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.] GIOVANNI BATTISTA DEL PORTO.

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print at bottom. This piece measures eight inches and one-eighth
in height, by five inches and five-eighths in width. (Bartsch, No. 1.)

A Female Satyr with her Young Ones.

She is seated against a rock, -which is on the right of the print,
with two young satyrs, one of whom she is suckling. The trunk
of a tree rises on the left, and in the distance is a castle, situated
on a steep rock, by the side of a large river. The mark is en-
graved in the middle of the print, at bottom. This piece measures
four inches in height, by three inches in width. (Bartsch, No. 2.)

Leda with her Infants.

Leda is here represented with the swan beside her, and her four
offspring, Castor and Pollux, Helen and Clytemnestra. Leda
is seated on the left of the print, and has her head turned
towards the right. The back-ground exhibits a vaulted edifice
fallen into ruins. On the left-hand, at bottom, is a tablet, whereon
the initials I. B. and the bird are represented in white upon a dark
ground. This piece measures six inches and a quarter in height,
by five inches in width. (Bartsch, No. 3.)

Mr. Bartsch notices a well executed copy of the above print,
engraved in a reverse direction, with the tablet and mark. In the
margin, at bottom, are the two following lines :

Laedajactens falsis cigni delusa sub alls,
Portentosa parturit ovajovi.

The Rape of Europa.

The bull directs his course towards the left, and appears crossing
an arm of the sea. Europa is represented naked, and lying on the
back of the animal, holding him round the neck with both her

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