upon which it is raised, is this inscrip-
tion : lingua pravorum peribit. The back-ground represents a
magnificent edifice in ruins, with, in the distance on the right, the
view of a town situated on the banks of a river. Upon a square
pilaster, near the centre of the print, is engraved nic. mvt. This
piece measures eleven inches and a half in height, by eight inches
in width. (Bartsch, No. 37.)

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Jupiter and Leda.

She is seated on a bank, near a group of trees, which rises on the
left of the print. On a stone near the middle of the print, at
bottom, is the same monogram as is found upon the two pieces of
St. James the Elder and St. Jerome, before mentioned. This piece,
according to Bartsch, is a copy of one engraved by Gio. Battista del
Porto. It measures five inches and seven-eighths in height, by three
inches and seven-eighths in width. (Bartsch, No. 46.)

Venus a?id Cupid.

Venus is represented naked, and standing, in the middle of the
print, with a javelin in her left hand, and, in her right, the golden
apple. Cupid appears sleeping on the ground on the right, his