PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
In Dr. Meyer's ' Kunatler-Lexikon ' is a list of
223 of his works.
AUDRAN, Claude, 'the eldest,' the brother (or, as some say, the cousin) of Charles, was bom in Paris In 1597. After receiving some instruction from Charles, he removed to Lyons, where he died in 1677. Whether he visited Rome or not is uncertain. His engravings, which are signed either Claude Audran, or CI. Audran, are executed after the manner of Comelis Cort and F. Villa- mena. They are chiefly portraits and allegories. He left three sons, Germain, Claude the younger, and Gerard.
AUDRAN, CLAtTDE, ' the younger,' the second son of Claude I., was born at Lyons in 1639. He studied drawing ^vith liis uncle Charles in Paris, and sub- sequently went to Rome. On his return he was engaged by Le Brun at Paris, and assisted him in his pictures of the 'Passage of the Granicus,' the ' Battle of Arbela,' and in many other of his works; and was an imitator of his style. He painted also in fresco, under the direction of Le Brun, the chapel of Colbert's Chateau at Sceaux, tlie gallery of the Tuileries, the grand staircase at Versailles, and other works. He drew well, and had great facility of eexcution. He died in Paris in 1684.
AUDRAN, Claude, called 'the third,' to dis- tinguish him from his grandfather and his uncle, was bom at Lyons in 1658. He was the eldest son of Germain Audran, from whom he received instruction in art; he studied also under his uncles, Claude 11. and Gerard. He was appointed cabinet painter to the king ; and also held for twenty-nine years the sinecure office of keeper of the Luxem- bourg Palace, where he died in 1734. He painted in oil and frescoes in several of the royal resid- ences of France. The ' Twelve Months,' which he executed for tapestry for the king, were engraved by his brother Jean. Claude Audran was instructor to the celebrated painter Watteau.
AUDRAN, Gerard, the third son of Claude I., was bom at Lyons in 1 640. After leaming the first principles of design and engraving from his father and from his uncle Charles, he was sent to Paris, and received instructions from Le Brun, who gave him some of his pictures to engrave. He after- wards, in 1667, visited Rome for improvement, and he is said to have studied under Carlo Maratti. During a residence there of three years, he executed some plates which gained him great reputation, particularly a portrait of Pope Clement IX. The fame of Gerard Audran induced Louis XIV. to invite him to retum to Paris ; and soon after his arrival he was appointed engraver to the king, with a considerable pension, and apartments in the Gobelins. He now applied himself with great as- siduity, and renewed the connection with the cele- brated painter Charles Le Brun, whose principal works are the subjects of some of his finest plates. ' The Battles of Alexander ' will ever be regarded as a lasting monument of their fame. About the year 1675, he apparently paid a second visit to Rome, for his ' Four Cardinal Virtues,' after the picture by Domenicliino, in St. Carlo a' Catinari, at Rome, are signed, ' G. Audran sculp. Romae, 1675.' He died at Paris in 1708, aged 63. The name of this distinguished engraver is familiar to every admirer of the art, which he may be said to have carried to the highest pitch of perfection, particularly in liis large plates of historical sub- jects. The following is a list of las principal works: they are signed variously G- A. F.: G. Au- Gir. Audran: Audran. Ge Audran: and Gerardus
PORTRAITS AND SUBJECTS FROM HIS OWN DESIQN3. Pope Clement IX., of the family of Kospigliosi. Andrea Argoli of Padua. Samuel Sorbiere ; engraved at Rome in 1667. Henri Amauld, Bishop of Angers. Benoit Langlois, Capuchin. Francois du Quesnoy, called Flamingo, sculptor. St. Paul preaching at Athens, vignette ; inscribed Non enim, SfC. Wisdom and Abundance, above two Genii with a Ban- ner ; inscribed Louis le Grand, Frontispiece, 1680.
SUBJECTS FROM VARIOUS ITALIAN MASTERS.
Jineas saving his father Anchises ; after Domeiiichino. The Mystery of the Rosary ; after the same. The Martyrdom of St. Agnes ; after the same. The Temptation of St. Jerome ; after the same. The Four Cardinal Virtues, from the paintings in the church of St. Carlo a' Catinari, at Rome, representing Justice, Temperance, Prudence, and Fortitude ; after the same. 1675. Two friezes, St. Paul preaching, and the Descent of the Holy Ghost, on one plate ; after Fietro da Cortona. Sixteen prints — Of the History of Mneas, in the Pamphili Gallery ; after the same. Three plates— Of the Triumph of David, in the Sac- chetti Palace ; after the same. The Death of St. iS-ancis ; after Ann. Carracci. The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian ; after the same. The Temptation of St. Anthony ; after the same. The Discovery of Achilles disguised ; after the same. St. Hyacinth ; an etching; after Gnercino. The Magdalene, half length ; after Guido. St. Peter walking on the Sea ; after Lanfraneo. The Nativity, a small plate ; after a drawing by Palma the younger.^ Thirteen Hieroglyphical Figures ; after Raphael, in the Vatican. Foiu+een plates, called Emblems, or Cupid and Psyche ; after Raphael ; in a loggia in the Famese garden ; dedicated to Charles le Brun. Moses and the Burning Bush ; after Raphael, Paul and Barnabas at Lystra ; after the same. The Death of Ananias ; after the same. The Descent of the Saracens in the Fort of Ostia ; from a drawing by Raphael ; etching, without his name. The Clemency of Scipio; after a drawing by Raphael ; etching, without his name. St. Ignatius beaten by Demons ; after a drawing by Rubens, and not after Raphael, as expressed on the plate ; it is St. Ignatius, and not St. Paul. Jesus Christ giving the Keys to St. Peter in presence of the Apostles; a fine etching; R. V. inv., G. Au., sc. ; very scarce. Silenus drmking; after Gitilio Romano ; etching. The Rape of Deianeira; after the same. Ganymede; after Titian; an octagon.
SUBJECTS FROM VARIOUS FRENCH MASTERS.
Moses taken out of the River Nile ; after JV. Poussin ; engraved 1 y Benoit and Jean Audran, and retouched by Gerard. St. John baptizing the Pharisees in the Jordan ; after N. Poiitsin ; two sheets ; very fine. The Woman taken in Adultery ; after the same; fine. St. Frances, a Soman Saint, kneeling before the Virgin Mary ; after N. Poussin ; copied from a print by P. del Po. The Flight of Pyrrhus ; after the same ; in two sheets ; fine. Coriolanus appeased by his Family ; after the same. Furius Camillus delivering up the Schoolmaster to his Pupils ; large plate ; after the same. Rinaldo and Armida; after the same, engraved by Gerard, assisted by Jean and Benoit Audran. Daphne changed into a Laurel ; after the same. Narcissus ; after the same. The Empire of Flora ; after the same. The Plague at Rome ; after the satne.
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