Benigno Bossi (1727–1792) was an Italian engraver, painter, and stucco artist.
Juan de Alfaro y Gámez (1643–1680) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque. He was born at Córdoba. He was first a pupil of Antonio del Castillo, but finished his studies at Madrid under Velázquez, whose manner he followed, particularly in portraits. He was employed by Velazquez in copying the works of Titian, Rubens, and Van Dyck. In the church of the Carmelites is an Incarnation and in the church of the Imperial College at Madrid is his picture of the Guardian Angel.
Charles-Joseph Flipart (1721–1797) was a French painter and engraver.
Nicolaus van Aelst was a Flemish engraver and perhaps painter, and a resident of Rome.
Diego de Arroyo (1498–1551), a Spanish miniature painter born at Toledo, is supposed to have studied either in Italy or under an Italian master. His delicate miniature portraits gained him much renown, and the appointment of painter to Charles V. He also illuminated choir-books for the cathedral of Toledo. Arroyo died at Madrid in 1551.
Matías de Arteaga y Alfaro, also Matias de Arteaga, was a Spanish painter and engraver.
Benoît Audran the Elder was a French engraver.
Hernando de Ávila, painter and sculptor to Philip II of Spain, flourished in the middle of the 16th century. He was a pupil of Francisco Comontes. He executed, in 1568, an altar-piece of 'St. John the Baptist,' and the 'Adoration of the Kings,' for the cathedral of Toledo.
Johann Balzer was an 18th-century Czech engraver in the Kingdom of Bohemia.
Dominique Barrière (c.1622–1678) was a French painter and engraver.
Guillaume Philippe Benoist was a French engraver, who spent the later part of his life in England.
Cornelis Boel was a Flemish draughtsman and engraver. He is sometimes known as Cornelis Bol, or Cornelis Bol I, to distinguish him from later artists of the same name.
Philibert-Louis Debucourt was a French painter and engraver.
Francisco Caro was a Spanish Baroque painter.
Carlo Cesio or Carlo Cesi was a Baroque-style painter and engraver of the Roman school.
Louis de Chastillon (c.1639–1734) was a French painter in enamel and miniature, and an engraver.
Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger was a German draughtsman and engraver.
Francisco Fernández, who was brought up in the school of Vincenzo Carducho, was one of the most ingenious artists of his time, and his talent gained great reputation for him at an early age. He was employed by Philip IV in the palaces at Madrid, and in the convent of La Victoria are pictures by him of the Death of St. Francis of Paola, and St. Joachim and St. Anne. He also etched five spirited plates of allegories for Carducho's Dialogos de la Pintura, 1633. He was killed in a quarrel by Francisco de Baras.
Jacob Folkema, a Dutch designer and engraver, was born and died at Dokkum, in Friesland. He was first instructed by his father, Johann Jakob Folkema, a goldsmith, and studied afterwards under B. Picart at Amsterdam. During that time he worked for Royaumont's Bible, 1712, and Ruysch's Anatomy, 1737. Folkema was also an excellent engraver in mezzotint. He had a sister, Anna Folkema, who painted miniatures, assisted her brother, and engraved some few plates. She was born in 1695, and died in 1768. By Jakob Folkema there are, among others, the following plates:
Jan Anton Garemyn (1712-1799), a Flemish painter and engraver, was born at Bruges, and studied under Louis Boons and Matthias de Visch. He painted numerous altar-pieces for the churches at Bruges and Courtrai; and others for private persons at Brussels and Ghent. His pictures are highly esteemed by his countrymen for their warmth of colouring. He painted several pictures in imitation of Rembrandt and Teniers, and designed and executed several of the plates for the Chronyke van Vlaenderen, published in 1736. He became professor in the Academy of Bruges, and died in that city in 1799.
