tectes, ainsi que des Académies et Ecoles, par Chrétien Louis Reinhold, Goetingue, 1773, 8vo., with forty-five engravings. Système des Arts du Dessin, suivi d'une Introduction à l'Etude des Antiques, Hiéroglyphes, et Attributs allégoriques modernes, by the same, Munster, 1784, 8vo., with forty engravings. We may regard, as a continuation and supplement of this work, L'Ecole du Dessin et de la Peinture, Munster, 1786, 8vo., with forty-five engravings: and l'Académie des beaux Arts, &c., with fourteen engravings, Munster, 1788, 8vo., both by the same author. Principes de la Peinture, par Junker, Zurich, 1775, 8vo. Académie des Arts du Dessin, par Chrétien Frédéric Prangen, Halle, 1778, 2 vols., 8vo. Leçons sur les Arts du Dessin, destinés aux Elèves des Académies des Arts, par H. A. Mertens, Leipsic, 1783, 8vo. Instruction sur la Théorie et la Pratique du Dessin et de la Peinture, pour les Commençans de cet Art, Altona, 1778, in 8vo., with engravings. Bibliothèque des Arts, destinée aux Peintres, Dessinateurs, Graveurs, et Sculpteurs, en Forme de Lettres, par C. Lang, Erlangen, 1779. The same author has given a continuation of this work under the title of Lettres à l'Usage des Peintres, Dessinateurs, &c., Francf. 1791 et 1792, 2 vols. 8vo. Magasin pour les Arts du Dessin, Munich, 1791, 8vo. Théorie de la Peinture; ou, l'In struction sur la Peinture d'Histoire à l'Usage des Commençans, par Christophe Fesel, Wurtzbourg, 1792, 8vo.

Among the best Latin works which treat on various subjects connected with the art of painting, or in praise of the arts in general, may be enumerated Martin Frisius, de Erroribus Pictorum, Hafniæ, 1703, 4to. Muller, de Pictura, Dissertatio juridica, Jen. 1712, 4to. Brunquell, de Pictura honesta ac utili, Jen. 1733, 4to. C. F. Voita Berg, de Pictura famosa, Jen. 1703, 4to. Fichtner, de eo quod justum est circa Picturam, Altorf, 4to. Theoph. Boerner super Privilegiis Pictorum, Lipsiæ, 1751, 4to. Durr Franc. Ant. de Probatione per Picturas in sacris, Moguntiæ, 1779, 4to. Kluber Joannes Ludov. de Pictura contumeliosa, Erlangen, 1787, 4to.

The best Italian works on the same subjects are:-Trattato della Nobiltà della Pittura, composto ad instanza della Venerab. Comp. di S. Luca, et della Nob. Acad. de' Pittori di Roma, da Rom. Alberti, Roma, 1585, 4to. Another edition of the same work was published at Pavia in 1604, also in 4to. The second of the Lezioni di M. Ben. Varchi, Firenze, 1549 and 1590, 4to., is entitled, Qual sia più nobile la Pittura o la Scultura? Gli Onori della Pittura, e della Scultura, Discorso di Gianb. Bellori, Lucca, 1677, 4to. Pregi della Pittura, di Dom. Palletta, Roma, 1688, 8vo. La Pittura in Giudizio, ovvero il Bene delle oneste Pitture, ed il Male. delle Oscene, di C. Gregor. Rosignoli, Venezia, 1696, 12mo., and another edition at Bologna, 1697, also in 12mo. Le tre belle Arti in Lega con l'Armi per difesa della Religione, Oraz. di Venc. Lucchesini, Roma, 1716, 8vo. Orazione in Lode della Pittura, Scultura, ed Architettura, da Nicolas Fontingueri. This tract is printed in the second volume of the Prose degli Arcadi, Rome, 1718, 8vo. Orazione della Pittura, Scul

tura, ed Architettura, giovano per l'acquiste delle Scienze, da Vinc. Santini, printed in the third volume of the same work. Orazione in Lode della Pittura, Scultura, ed Architettura di Giambattista Alessandro Moreschi, Bologna, 1781, 8vo. Esame ragionata sopra la Nobiltà della Pittura e della Scultura, per Nicolas Passeri, Napoli, 1783, 8vo.

