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Rh his guards; above, the Trinity, with a choir of angels, to one of whom Christ gives the palm of martyrdom and a wreath for St. Agnes. Painted for S. Agnese, Bologna; carried to Paris in 1796 ; returned in 1815. Engraved by G. Audran; F. Rosaspina.—Landon, Musée, vi. Pl. 25; Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 52; Lavice, 17.

Martyrdom of St. Agnes, Domenichino, Bologna Gallery.

AGNES, ST., MARTYRDOM OF, Tintoretto, S. M. dell' Orto, Venice; canvas. Much injured by restoration.—Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 186; Zanotto, Guida, 328.

AGNOLO, ANDREA D'. See Sarto.

AGOBBIO, ODERIGI DA. See Oderigi.

AGRASOT, JOAQUIN, born at Orihuela, Spain, contemporary. History painter; pupil of Academy S. Carlos of Valencia and of Fr. Martinez. Works: A Prestidigitator; La Feria de Orihuela; Before the Bull Fight (1880); Starting of the Procession (1882); After Luncheon (1883); Fortuny's Studio, J. H. Stebbins, N. Y.; Monk and Children, M. Graham, N. Y.—La Ilustracion (1880), i. 291; (1882), ii. 3; (1883), i. 259.

AGRICOLA, CHRISTOPH LUDWIG, born in Ratisbon, Nov. 5, 1667, died there, in 1719. Landscape and portrait painter; German school. He was a constant traveller in Germany, England, Holland, and France, but preferred to live in Naples or Augsburg. He treated landscape in the classical style under Poussin's influence, and in his glowing atmospheric effects resembles Claude. Works: two Oriental Landscapes, Mountain View, Portrait of Himself, Brunswick Museum; two Landscapes with Figures, Cassel Gallery; Thunder Storm, Rainbow, Sunset, Pommersfelden Gallery; Landscapes with large Rock, Millstone on Sled, Dresden Gallery; Ruins of Monument, Vienna Museum; Morning Dawn, Night, Rainbow, Landscapes in Rain, Uffizi, Florence; others in Naples, Bologna, Turin, Gotha, Frankfort, Schwerin, and Breslau Galleries.—Kugler (Crowe), ii. 567; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 137.