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 ETEX round. In collection of Charles I. ; sold in 1650 for 120 ; returned to royal collection at Restoration. Original sketch at Madrid. Engraved in reverse by S. Gribelin. Waagen says "this is one of the most admirable specimens I know of this unequal master." Law, Hist. Cat. Hampton Court, 24 ; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 35'J. By Paolo I'l-roni'xi; Louvre ; canvas, 11. (> ft. (J in. x 10 ft. 2 in. Ahasuerua on a throne at right, with his councillors around him, looks angrily at Queen Esther, who faints in the arms of two of her women ; above, two figures in a balcony ; in the middle, a statue iu a niche. Formerly in Casa Bonaldi, Ven- ice ; bought by Jabach, who sold it to Louis XIV. Landon, GEuvres, xi. PI. 3 ; Musec, xix. PI. ;i ; Villot, Cat. Louvre. ETEX, ANTOINE, born in Paris, March 20, 1808. Painter, sculptor, architect, en- graver, and writer on art subjects. Studied sculpture under Dupaty and Pradier, paint- ing under Ingres, and architecture under Duban. Has worked chiefly us a sculptor. Medal, 1st class, 1833 ; L. of Honour, 1841. Works: Woman Bathing (1828); St. Se- bastian, Joseph explaining his Dream to his Brethren (1844); Deliverance (1845); Woman of the Roman Campagna, Eurydice (1853), Luxembourg Museum ; Asia, Danac, Isaac blessing Jacob (1S57) ; Christ on Lake (len- ezareth, The Seasons, Europe, Africa (185!t); Education of the Medici (18(!1) ; Jacob going to meet Joseph in Egypt, Jacob's Fu- neral (18G3) ; The Sons of Joseph blessed bv Jacob (1805) ; Ancient Slave, Modern Slave (18CG); Death of the Child Adeodatus (1875) ; Portrait of himself (1877) ; Christ, Glory of the United States (1885). ETEX, LOUIS JULES, born in Paris, Sept 20, 1810. History, genre, and por- trait painter, brother of Antoine E., pupil of Lethiere and Ingres. Medals : 2d class, 1833, 1838. W T orks : Adam and Eve (1838); Woman carrying PYuit (1840); Madonna, Lost the Way (184(i); Woman from Fron- tier of Naples (184'J); Christ raising the Widow's Son (1851); Stage-Coach during 'Storm (1852); Vestal re-entering Temple swoons nt seeing the Sacred Fire extin- guished (18(>8); Souvenir do La Varenne, St. (Jeiievieve, Evening (1870); St. Philihert, Notre-Dame de Lorette, Paris; Portraits of Henri I., Due do Montmorency, and of Marquis do Sillery, Versailles Museum. Bellier-Auvrav, i. 524. ETTY, WILLIAM, born in York, March 10, 1787, died there, Nov. 13. 184!). History painter, son of a in i Her ; appren- ticed for seven years with Peck, a le 1 1 er-press printer at Hull ; went to London in 180C, in 1807 became a student at (lie I loyal Academy, and in 1808 of Sir Thomas Lawrence. He was long unsuccessful, but by persevering drudgery at last won his reward; in 1811 his Telemaehus rescuing Antiope was hung in the Royal Academy, and in 1820 his Coral Finders, and in 1821 his CIcojKitrtl on the Cydnus, brought him fame. In 1822 he visited Italy and became an honorary mem- ber of the Venetian Academy ; and in 1824 he was elected an A.R.A., and in 1828 U.A. Etty delighted in painting the nude, espe- cially the female form, and as a colourist had few equals in the English school. Works: Sappho (1811); The Deluge (1815), Cupid sheltering Psyche (1823), Head of a Cardinal (1844), South Kensington Museum ; Imprudence of Candaules (1830), Window in Venice during a Festa (1831), Youth on ' the Prow and Pleasure at the Helm (1832), Lute-Plaver (1833), Dangerous Playmate (1833), Christ appearing to Magdalen (1834), II Duetto (1838), Female Bathers sin-prised by a Swnn (1841), Magdalen (1842), Bather (1844), National Gallery, London ; Deliver- ance of Bethulia by Judith (3 pictures, 1827- 31), Beuaiah (182'J), The Combat (1825), 27
 * Vestal dragged out of the Temple (18<>;));