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 GRANGER Godfrey of Bouillon hanging up the Trophies from Ascalon iu the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Versailles Museum ; Choir in Capuchin Monastery near the Piazza Bar- barini at Rome (181!), was repeated fifteen or more times) ; replica in Buckingham Palace ; St. Louis delivering French Prison- [ ers at Damietta (1827), Amiens Museum ; Captivity of Vert-Vert (1834), Reception of . a Cardinal by Carthusian Monks in Rome; (183G), Hermits building a Chapel (1843), [ Eudorus the Martyr visiting the Catacombs, Michel Nostradamus, Christians drawing a Martyr's Corpse from the Sewers of Rome, A Quarter of an Hour before Service, Cele- bration of Mass in Reign of Terror (1847), Capuchins Writing (1849), Burial in a Crypt, and several others, Aix Museum ; Choir of St. Scolastica at Subiaco, Reception of Jacques de'Molay into the Order of Tem- plars (1843). Avignon Museum ; Choir of Capuchin Monks of Piazza Barbarini, Ex- amination of Savonarola (184G), Lyons Mu- seum ; Ruins of the Coliseum, Dijon Muse- um ; Alchymist's Laboratory, Stafford House, London ; Savonarola in his Cell, New Pina- kothek, Munich ; Jacques Stella in Prison painting the Madonna (1810), Leuchtenberg Gallery, St. Petersburg; Franciscan Monks at Early Mass (1818), Hermitage, il>. ; Choir of Church at Assisi, I Academy, ib. ; Bene- dictines in the Ora- tory, New York Mu- seum. Bellier do la Chavignerie, i. G88 ; Ch. Blanc, Keole franyaise, iii. ; Larousse, viii. 1453 ; Meyer, Gesch., 145. GRANGER,' JEAN PERIN, born iu Paris, May 10, 1779, died there, Dec. 1, 1840. History painter, pupil of David, and a skil- ful imitator of his style. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1801. Painted chiefly Greek and Roman mythology and history. Medals, 1812, 1817, and 1820. Works: Ganymede (1812), Bordeaux Museum ; Apollo and Cyparissus (1816), Leipsic Mu- seum ; St. Charles Borromeo (1819), Church of St. Sulpice ; Homer and Glaucus the r~ ~T /V t- I Shepherd (1819), Dijon Museum ; Titus re- ceiving the Homage of the Campanians (1822), Amiens Museum ; Jesus healing the Sick (1839), Notre Dame, Paris ; Marshal Boucicault forcing Bajazet to raise the Siege of Constantinople (1840), Versailles Muse- um ; Mercury carrying Bacchus into Olym- pus, Besancon Museum ; Wounded Soldier, Nancy Museum. Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. G89*. GRANICUS, PASSAGE OF THE, Charles Lcbnin, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. 15 ft, 5 in. x 33 ft. 9 in. Alexander, contrary to the advice of his generals, crosses the rapid stream at the head of his cavalry, under a shower of missiles from the Persians, who occupy the opposite bank. He is attacked by Roosaces and Spithridates, two Persian captains, but, aided by Clytus, overthrows them ; and the Macedonian phalanx cross- ing at the ford, the Persians are put to rout (Plutarch, Alex., xvi.). Series of His- tory of Ak.randi'r. Engraved by G. Audran (1072). Landou, Musce, iii. PI. 45 ; Filhol, i. PI. 5. GRANT, Sir FRANCIS, born at Kilgas- ton, Perthshire, Scotland, in 1804, died in London, Oct. 5, 1878. Portrait painter, relinquished the law for art, and first became known in 1835- 40 as a painter of sporting pictures contaning portraits of noted huntsmen and horses, such as Meet of the Queen's Stag- Hounds (1837), and The Melton Hunt (1839), well known through engravings. Later lie turned his attention to portrait painting ; in 1841 exhibited an equestrian portrait of the Queen, and was elected an A.RA. ; in 1851 became R.A., and in 1866 succeeded Sir Charles Eastlake asP.R.A., and was knighted. His portraits were noted for striking resem- blance, elegance, and simplicity. Among his 168