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chap, vii.] GIOVANNI ANTONIO DA BRESCIA.
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Jupiter and other Deities.
This piece, which has also escaped the notice of Bartsch, is a
copy, in a reverse direction, of the upper division of the print by
Raimondi, just mentioned, and represents, in the middle, Jupiter
giving his orders to Mercury, and, on either side, Juno and Venus
in their cars. Under the zodiacal circle in which Jupiter is seated,
is the mark of the engraver, thus : 10. an. bx. This piece measures
twelve inches and a half in length, by four inches in height.
Laocoon.
Laocoon and his two sons destroyed by serpents. This print is
extremely interesting. It represents the celebrated antique group
in the state in which it was original^ discovered, and is, perhaps,
the most ancient engraving which Ave possess of it. The figures,
however, having been engraved in their proper direction, on the
copper, are reversed in the impression, and consequently the left
arm of Laocoon appears wanting to the shoulder, instead of the
right. This engraving, like the two last, is finished with hatchings
crossing each other in various directions. Upon a tablet in the
upper part of the print is inscribed, laocoon, and under the left
foot of Laocoon is the mark of the engraver: io. an. bx. This piece
measures eleven inches in height, by nine inches and five-eighths in
width. (Bartsch, No. 15.)
The Satyr and his Family.
A naked female is represented seated on the ground with her
infant in her lap. Behind, on the right, is a satyr, playing upon his
pipe. The date 1507, and the letters io. an. bx. are engraved on
a tablet, which is suspended from the branch of a tree on the left of
the print. This piece is a copy, in a reverse direction, from an
engraving of Albert Durer, bearing the date 1505. It measures
565
Jupiter and other Deities.
This piece, which has also escaped the notice of Bartsch, is a
copy, in a reverse direction, of the upper division of the print by
Raimondi, just mentioned, and represents, in the middle, Jupiter
giving his orders to Mercury, and, on either side, Juno and Venus
in their cars. Under the zodiacal circle in which Jupiter is seated,
is the mark of the engraver, thus : 10. an. bx. This piece measures
twelve inches and a half in length, by four inches in height.
Laocoon.
Laocoon and his two sons destroyed by serpents. This print is
extremely interesting. It represents the celebrated antique group
in the state in which it was original^ discovered, and is, perhaps,
the most ancient engraving which Ave possess of it. The figures,
however, having been engraved in their proper direction, on the
copper, are reversed in the impression, and consequently the left
arm of Laocoon appears wanting to the shoulder, instead of the
right. This engraving, like the two last, is finished with hatchings
crossing each other in various directions. Upon a tablet in the
upper part of the print is inscribed, laocoon, and under the left
foot of Laocoon is the mark of the engraver: io. an. bx. This piece
measures eleven inches in height, by nine inches and five-eighths in
width. (Bartsch, No. 15.)
The Satyr and his Family.
A naked female is represented seated on the ground with her
infant in her lap. Behind, on the right, is a satyr, playing upon his
pipe. The date 1507, and the letters io. an. bx. are engraved on
a tablet, which is suspended from the branch of a tree on the left of
the print. This piece is a copy, in a reverse direction, from an
engraving of Albert Durer, bearing the date 1505. It measures