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 BlONYSirS men ; but some think that this should be referred to the later Dionysius, the contem- porary of Sopolis. DIONYSIUS, portrait painter, country un- known, lived in Rome 1st century ac. Pliny says (xxxv. 40 [147]) that he and Sopolis were the moat celebrated portrait painters of their time and that their works filled the galleries. See laia. DIONYSODORUS, painter, of Colophon (Pliny, xxxv. 40 [146]). Probably identical with Dionysius of Colophon. DIONYSUS or Bacchus, pictures. See Aristides, Ctesilochus ; Liber, see Echion, Ni- dus. DIORES, painter, country unknown. Men- tioned by Varro (do Ling. Lai, ix. 6, 12) in a way to lead one to suppose that he was contemporary with Micon. DIRK VAN HAARLEM. See Bouts, Dierick. DISCEPOLJ, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, born at Lugnano in 1590, died in 1600. Milanese school ; history painter, pupil of C. Procaccini. Works : Adoration of Magi, Brera, Milan ; Purgatory, S. Carlo, Milan ; St. Theresa, Sta. Teresa, Como. Lanzi. DISCOVERER, THE, William M. Hunt, Capitol, Albany, N.Y. ; mural painting, demi- lune, H 15 ft x 45 ft. The Discoverer, full- length, draped, standing, gazing on the set- ting sun, in a boat which is rising to a sea against a sunset sky ; behind him, Fortune, full-length, nude and winged, holding the tiller with her left hand and trimming the sail with her right ; at the prow is Hope, with one hand on the boat, the other point- ing forward ; in front of her blind Faith, her face buried in her arms, floats with the tide, while Science unrolls a chart at the side. Painted in 1878. Scribner's Mag., xix. 175. DISCUSSION OF IMMACULATE CON- CEPTION, Guido Reni, Hermitage, St. Pe- tersburg. To right, St. Jerome, with a book, looks at the Virgin, who, dressed in white, appears in glory with two angels ; SS. Am- brose, Chrysostom, Basil, Augustine, and Gregory are also represented. Sold by the Marchese degli Angeli to Lord Walpole. Engraved by W. Sharp and L Sanders. Descr. of the Hermitage, 22. DISGUST, Paolo Veronese, Cobham Hall, England ; canvas, 5 ft. 10 in. square. A man, nude, recumbent, is chastised by Cupid with his bow, while two women, one holding an ermine, are hastening away. From Collec- tion of Queen Christina of Sweden to Orleans Collection ; valued at sale in 1793 at 150, sold for 44 guineas. Engraved by B. Audran. Waagen, Treasures, iL 499 ; iii. 20 ; Cab. Crozat, ii. PI. 27. DISPUTE OF THE SACRAMENT, Raphael, Camera della Segnatura, Vatican, Rome ; fresco, arched top, H. 16 ft x 26 ft ! 8 in. The Triumph of Religion. God the Father, in a glory of angels and cherubim, holds the globe in one hand and raises the other in benediction ; beneath, Christ seated between the Virgin and John Baptist, with six saints, patriarchs, and prophets on each side, seated upon clouds upheld by cheru- bim (left Peter, Adam, John Evangelist, David, Stephen, Jeremiah (?); right Judas Maccabaeus, George, Lawrence, Moses, James, Abraham, Paul); below Christ, the Holy Ghost and four angels bearing the Gospels ; in lower part, the Eucharist on an altar, 1 round which are grouped forty-three figures, popes, bishops, doctors of the church, and 1 learned men, many of them portraits among i others Dante, Savonarola, and Fra Angelico. 1 Painted in 1508. Called also Theology. Original studies in Windsor Castle Collec- tion ; Stiidel Museum, Frankfort ; Collection Due d'Aumale, Chantilly ; and Louvre. En- graved by G. Mocetto, Keller, Volpato, G. Ghisi, Aquila, Gantrel, and MochettL Va- sari, ed. Mil., iv. 330; Miintz, 320; Passavant, iL 73 ; Springer, 159 ; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 427; Gruyer; Perkins, 115. DISTRAINING FOR RENT, Sir David Wilkie, William Wells, Esq., Redleaf ; can- vas. The sheriff taking an inventory of the household goods of a cottager, to be seized for rent. Sixteen figure* Painted in 1814 ; bought by British Institution for GOO guin- 413