In the Spanish language the most esteemed works on the same subjects are-Discorsos apologeticos en que se defiende la Ingenuidad del Arte de la Pintura, que es liberal y noble de todos Derechos, por Juan de Butron, Madrid, 1626, 4to. Por el Arte de la Pintura, por D. Juan Xanregui, Madrid, 1633, 4to.

In French-Eloge de la Peinture, par Philippe Angele, Paris, 1642, 12mo. Ichnographie; ou, Discours sur les quatre Arts d'Agriculture, Peinture, Sculpture, et Gravure, avec des Notes historiques, cosmographiques, chiffres, Lettres initiales, Logogriphes, &c., par M. Hebert, Paris, 1767, 5 vols., 12mo.

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In English-A Parallel between Poetry and Painting, by Dryden, Lond. 1695, 4to., inserted as a preface to that great poet's translation of Du Fresnoy. The various editions of the Lectures of Reynolds, Barry, Fuseli (some passages from whose work have been extracted in the course of this article), Opie, West, &c. Artist; a Collection of Essays on Art, by various English artists, edited and conducted by Prince Hoare, Esq., London, 1809, 2 vols. 4to. Our intention being more to direct our readers to scarce and valuable foreign works than to well known English treatises, this portion is rendered necessarily brief.

In the German language are to be found-a reply to the following question:-Does Painting possess any influence over a state? Hamburg, 1763. Advice to young Artists to apply themselves to Literature, by H. de Sonnenfels, Vienna, 1768, 8vo. An Enquiry whether Painting produces a greater effect than Music. A Dialogue, by Herder, inserted among the Miscellaneous Works of that author, published at Gotha, 1785, in 8vo.

The principal Lexicons and Dictionaries on Painting are:-Dictionnaire Abrégé de Peinture et d'Architecture, où l'on trouve les principaux Terms de ces deux Arts, avec leur Explication, la Vie abrégée des grands Peintres et des Architectes célèbres, et une Description succinte des plus beaux Ouvrages de Peinture, de Sculpture, et d'Architecture, soit antiques, soit modernes, par l'Abbé Marsy, Paris, 1746, 2 vols. 8vo. Dictionnaire portatif des beaux Arts, par Lacombe, Paris, 1766, 8vo. Dictionnaire portatif de Peinture, Sculpture, et Gravure, avec un Traité pratique des différentes Manières de peindre, par D. Ant. Joseph Pernetty, Paris, 1757, 8vo. Dictionnaire Iconologique; ou, Introduction à la Connoissance des Peintres, Sculptures, Estampes, par M. Prezel, Gotha, 1758, 8vo. Dizionario portatile delle belle Arti, che contiene quanto è di più remarchevole nella Pittura, Scultura, Intaglio, &c., colla Vita de' più celebri Professori delle medesime Arte, Venezia, 1758, 8vo. Nouveau Dictionnaire des Peintres, pour acquérir une Connoissance exacte des bons Tableaux anciens et modernes, avec un Appen-.

dix de quelques Monogrammes, par Louis de Winckelmann, Aug. 1796, 8vo. (in German). Dictionnaire des Arts de Peinture, Sculpture, et Gravure, par Watelet et Levesque, Paris, 1792, 5 vols. 8vo. Théorie genérale des beaux Arts, rédigée par Ordre alphabétique, par J. G. Sulzer, Leipsic, 1793, 4 vols. 8vo. (in German).

On the preservation of pictures we may consult, Recueil des Memoires et diverses Expériences, faites au Sujet de la Conservation des Tableaux, avec un Discours sur l'Incorruptible, par G. Dagly, Berlin, 1706, 8vo.

