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 his studies in 1830 at the Vienna Academy, and returned to Hamburg in 1831. Works: Hessian Cartmen (1826); Tavern in Hartz Mountains (1830); Cartmen before Inn, Tyrolese Smugglers, Tyrolese Village (1831); Klosterneuburg on the Danube; Fishing Expedition; Spinning Women of Blankenese; Coast on Baltic Sea; Cemetery of Elstorf (1837), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Blankenese Women at the Well; Sunday Morning; Hay-Harvest; Boys going to Rifle-match; Winter Scene on the Elbe; Fishermen on Baltic Sea; Dutch Coast by Moonlight; Arrival of Fishermen at Zandvoort; Fruit-Harvest.—Andresen, iii. 42.

GENSLER, MARTIN, born in Hamburg, May 9, 1811, died there, Dec. 15, 1881. Genre and architecture painter, pupil of Rachau and of his brother Günther, studied in 1835-36 in Munich. Works: Hall in St. John's Convent, Hamburg, Players of Draughts in Tavern (1830); Silver Foundry (1831); Sacristy (1835), Wanderer asking for Shelter (1851), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Mediæval Scholar (1841), Cassel Gallery; Praying Knight (1845); Hospitable Hearth (1847); Well in Hospital (1849); Castle Yard (1850); Refugees in Castle (1852); Hospitallers at the Well (1854); Repose in Egypt (1855); Fisherman's Dwelling in Autumn (1856); Feeding the Poor at a Convent (1861); Tinker (1862); Fisherman's Hut on the Elbe (1866); Castle Sentinel, Christiania Gallery.—Andresen, iii. 2; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 287.

GENTILE DA FABRIANO. See Fabriano.

GENTILESCHI, ARTEMISIA, born in Rome in 1590, died in London in 1642. Florentine school; daughter and pupil of Orazio Gentileschi; also studied at Bologna under Guido Reni. Lived in Naples in 1630-37; as famous for her amours as for her painting. Finally joined her father in England, where she was well received and painted many of the royal family and nobility. Walpole says she was not inferior to her father in historical painting, and excelled him in portraits. Among her works are. Mary Magdalen, Judith, and Judith and Holofernes, in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Birth of St. John Baptist, Woman caressing Pigeons, Madrid Museum; Her Portrait, Hampton Court; Christ among the Doctors, Historical Society, New York.—Lanzi, i. 232; Ch. Blanc, École florentine; Walpole, Anecdotes, 186; Wessely, 17.

GENTILESCHI, ORAZIO, born in Pisa, July 9, 1562, died in London in 1647. Florentine school. Real name Lomi, brother and pupil of Aurelio Lomi, but took name of Gentileschi from an uncle. Having mastered the elements of his art under his brother Aurelio and his uncle Baccio, he went to Rome, where he formed his style by study of the great masters, and was employed upon important works for Clement VIII., Paul V., and Cardinals Borghese and Aldobrandini. In 1621 went to Genoa, then for two years to France, and in 1626 to England, where he remained till his death, much esteemed and employed by Charles I., who gave him a yearly salary. Van Dyck painted his portrait. Among his works are: Repose of Holy Family (painted for Charles I.), and a young man's portrait, Louvre; Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Sibyl, Hampton Court; Madonna and Saints, Moses saved from the Waters, Madrid Museum; Adoration of the Magi, Annunciation, Turin Gallery; Magdalen in a Grotto, Flight into Egypt, Vienna Museum.—Lanzi, i. 232; Ch. Blanc, École florentine.