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 FOPPA M. di Castello, Savona, dated 1480. Other examples are : Adoration of the Magi, Na- tional Gallery, London, ascribed to Barto- lonimeo Suardi, and frescos in the Carmine, Brescia, also St. Jerome, Crucifixion, Ber- gamo Gallery. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 2 ; Va- sari, ed. Le Mou., iii. 285 ; vi. 84 ; Siret, 3*23 ; Calvi, Notizie, etc., 55 ; Ch. Blanc, f'cole milanaise ; Burcklmrdt, 007 ; Liibke, Gesch. ital. Mai., i. 487. FOPPA, VINCENZO, the younger, of Brescia, IGth century. Lombard school ; probably son and pupil of above, in his fres- cos in S. Giulia, S. Sal vat ore, and S. M. in Solario, Brescia. In his later works, in S. M. delle Grazie and S. Nazzaro c Celso, Brescia, he shows himself a follower of Mo- retto and Romanino. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 432 ; Burckhardt, 010. FORABOSCO. See F.<cn. FORBES, EDWIN, born in New York in 1839. Landscape and genre painter, pupil of A. F. Tait in 1850. During the American civil war he acted as special artist for Frank Leslie's illustrated paper, and subsequently painted his Lull in the Fight. His Life Studies of the Great Army, etchings on cup- per, were presented to the United States Government by General Sherman, and are preserved in the War Office at Washington. In 1877 he was elected an honorary member of the London Etching Club. Studio in Brooklyn. Works : Earl}- Morning in an Orange County Pasture (1870); On the Skir- mish Line, Stormy March, Roughing, On the Meadows (1880); Evening in the Sheep Pasture (1881). FORBFN, LOUIS NICOLAS PHILIPPE AUGUSTE, Comte de, born at Chateau de la Roquo d'Anthcron (Bouches-du-Rh<'>ne), Aug. 19, 1777, died in Paris, Feb. '23, 1841. Landscape and interior painter, pupil in Lyons of Boissieu and in Paris of David ; took part in the several campaigns between 1705 and 1800, when he resigned, and in Rome devoted himself to art ; returned to Paris in 1814, and after the restoration was made member of the Institute and director of the royal museums. He reorganized the Louvre, and founded the Luxembourg Mu- seum. In 1817-18 he visited Syria, Greece, and Egypt, and in 1810 published a splen- did work, "Voyage dans le Levant." The fig- ures in his pictures were supplied by Granet. Chamberlain ; L. of Honour, 18(10 ; Otlicer, 1S17 ; Commander, 1S22 ; Order of St. Mi- chael ; member of many Academies. Works : Interior of Ancient Monument (1SOO); Death of Pliny at Eruption of Vesuvius (1SOI1); Nun in Prison of Inquisition (IS'"); Death of King Andrew of Hungary, Inez de Castro (1810); Interior of Monastery (l*2t); Pro- cession of the League (1S31); Vestibule of Monastery (1830), Chapel in Coliseum (1N34), with Granet, Louvre ; Moor accused of aid- ing Flight of a Nun. Larousse, viii. 5SO ; Villot, Cat. Louvre ; Mever, Geseh., I IS FOREST, JEAN BAPTISTK, burn in Paris in 1030, il i e d there, March 17, 1712. French school ; landscape paint - er, son and pupil of Pierre Forest, then in Rome pupil of Pietro Francesco Mola; ha vi n g a 1 s o formed himself after Titian and Giorgione, he returned from Italy after a sojourn of seven years, and was received into the Acad- emy in 1074. Visited Italy a second time, commissioned by M. de Seignelav, Minister of State, to buy pictures by old masters, of which he was a great connoisseur. Some of his works are in the Museum at Tours, but. most of his pictures have become blackened from his use of perishable pigments. Ch. Blanc, T-icole francaise, i.; D'Argenville, v. 185. FORESTIER, HENRI JOSEPH, born in Santo Domingo in 1787, died in Paris, Dec. 23, 1874. History and genre painter, pupil of Vincent and David, then of EVole des Beaux Arts ; won grand prix de Rome in 1813 and 71