On the origin, antiquity, and history of painting among different nations, we may cite, Joa. Nicolai Funcii, Diss. de Picturæ Usu et Origine, with his Dissertationes academicæ, 1746, 8vo., 470th and following pages. Lettere dell' Origine, Uso, ed Abuso della Pittura, in the Lettere scelte del Abbate Pietro Chiari, Venice, 1750, 8vo. page 172. De l'Ancienneté de la Peinture, par Fraguier, to be found in the first volume of Mémoires de l'Académie des Belles Lettres. On the Origin and History of the Art, by Studemund. Jena, 1767, 8vo.

On the history of painting in general-Histoire des Arts qui ont rapport au Dessin, divisée en trois Livres, où il est traité de son Origine, de son Progrès, de sa Chute, et de son Rétablissement, par Monier, Paris 1705, 8vo. The Perfect Painter; or a History of the Origin, Progress, and Improvement of Painting, 1730, 12mo. Introductio ad Historiam Artis Delineatoria, by Peter Ciner, included in his Dissertationes Litterariæ, Florence, 1742, 8vo. Essai d'une Histoire des Arts du Dessin, par A. F. Busching, Hamburgh, 1761, 8vo. Della Patria degli Arti del Disegno del Gherardo d'Arco, Cremona, 1785, 8vo. Anecdotes des Beaux Arts, contenant tout ce que la Peinture, la Sculpture, la Gravure, l'Architecture, et la Vie des artistes offrent de plus curieux et de plus piquant chez tous les Peuples du Monde, depuis l'Origine de ces différens Arts jusqu'à nos Jours, Paris, 1776, 8vo. 3 vols. Domenico Manni, del vero Pittore Luca et del Tempo del suo fiorire, Florence, 1764, 4to. Dell' Errore che persiste di attribuirsi le Pitture al S. Evang. by the same, Florence, 1766, 4to.

On the state of painting among the Greeks and Romans:-De l'Amour des beaux Arts, et de l'extrême Considération que les Grecs avoient pour ceux qui les cultivoient avec Succés, par Caylus, &c., in the twenty-first volume of Mémoires de l'Académie des Belles Lettres. Histoire de la Peinture ancienne, extraite de l'Histoire naturelle de Pline, avec le Texte Latin, corrigé sur les Manuscrits de Vossius et sur la première Edition de Venise, et traduite en François par D. Durand. London, 1725, folio. We may recognise, as a continuation of this work, the Treatise of the count de Caylus, on the Pictures of Polygnotus, on several passages of Pliny relating to the Arts, on the Picture of Venus, by Apelles, &c., in the 19th, 27th, 29th, and 30th, vols, of Mémoires de l'Acad. des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. The third and fourth parts of the work entitled Gallus Roma Hospes, par L. Mont Josieu, Rome, 1585, 4to. (and to be found in the ninth volume of the Trésor of Gronovius),

treat of antique sculpture and painting. De 'Origine de la Peinture et des plus excellens Peintres de l'Antiquité, Paris, 1660, 4to. Des Peintres anciens et de leurs Manières, in the tenth volume of Nonveaux Choix des Mercures. Joann. Fonseca, de Pictura veterum. Delle Pittura antica, da G. B. Bellori, Venice, 1697, 4to. Treatise on ancient Painting, containing Observations on the Rise, Progress, and Decline of that art among the Greeks and Romans, &c., by George Turnbull; adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting discovered in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni, Lond. 1740, folio. Enquiry into the Causes of the extraordinary Excellency of ancient Greece in the Arts, London, 1767, 8vo. In the Archæologia Litteraria of Ernesti, in that of Martini, and in that of Siebenkees, appear chapters on painting among the ancients. Sur la Peinture des Anciens, par Falconet, in the sixth volume of his works, Lausanne, 1781. Recherches sur l'Origine, l'Esprit, et le Progres des Arts de la Grèce, sur leur Connexion avec les Arts et la Religion des anciens Peuples de l'Inde, de la Perse, du reste de l'Asie, de l'Europe, et de l'Egypte, London, 1785, 4to. la Peinture des Anciens, servant de Supplément à l'Histore de l'Art, par A. Riem, Berlin, 1787, 4to. Observations on the Art of Painting among the Ancients, by Cooper, in the third volume of Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 1790, 8vo.

