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 SCHEUCIIZER 1782 (about 1840), National Gallery, Lon- don ; Battle of La Hogue (1847) ; Rescue of a Spanish Man-of-War, United Service Club. SCHEUCHZEE, WILHELM, born in Zurich in 1803, died in Munich, March 29, 1866. Landscape and architecture painter, pupil of Heinrich Maurer ; visited Switzer- land, and in 1826-29 the Black Forest ; went in 1829 to Munich, and executed in 1836 six fresco paintings for Castle Hohenschwangau. Made admirable copies in water-colours of Eottmann's frescos. Works : Melting Fur- nace in Ferrara Valley, Entrance into Vils- alp Valley Tyrol, St. Gall Museum ; View in Fulscher Valley Tyrol, Ziirich Gallery ; Chapel of Ariola (1832), Hamburg Gallery ; Old Chapel near Taufers (1858) ; Upper Inn Valley (1859) ; Smithy in the Allguu (1860), Ufenau Island in Lake of ZQrich (1861), New Pinakothek, Munich. Kunst-Chronik, i. 52. SCHEUREN, KASPAR, born at Aix-la- Chapelle, Aug. 2, 1810. Landscape painter, pupil of Dilsseldorf Academy in 1829-35 under Lessing and Schinner ; visited Hol- land, Munich, Tyrol, and North Italy; adopt- ed a peculiarly romantic style and excels in effects of colouring ; acquired great reputa- tion through his arabesque drawings for title-pages, dedications, etc. Became pro- fessor at Dilsseldorf Academy in 1855. Swed- ish medal for Art and Science ; Order of Red Eagle, do. of Falcon. Works : Castle by the Water (1829), Hamburg Gallery; Castle in Evening Light (1830), Schwerin Gallery ; Dutch Landscape (1832) ; Gypsies under Oak Trees (1831) ; View of Aix-la- Chapelle (1834), Raczynski Gallery, Berlin ; Storm Landscape, Ravene Gallery, ib. ; Land- scape with Monks (1834) ; Monk Praying in Convent Yard, Provinzial Museum, Han- over ; Castle on the Lake (1837), Burg in Aar Valley (1838), Leipsic Museum ; Winter Landscape at Sunset (1839), New Pinako- thek, Munich ; Old Castle on a Lake, Stettin Museum ; Pictures (24 water-colours) from Legends and History of the Rhine, Cologne Museum. Kugler, Kl. Schr., iii.; Mttller, 464 ; W. Miiller, Diisseldf. K, 363. SCHEURENBERG, JOSEF, born in Dds- seldorf, Sept. 7, 1846. Genre painter, pupil of Dlisseldorf Academy under Carl Sohn, then of Wilhelm Sohn ; visited Belgium (1868), Holland (1870 and 1878), Berlin (1871-74), Dresden, Weimar, North Italy (1875 and 1877), and Paris. Professor at j Cassel Academy in 1879-81, then settled in Berlin. Works : Song of Olden Times (1868); Farewell (1869); Travelling Min- strel (1872); Interesting Reading (1873); The Lord's Day (1879), National Gallery, Berlin ; Two Playing Children (1883) ; Rus- tic Love Couple (1884). Jordan (1885), ii. 196; Mttller,x465; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 647 ; xix. 383 ; xx. 701 ; xxi. 289 ; Kunst f. Alle, i. 99 ; D. Rundschau, xvii. 302 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xx. 40. SCHIAVA, LA (The Slave), Palma Vec- chio, but attributed to Titian, Palazzo Bar- berini, Rome ; canvas, life-size. A girl in the bloom of youth, her throat covered with a light white stuff striped in red, her skirt and sleeves red, with slashes showing a white lining, her undersleeves yellow. C. & C.,
 * N. Italy, ii. 477 ; Burckhardt, 714, 722.

SCHIAVONE, ANDREA, born at Sebeni- co, Dalmatia, in 1522(?),diedin Venice in 1582. Venetian school ; proper name Medula or Meclola, but commonly called Lo Schi- avone (the Slav). Went when young to Venice and studied the works of Giorgione and Titian, but had little spe- cial instruction. Obliged through poverty to work as a house decorator ; attracted at- tention of Titian, who procured him more suitable employment ; but, although he led a laborious life, died in poverty. Though a poor designer, he was remarkable as a col- ourist. He was more successful in cabinet pictures, some of which are charming, than