n the public hospital at Antwerp, and
was buried in an obscure manner; but when Rubens knew it, he had the
body reinterred, with funeral pomp, in the church of the Carmelites; and
he intended also to have erected a superb monument to his memory, had he
lived to see it executed; though Sandrart says there was a magnificent
one over his tomb, with an epitaph to perpetuate his honor.

BROWER'S WORKS.

The subjects of Brower were of the lowest order, representing the
frolics of his pot companions; but his expression is so lively and
characteristic, his coloring so transparent and brilliant, and the
passions and movements of his figures are so admirably expressed, that
his works have justly elicited the applause of the world. They are
highly valued, and in consequence of his irregular life, are exceedingly
scarce. Brower also etched a few plates in a very spirited style.

ROSA DA TIVOLI.

The name of this artist was Philip Roos, and he was born at Frankfort in
1655. He early showed a passion for painting, and exhibited such
extraordinary talents that the Landgrave of Hesse took him under his
protection, and sent him to Italy with a pension sufficient for his
support. To facilitate his studies, he established himself at Tivoli
(whence his name), where he kept a kind of menagerie, and on account of
the number and variety of the animals, his house was called _Noah's
Ark_.

ROSA DA TIVOLI'S WORKS.

Rosa da Tivoli's pictures usually represent pastoral subjects, with
herdsmen and cattle, or shepherds with sheep and goats, which he
frequently painted as large as life. He designed everything from nature,
not only his animals, but the sites of his landscapes, ruins, buildings,
rocks, precipices, rivers, etc. His groups are composed with great
judgment and taste, and his landscapes, backgrounds, skies, and
distances are treated in a masterly style. His cattle and animals, in
particular, are designed with wonderful truth and spirit; his coloring
is full of force, his lights and shadows are distributed with judgment
and his touch is remarkably firm and spirited.

ROSA DA TIVOLI'S FACILITY OF EXECUTION.

Rosa da Tivoli acquired a wonderful facility in design and execution,
for which reason he was named _Mercurius_ by the Bentvogel Society. A
remarkable instance of his powers is recorded by C. le Blond, then a
student at Rome. "It happened one day," says he, "that several young
artists and myself