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 him may be seen in public and private collections of Brussels, Ghent, Lille, and Haarlem, some of which are enriched with fibres and animals by Ommeganck. He died at Brussels in 1841.

ASSCHOONEBECK, Adriaan. This artist was a native of Holland, and flourished about the year 1690. We have by him some slight incorrect etchings, representing the ' Flight of James the Second from England.'

ASSELIJN, Jan, (or Asselin,) a celebrated land- scape painter, was bom at Diepen, near Amsterdam, in 1610. He was a scholar of Esajas van de Velde, but he went to Italy when young, where he re- mained many years. He was denominated ' Krab- betje,' on account of a contraction in his fingers. He died at Amsterdam in 1660. His pictures repre- sent views in the vicinity of Rome, decorated with figures and cattle, in the manner of N. Berchem, and enriched with vestiges of Roman architecture. His skies and distances are tenderly coloured, and there is a charming effect of sunshine in some of his works that resembles the warmth of Jan Both. His pencil is remarkably firm and neat, and the trees and plants are touched with great sharpness and spirit. His pictures are highly esteemed, and are worthy of a place in the choicest ^Q. collections. They are seen in many of the Jyt public galleries on the Continent.

Amsterdam, Museum. The watchfulness of Jan de Witt (an enraged Sican — an allegory). „ Italian landscape. Berlin. Gallery. Italian sea-port. Cassel. Gallery. Landscape. Copenhagen. GoZiery. Italian landscape ; and others. Darmstadt. Gallery. A rocky shore. Florence. Zrffizi. Landscape. Paris. Louvre. Italian views (two). Petersburg. Hermitage. View in Italy. ,. ,> Sea-port. Vienna. Gallery. Laud-cipe. „ Liechtenstein Coll. Italian sea-port (almost a replica of the Birtin jnctitre).

ASSELT, Van der. See Van der asselt.

ASSEN, Jan van, who was born at Amsterdam in 1635, was n good painter of history, portraits, and landscape, in the Italian manner ; he studied particulariy the works of Tempesta. He died at his birthplace in 1695.

ASSEN, JoHANN Walter van, is a name which has been given, rightly or wrongly, to the artist who used the accompanying monogfram, which is found on several » M fc^ paintings as well as on some wood- (ff -Ti cuts. See Cornelisz, Jacob.

ASSERETO, QIOVACCHINO, (or Axareto,) who was bom at Genoa, studied under Borzone and Ansaldo, by whose instructions he profited so well, that at the age of sixteen he painted a picture of the ' Temptation of St. Anthony,' for the oratory of Sant' Antonio Abate in Sarzano. He painted much in the churches and palaces of Genoa, and there are still pictures by him in several churches and religious houses in that city. He painted from 1600 to 1649.

ASSERETO, GinsEPPE, son and scholar of Giovacchino Assereto, painted historical subjects in the style of his father. He died after 1650, when still young.

ASSISI, Andrea da. See Aloviqi.

ASSISI, TiBERio da, was a scholar and imitator of Perugino. His works, which are not of great merit, may be seen in the churches of Perugia and the neighbourhood. A fresco is at San Martino, outside Trevi ; a lunette containing a ' Virg^in and Cliild,' with a ' Madonna between two Saints,' dated 1510, and five scenes from the life of St. Francis, dated 1512, are still at Montefalco.

AST, B. VAN DEB. See Van deb Asi-ASTA, Andrea dell'. See Dell' Asta.

ASTLEY, John, an English portrait painter, was born at Wem, in Shropshire, about 1730. He was a scholar of Hudson, and aftervards visited Italy, about the same time that Sir Joshua Reynolds was at Rome. He possessed talents of a superior order, and painted portraits with great reputation and success. A lady of large fortune. Lady Daniell, whose portrait he had painted, con- ceived an affection for him, and offered him her hand: on his marriage he relinquished the profes- sion. He died in 1787. (For further details of his somewhat romantic life see Redgrave's Dictionary.)

ASTOR, DiEGO DE, of Toledo, studied under Domenico Theotocopuli, and in 1606 engraved, under his superintendence, a ' St Francis,' after Nic. de Vargas. Astor was engraver to the Mint of Segovia, and was also employed to engrave the royal seals. Of his plates we may notice the title- page to Colmenares' ' Historia de Segovia ' (Ma- drid, 1640), and that to Bonet's book on ' Speech for the Dumb,' one of the best works of the kind.

ATHENION was a native of Maroneia, in Thrace, and was a disciple of Glaucion of Corinth, a painter of whom no other mention is made. Athenion appears to have been a contemporary of Nicias, as his works are compared by Pliny to those of that painter, and without any disparity, for he adds, " If he had lived to maturity, no one would have been worthy to be compared to him." Though his colouring was more austere than that of Nicias it was not less agreeable. He painted for the temple of Eleusis a picture said to have been a portrait of Phylarchus the historian ; and at Athens, ' AchiUes disg^sed as a girl, discovered by Ulysses.'

ATKINSON, John Augustus, who was born in London in 1775, went, when quite young, with his uncle to St. Petersburg, where he studied in the picture galleries. In 1801 he returned to England, and in 1803 published 'A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians,' in 100 plates, drawn and etched by himself. He afterwards painted a 'Battle of Waterloo,' which was en- graved by John Bumet. He also painted in water-colours. His last contribution to the Aca- demy exhibition was in 1829. The date of his death is not recorded : he was still living in 1831:

ATKINSON, Thomas Witlam, who was bom of humble parents about 1799, began life as an ecclesiastical stone-carver. In 1831 he published his ' Gothic Ornament,' and afterwards settled in Manchester as an architect. In 1840 he went to London, then through Hamburg and Berlin to St. Petersburg, where he obtained permission to travel in the more unfrequented parts of the Russian Empire in Asia. He made many drawings and sketches, and on his return to England published the following works, illustrated by his hand :

Oriental and 'Westcm Siberia. 1858. Travels in the Region of the Upper and Lower Amcor. 1860. Kecollections of the Tartar Steppes and their Inhabit- ants. 1863. Atkinson died at Little Wahner in 1861.