A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
Maximilian Emmanuel ; after J. £. Champagne ; one of
his best works.
Equestrian statue of Maximilian Emmanuel ; after Ab-
leituer,
Henrietta Maria Adelaide, Duchess of Bavaria ; nftir
Delamoiice, 1675 ; oval.
Ferdinand Maria, Duke of Bavaria, 1676 : oval.
Count Johann von Berlo de Brus, Stadtholder of In-
goldstadt, 1680 ; large oval.
Alexander Sigismund, Bishop of Augsburg ; P. F.
Samilton, phiT.
Eomain Liberiet, Abbot of St. Ulrich, Afra, and in
Augsburg; afttr himself ; a fine portrait ; oval.
Petrus Marinus Sormannus ; in a medallion.
Livio Prince Odescalclii ; in a medallion.
Marcus ab Aviano, 1680; oval.
A young prince conducted to the throne by Hercules
and Nestor; at the foot of the throne is inscribed,
Ungaria.
Two plates of statues ; engraved for Sandrart's Deutsche
Akademie.
SACRED AND HISTORICAL SUBJECTS.
The Virgin and Child, with two portraits ; afler J. A . Wolff; a very large plate. The Image of the Virgin of Consolation ; 1682 ; large plate, oval. Vero Ritratto di S. Francesco d'Assisi. St. Nicholas of Tolentino ; after J. A. TToff, 1691; large plate. Vrai Portrait de St. John de S. Facundo ; after the same ; large oval. St. Godard kneeling before the Virgin ; /. Drentivet, del. Ten plates in folio — Of a triumphal arch in honour of the Elector Maximilian Emmanuel. Grand Tliesis, dedicated to the Emperor Leopold and his son Joseph ; E. P. A)itoinus Lumlinsky, del. Another large plate, representing the Virgin Mary treading on the Serpent, accompanied by the foiur Doctors of the Church.
AMMAN, Jeremias, an engraver of portraits, who worked at Schatfhausen from about 1660 to 1670, executed, in conjunction with his son, Johann Amman, the plates to Patin's Invperaiorurii Ro- manoruni Numimiata (1671), chiefly from tlie drawings of F. Chauveau.
AMMAN, Johann, a son of Jeremias Amman, was a native of Schaffhausen, and flourished about the year 1700. He engraved a few portraits, among which is one of John Locke.
AMMAN, Johann, a German engraver, who was living at Hanau about 1640. Previously he engraved a set of small woudcuts, representing the Passion of our Saviour. They are executed in a neat and spirited style, and possess considerable merit. They were published at Amsterdam in 1623, with Latin verses.
AMMAN, JoST, was a painter as well as en- graver, but owes his reputation chiefly to his excellence in the last-mentioned branch of art. He was born at Zurich in Switzerland, in 1539. The name of his instructor in art is not recorded. In 1560, he left Zurich, and went to Nuremberg, where he worked until his death, in 1591. Of his paintings we have no further account, than that his works in stained glass were richly and bril- liantly coloured. His pen-drawings partake of the spirit and neatness of his prints, and are preserved in the portfolios of the curious. As an engraver, he was one of the most laborious of the industrious artists of his country, who have so ably and amply contributed to the advancement of the art. The Dumber of his plates is prodigious, and his work amounts to upwards of five hundred and fifty prints, many of which being of a diminutive size, he IS sometimes ranged among the artists denominated the Little Masters. He engraved on wood and on copper, but the productions from the latter are very inferior to those from the former. His draw- ing, in general, is tolerably correct ; and his exe- cution, particularly in his animals, is smart and spirited ; his manner of engraving is neat and decided. This artist used no less than twelve dif» ferent marks in his plates, but they all consist in a cipher composed of the letters / and A , as follows :
C« 0<1 X CL^D ^^
COPPER PLATES.
Twelve small plates, arched— Of illustrious women of the Old Testament, beginning with Eve: title, £va die Gebererin, Jost. Amman^fec; Sief. Herman, exe. Eight figures of warriors in ancient costume, small upright plates ; marked, Jost. Amman, Inventor. 1590. Eight plates — Of persons fighting with swords and sticks ; small plates, lengthways ; marked with his cipher. Six very small plates of friezes. Hunting scenes. Eight small plates, lengthways, the Four Seasons, and tlie Four Elements. 1569. Twelve small upright plates arched — Of the months in the year, represented in full-length figtu-es; Jo. Amman, fee. A set of plates for a Bible published at Frankfort. 1571. The Bombardment of a Town ; Jo. Amman, fee. 1570. Large plate, lengthways. Admiral de Coligny ; feeit NoriinbergiE, Jost. Animany Tigurinus. 1573.
WOODCUTS.
The Creation, large print ; marked /. A. An oval print, the Diet of the Empire ; large, length- ways. The Marriage of Cana middle-sized print, lengthways, /. A. A set of one hundred and fifteen prints of arts and trades, first printed under the title, Ilai/oirXta, om- nium illiberalium, mechantcarum, aut sedentariamm artium genera eontinens. printed at Frankfort in 1568. This edition is very scarce ; the book was reprinted in 1574. A set of one hundred and three prints of subjects from Soman History, published at Frankfort, in 1573, with the portrait of S. Feyrabend, the celebrated bookseller. A book of hunting ; entitled Kexce Figiiren von allertei lag und TVeidticerek. Frankfort, 1582. A set of one hundred and three prints for a work en- titled Cleri totius Pomance Ecelesiie subjecti, ^e. Frankfort. 1585. A set of one himdred and twenty prints for a bo k entitled Gyneeceum, sire Theatrttm Mitlierum, ^c. Frankfort,, 1586. A complete list of his works is given in Meyer's ' KUnstler-Lexikon.' W. B. S.
AMMON, Klemens, a son-in-law of Theodor de Bry, the celebrated engraver, worked in Frankfort and Heidelberg, in the middle of the 17th century. His principal work was the continuation of the collection of portraits entitled, Bibliotheca Cal- cographica, in six quarto volumes, published by Theodor de Brj-, to which he added, at Frankfort, two volumes, published in 1650 and 1652. His plates are poor and stiff, and very inferior to those of his relation.
AMOROSI, Antonio, a native of Comunanza, near Ascoli, flourishedabouttheyearl700. Mariette says he was bom in 1660. He was still living in 1736. He painted frescoes in Civita Vecchia, and altar-pieces for the churches at Rome, one of which is in San Rocco ; but he is principally known as a painter of Bambocciaie, or fancy subjects, in
