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 Medora, Caen Museum; Coriolanus entreated by his Family to assume the Command of the Roman Army, Orléans Museum.—Ch. Blanc, École française; Lejeune, Guide, i. 357, iii. 104, 302; Villot, Cat. Louvre.

GAMBA, ENRICO, born in Turin, Jan. 3, 1831, died there in Nov., 1883. History, genre, and landscape painter, studied in Turin, at the Städel Institute, Frankfort, and in Rome. Works: Victor Amadeus protecting the Poor, End of Vacation, Souvenir of the Upper Rhine; Frescos in S. Gioachino, Turin, and in Alessandria and Chiari Cathedrals.—Kunst-Chronik, xix. 56.

GAMBARA, LATTANZIO, of Brescia, born 1541, died 1574. Lombard school; studied under Antonio Campi of Cremona, but afterwards became the disciple of Romanino, whose daughter he married. Vasari, however, calls him the son-in-law of Moretto da Brescia. His style is a combination of Campi's and Romanino's. Among his most spirited compositions are the damaged frescos in the Castello of Brescia. Another important work is an altarpiece of the Nativity in S. Faustino, Brescia. The twelve large frescos illustrative of the history of Christ, in the cathedral at Parma, were executed by him, with the aid of Sojaro, between 1568 and 1572.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 437; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., xi. 250, 264; Burckhardt, 192, 738.

Gamesters, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Dresden Gallery.

GAMESTERS, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 3 ft. × 4 ft. 4 in. A young soldier with two comrades, playing cards. A good picture. From Prague Gallery, 1748. Engraved by P. Tanjé; J. C. Loedel. Replica in Palazzo Sciarra, Rome, painted for Cardinal del Monte; formerly in Palazzo Barberini. Engraved by J. Volpato; T. Verkruys; P. P. Montagnani.—Gal. Roy. de Dresde, ii. Pl. 28; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 614, 620; Rosini, vi. Pl. 133.

Ganymede, Rape of, Eustache Lesueur, Louvre.

GANYMEDE, RAPE OF, Correggio, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 5 ft. 2 in. × 2 ft. 3 in. Jupiter, struck with the charms of Ganymede, son of Tros, King of Troy, and one of the most beautiful of mortals, took the form of an eagle and bore him off to heaven, where he served as cupbearer to the gods (Ovid, Metamorphoses). In the picture, Ganymede is borne by the eagle in the air; below, the plains of Lycia, where Ganymede had tended his flocks; in foreground, his dog, howling at the loss of his master. Painted about 1530 (?). In possession of Antonio Perez, favourite of Philip II.; sold in 1603 to Rodolph II., and sent from Spain to Prague with the Leda, but probably taken early to Vienna. Assigned in Spain to Parmigiano. Ancient copy in Madrid Museum. Another Ganymede, with changes, a fresco