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COLLAERT  , Flemish engraver, son of Adrian Collaert, a draughtsman and engraver of repute, was born at Antwerp about 1545 . After working some years in his father's studio, he went to Rome to perfect himself in his art . His engravingsafter Rubens are very highly esteemed . He left many works; among the best may be mentioned a " Life of Saint Francis," 16 prints; a " Last Judgment," folio; " Monilium, Bullarum, Inauriumque Artificiosissimae Icones," 10 prints, 1581; " The Dead Christ in his Mother's Lap "; " Marcus Curtius"; " Moses Striking the Rock," and " The Resurrection of Lazarus," after Lambert Lombard; " The Fathers of the Desert "; and " Biblia Sacra and the History of the Church," after Rubens .