I. Pietre, an Italian engraver, born at Santa Eufemia, near Brescia, Oct. 12, 1784, died in Milan, Oct. 13, 1849. After preparatory studies under his father, who was himself an engraver, he entered the school of Longhi at Milan, of which he subsequently became director. His most admired pieces are portraits of Da Vinci, Canova, and Peter the Great; his "Moses with the Daughters of Je-thro," after Poussin; his "Virgin," after Raphael; and his masterpiece, "The Woman taken in Adultery," after Titian.

II. Fanstino, brother of the preceding, an engraver of Pavia, born in 1766, died Jan. 9. 1847. Among his works are a portrait of Herder, a Magdalen after Correg-gio, and a "Holy Family" after Poussin.