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 DAEIUS and best preserved works. Painted for Pi- saui family, of whom the principal figures are portraits, and preserved in Palazzo Pi- sani, Venice, until purchased for National Gallery in 1857. Eichter thinks the kneel- j ing girls are the artist's daughters, and the man with the long gray beard his brother Benedetto. Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 554 ; Ki- dolfi, Marav., ii. 60 ; Eichter, Ital. Art in National Gallery, 74. DAEIUS, TENT OF, Charles Lcbrun, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. 9 ft. 9 in. x 14 ft. 10 in. Alexander, accompanied by Hephaes- tion, visits in their tent the family of Darius, captured at the battle of Issus. Sisygambia, mother of Darius, prostrates herself before Hephsestion, mistaking him for Alexander. Eecogniziug her error, she attempted an apology, when the King interrupted her, say- ing, "You are not deceived. He is another Alexander." The royal captives are attended by women, priests, and eunuchs. Engraved by G. Edelinck, Devilliers, G. Audran. Landon, Musee, ii. PI. 57 ; Filhol, i. PL 55. DAELEY, FELIX O. C., born in Phila- delphia, Pa., June 23, 1822. Genre painter, self-taught. Works almost exclusively in black and white ; well known as an il- lustrator; has travelled and sketched in Europe. Elected an N.A. in 1852. Works : First Blow for Liberty ; Foraging in Virginia ; Emigrants attacked by Indians (painted for Prince Napoleon) ; Scene in the Streets of Eome ; Cavalry Charge at Fredericksburg Virginia (1867); March to the Sea ; Sheep- fold ; Mount Desert ; A Cold Snack ; Puri- tans surprised by Indians. Tuckerman, 471. DAUBAN, JULES JOSEPH, born in Paris, May 31, 1822. History painter, pupil of Auguste Debay ; director of School of Fine Arts at Angers. Has also decorated churches and other buildings. Medal, 1864 ; L. of Honour, 1868. Works : Louis XI. making Guillaume de Cerizay Mayor of An- jou (1861) ; Trappists receiving a Stranger (1864), Luxembourg Museum ; Trappists giving each other the Kiss of Peace before Communion (1865), Angers Museum; Death of a Trappist (1867) ; Mme. Eoland going to the Eevolutiouary Tribunal (1869) ; Fra Angelico da Fiesole (1873) ; Eesurrection of Lazarus, Church of St. Bernard, Paris. DAUBIGNY, CHABLES FEANCOIS, born in Paris, Feb. 15, 1817, died there, Feb. 20, 1878. Land- scape painter, son and pupil of Edrne Fra^ois D. (1789-1843), landscape paint- er ; visited Italy, ~ J and returning in 1836, studied under Delaroche. Exhibited at nearly every Salon after 1838. Medals: 2d class, 1848 ; 1st class, 1853 ; 3d class, 1855 ; 1st class, 1857, 1859, and 1869 ; L. of Honour, 1859, Officer, 1874. An excel- lent landscape painter, especially of river scenes, which he painted from a floating studio. Left many etchings. Works : The Seine at Bezons, St. Jerome in the Desert (1840); Harvest (1852); Banks of the Seine (1852), Nantes Museum ; Pool of Gylien (1853) ; Sluice in Valley of Optevoz (1855), Luxembourg Museum ; Springtime (1857) ; Banks of the Oise (1861); The Vintage (1863), Luxembourg Museum; Windmills at Dordrecht (1872); Fields in June (1873); House of Mother Bazot at Valmandois (1874); Fruit-Garden in Normandy (1875); Moon- rise, View of Dieppe (1877). Works in United States : Morning, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York; Morning Landscape, A. Bel- niont, New York; Landscape, T. H. Steb- bins, New York; Landscape, M. Graham, New York; Spring Lake, Shady Pool, Be- fore the Storm, Coast of Normandy, Sunset, B. Wall, Providence; Landscape, T. Wig- glesworth, Boston; Landscape, H. P. Kid- der, Boston; Eiver Scene, G. Hoadly, Cin- cinnati; Landscape Morning, S. A. Coale, St. Louis; Landscape, Charles Parson, ib. ; Landscape, View 011 the Seine, C. H. Wolff, 374