COLLAERT, HANS, Flemish engraver, son of Adrian Col laert, 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 engravings after Rubens are very highly esteemed. He left many works: among the best may be mentioned a "Life of St. Francis," 16 prints; a "Last Judgment," folio; "Monilium, Bullarum, Inauriumque Artificiosissimae Icones," io prints 0580 ; "The Dead Christ in his Mother's Lap"; "Marcus Curtius"; "Moses Striking the Rock," and "The Resurrection of Lazarus," after Lambert Lom bard; "The Fathers of the Desert"; and "Biblia Sacra and the History of the Church," after Rubens.