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Works which treat in general of the lives of painters of every age and country:-Entretiens sur les Vies et sur les Ouvrages des plus excellens Peintres, anciens et modernes, by André Felibien, Paris, 1696, 5 vols. 4to., and London, 1705, 4 vols. 8vo. The second part of the first volume of the Academia tedesca della Architettura, Scultura, e Pittura, of Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675, folio. Noms des Peintres les plus célèbres, anciens et modernes, Paris 1079, 12mo. Abrégé de la Vie des Peintres, avec des Réflexions sur leurs Ouvrages, par R. De Piles, Paris, 1747, 12mo. Abecedario Pittorico, o sia serie degli Uomini i più illustri in Pittura, Scultura, ed Architettura, da F. P. A. Orlandi, Bologna, 1704, 4to. Account of the most eminent Painters, ancient and modern, continued down to the present Times according to the Order of their Succession, by R. Graham, London, 1716, 8vo. Table historique et chronologique des plus fameux Peintres anciens et modernes, par A. F. Harms, Brunswick, 1742, folio. Dictionnaire générale des Artistes, by Fuessli, Zuric, 1767, 4to. Extraits des différens Ouvrages publiés sur la Vie des Peintres, by M. Papillon de la Ferte, Paris, 1776, 12mo. Pet. Opmerii Opus Chromogr. Orbis universi à Mundi Exordio usque ad Annum 1611, Antwerp, 1611, folio.

Works expressly on the ancient painters :Vite de' Pittori antichi, scritte ed illustrate da Carlo Dati, 1667, 4to. Lezione detta nella Academia della Crusca intorno a' Pittori, Greci e Latini, de Filippo Baldinucci, 1692, 4to. In the tenth edition of Junius's work entitled De Pictura Veterum (Rotterdam, 1694) there will be found an extensive catalogue of the painters and other artists of antiquity.

Respecting modern painters in general we find details in L'Académie des Sciences et des Arts, contenant les Vies et les Eloges des Hommes illustres, par J. Bullart, Brussels, 1695, folio. Le Vite de' Pittori, de' Scultori, e degli Architetti moderni, con loro Ritratti al naturale, da Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Rome, 1672, 4to. Accresciuta colla Vita e Ritratto del Car. Luc. Giardano, Rome, 1728, 4to. Vite de' Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti moderni, da Lione Pascoli, Rome, 1730-6, 2 vols. 4to. (The names of all other painters, save Italian, are dreadfully mangled in this book). Portraits of the most eminent painters and other famous artists that have flourished in Europe, curiously engraved on above 100 copper plates, from original paintings of Van Dyck, Jansens, Guido, Teniers, and other celebrated masters; with an account of their Lives, Characters, and most considerable Works, London, 1739, 4to. Abrégé de la Vie des plus fameux Peintres, avec leurs Portraits gravés en taille-douce, les Indications de leurs principaux Ouvrages, quelques Réflexions sur leurs Charactères, et la Maniere de connoître les Dessins et les Tableaux des grands Maîtres, par M. A. J. Dezallier d'Argensville, Paris, 1745, 3

vols. 8vo. The Gentleman and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, containing a complete Collection and Account of the most distinguished Artists, who have flourished in the Art of Painting in Europe from 1250 to 1767; to which is added, a Catalogue of the Disciples of the most famous Masters, &c., by Pilkington, London 1767, 4to. Dictionnaire des Artistes, par M l'Abbé L. A. Fontenay, Paris, 1776, 2 vols. 8vo Biographical Memoirs of extraordinary Painters, exhibiting not only Sketches of their principal Works and professional Characters, but a variety of romantic Adventures and original Anecdotes, London, 1780, 12mo. Abrégé de la Vie des Peintres, dont les Tableaux composent la Galerie Electorale de Dresde, Dresden, 1782, 8vo. Manuale de' Pittori, for the Year 1792, Florence, 8vo.

Our biography will be found to contain the lives of the most distinguished painters of all ages and countries, in their alphabetical places; but the following catalogue Raisonnée of celebrated painters, from the revival of the art to the beginning of the last century, may be found a useful compendium to students.