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 ALFARO ALFARO Y GAMEZ, Don JUAN, born in 1G40 in Cordova, died in Madrid in 1680. Spanish school ; pupil of Antonio del Cas- tillo and of Velasquez, whose portraits he learned to imitate. Also an engraver and ', writer, both of poetry and prose. Works : ! Assumption (16G8), Museo Nacional ; An- ! tonio da Solis, portrait, D. Valentin Car- derera, Madrid. Curtis, 328 ; Stirling, 809 ; j Meyer, Kiiust. Lex., i. 295. ALGERIAN FALCONER, Eugene Fro- raentin, Albert Spencer, New York. In the foreground, an Arab horseman, riding at full gallop, holds a falcon perched upon his wrist, as high above his head as his arm will stretch. His whole action is full of intense energy, and the speed of his horse is shown by the sand whirling around him. In the background are indications of other mounted figures. Salon, 1863. Etched by Flameng ; Lionel. Several replicas. ALIBERTI, GLVNCARLO, born at Asti, ; Piedmont, in 1680, died about 1740. One of the many skilful masters of the 18th century, who excelled in the execution of those extensive, quickly-painted. fres-' coes, termed macchinose by the Italians. His style was a mixture of Roman and Bolognese art, showing the influences of Maratta and the school of the Carrac- ci, with a leaning towards Correggio. He frescoed churches in Asti, Pavia, and other Italian cities. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., i. 312. ALIBRANDI, GIROLAMO, of Messina, born about 1470, died in 1524 ; but De Marzo thinks him the painter of an Epiph- any in the church of Venetico, Sicily, dated 1532. Neapolitan school ; studied several years in Venice and afterward in Milan with Leonardo da Vinci. Returned to Sicily in j 1514, and painted in Messina ; called some- times the Raphael of Messina. Most im- portant of his works is u Presentation in the Temple, dated 1519, in San Niccol5, Messina. Style a mixture of the Leonard- esque and Ferrarese. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., i. 312 ; C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 116. AUENSE, Iwrn in Greek inland of Milo in 1556 (?), died in Venice in 1629. Real name Antonio Vansilacchi. Venetian school ; pupil of Paolo Ver- onese, who dismissed him, Ridolfi says, on ac- count of jeal- ousy at his wonderful progress. Aliense then applied himself to the study of the works of Tin- toretto, and soon acquired a style which, for strength and boldness of design, and vigor of colouring approached the best pro- ductions of that master. He won a great reputation, was patronized by the doge and nobility of Venice, and was invited to their respective courts by Philip tt of Spain, and by Sigistnund IH of Poland. But he preferred to remain in Venice, where he lived in great state, and executed many works for public buildings and churches. In the Palazzo Ducale are his Adoration of the Magi, Coronation of Baldwin Eni|>eror of Constantinople, the Doge Ordelasso Fali- ero at the Capture of /ara, and other large pictures ; and in S. Apostoli are his Sacri- fices of Abraham and Cain and Abel. Ex- amples of his work are also in S. Giovanni del Rialto, S. Giovanni del Tempio, S. Leon- ardo, S. Giovanni Evangelista, S. Zaccheria, S. Domenico a Castello, S. Paterniano, S. . f Chiara S. Procolo, S. Vi- L^Itensis J. t(lle> ftn(l tho Frari) v cn ice, and in S. Pietro de' Casinensi, Perugia. Ch. Blanc, Ecole vt'nitienne ; Burckbardt, 745, 750, 753, 754 ; Sansovino, Venetia illus- trata, 271. AUGNY, CLAUDE FRANCOIS THEO- DORE CARUELLE D', bora at Chaumea, Nievre, Feb. 6, 1798, died in Lyons, Feb. 25, 1871. Landscape painter, pupil of Regnault and Watelet ; treated landscapes in the his- torical style, and attained great distinction