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FEMALE ENGRAVERS. 263
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Profusel P Many Leasant Of Y Little Illu...
could not attain to tlie reputation of Claudine , this lady was contented to work with and assist her sister , and was chiefly employed
upon a set of sixty-six plates of antique ornaments , and another set of fiffcy-six plates of vases after her uncle ' s designs . She died in 16 7 6 .
Antoinette Bousonnet Stella , the third sister , was very little inferior to Claudine as an engraver . She made more use of the point than
her sister , and etched in a very powerful style ; she also harmonised the roughness left by the aquafortis with the graver in such a
manner as to produce a pleasing effect . Only two engravings of hers are known , but these suffice to prove her superiority . They
are— - 1 . Remus and Romulus suckled by a wolf , ( a middling sized
plate , lengthways ;) from her brother Antony Stella ' s design . 2 . The entry of the Emperor Sisimond into Mantua ; from a long
frieze affcer Julio Romano . The days of Antoinette were shortened hy a fall , and she died at
Paris on the 20 th of October , 1676 . Elizabeth Sirani , born at Bologna in 1638 , the daughter of Giovanni
Andrea Sirani , learned the principles of design and drawing from her father , and though this interesting woman died at the early age
of twenty-six , she had produced no less than one hundred and fifty pictures and portraits , chiefly of a large size and finished with a care
which excludes all appearance of negligence or haste . Her pictures are spoken of with the warmest commendations , and several of them
are preserved in the Zamieri , Caprara , and Zambeccari palaces at Bologna , and in the Corsini and Bolognetti palaces at Rome . We
have also many etchings by her hand , all executed in a spirited style , the extremities being very finely marked indeed . Among her
. engravings are—1 . The Virgin in the clouds , holding a rosary , with the infant
Jesus ; from her own design . 2 . The Virgin weeping , surrounded by angels , and contemplating
the emblems of our Saviour ' s passion ; also from her own design . . 1657 .
3 . A Holy Family ; after Raphael . 4 . St . Eustacius kneeling before a crucifix . 1656 .
5 . The Decollation of St . John . 1657 . Her brilliant career was cut short by the malice of one of her
servants , who administered poison to her in 1664 , from the effects of which she died .
In 1646 3 Jane Sibyl Kusell was born at Augsburg . She was instructed by her father , an engraver , and afterwards married John
Ulrich Krauss , who also followed the same profession . She engraved four landscapes after Elsheimer , and a set of battles from the
designs of Le Clerc . One of the most interesting women of this age , was Madame
Merian , born at Frankfort in 1647 . Her father , Matthew Merian
the elder , died when she was only four years old , but her mother
Female Engravers. 263
FEMALE _ENGRAVERS . 263
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1859, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061859/page/47/
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