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 1856); Brock-Arnold, Biog. Great Artists; Redgrave; Cunningham; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Waagen, Art Treasures; Blackwood's Mag., Nov., 1867; Eng. Painters of Georgian Era (London, 1876); London Acad., Aug. 4, 1883, 86; July 21, 1883, 51; Portfolio (1872), 169, 178.

GAISSER, JAKOB EMANUEL, born in Augsburg, Nov. 21, 1825. Genre painter, pupil in Augsburg of Johann Geyer, then of Munich Academy under Clemens Zimmermann, but studied chiefly after the old masters in the Pinakothek. Having held a position as Intructor at Augsburg in 1853-63, he settled in Munich. Received a medal in London. Works: Family Concert (1867); Münchhausen among the Ladies; The Tough Goose; The Last Lesson; Soldiers Quartered; Secret Love Message; Game of Chess; Hans Fugger in Family Circle; Cœur à Tout; Contented People; Lupus in Fabula; Brother Cellarer; The Improvisatore; Letter of Introduction.—Allgem. Kunst-Chronik, ix. 698.

GALASSI, GALASSO, born in first half of 15th century, dead in 1473. Lombard school; son of a tailor and master-painter of Ferrara. Name appears in 1450-53 in account books of house of Este, where he is called Maestro Galasso de Matheo Calegaro, in connection with the decoration of the palace of Belriguardo. In 1455 he composed the Assumption and finished a portrait of Cardinal Bessarion in Santa Maria in Monte, Bologna. Vasari says he went to Venice and acquired there the use of oils, but it is doubtful if he ever used them. Much more has been made of him than he deserves. His pictures show bad drawing, affected or spasmodic action, and skinny flesh. Examples: Trinity, Ferrara Museum; Entombment, and Virgin with Saint and Donor, Costabili Collection, Ferrara.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 514; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., iv. 213; Cittadella, Notizie di Ferrara, 26, 558 et seq.; Ch. Blanc, École ferraraise.

Triumph of Galatea, Raphael, Palazzo Farnesina, Rome.

GALATEA, TRIUMPH OF, Raphael, Palazzo Farnesina, Rome; fresco, figures life-size. Galatea, half nude, standing in a shell, attended by tritons and sea-nymphs, is drawn over the waves by two dolphins, which she guides by reins, aided by a Cupid; above, three Cupids are discharging arrows, and a fourth, half hidden in clouds, is preparing his darts. Painted in 1514 for Agostino Chigi, owner of the Palazzo Chigi (now Farnesina). Subject probably from Philostratus (Imagines, ii. xviii.) or Politian (Giostra, i. 118). Engraved by Marc Antonio; Marco Dente; H. Goltzius; Richomme; B. Desnoyers. Copy by Giulio Romano, Accademia di S. Luca, Rome.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 340; Passavant, ii. 143; Müntz, 489; Förster, Farnesina Studien; Gruyer, Ra