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 through the trampled grain are rising in their stirrups, waving their swords, and shouting in a frenzy of enthusiasm as the Emperor, on a white horse at left, surrounded by his État-major and Marshals Bessières, Duroc, and Berthier, salutes them by raising his cocked hat. Behind, at Napoleon's left, troops are waiting to fall into line, and further on are seen the bearskin caps of the Old Guard. In the foreground, at Napoleon's right, in yellow breeches and red dolmans, are the four troopers composing the avant-garde of the imperial escort. Meissonier's masterpiece. Finished in 1876 after fifteen years' labour. The costumes and trappings were made by tailors, boot-*makers, and saddlers; the horses were modelled in wax. Vienna Exposition, 1878. Mr. Stewart paid $60,000 for it.—L'Art (1876), i. 14; Art Treasures of America, i. 27.

EILERSEN, RASMUSSEN, born at Osterby, Fünen, March 1, 1827. Landscape painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy; took part in the Schleswig-Holstein campaign of 1848-50, and afterwards studied under J. P. Moller; visited France, Switzerland, and the Pyrenees in 1858-60, London in 1862, Holland and Belgium in 1871, Vienna and Salzburg in 1873, and Italy in 1876. Many of his pictures bought in Germany and England. Member of Copenhagen Academy, 1871; Order of Danebrog, 1876. Works: Mill near Heden; Landscape in Southern Fünen (1855); View of Himmelbjaerget (1857); Gloomy Weather in the Landes, Two Views in the Pyrenees (1861); Morning at Sorrento, October Afternoon at Amalfi (1881); View in Frysenborg Deer-Park (1864), Copenhagen Gallery.—Sigurd Müller, 87; Weilbach, 152.

EINSLE, ANTON, born in Vienna in 1801, died there March 10, 1871. Portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Academy; appointed court-painter in 1867, and decorated with the Order of Franz Josef. Works: Count Zichy, The Letter (1842); Sculptor Klieber (1844); Negro Slave (1846); Count Chotek, Countess Wickenburg (1846); Emperor Francis Joseph, Empress Elizabeth, Field-Marshal Count Radetzky.—Wurzbach, iv. 15.

EIRENE, painter. See Irene.

EISENMENGER, AUGUST, born in Vienna, Feb. 11, 1830. Decorative painter, pupil of Leopold Schultz, of the Vienna Academy, in 1842-48, and in 1856 of Rahl, whose indispensable assistant he soon became. Professor at Vienna Academy since 1872. Works: Apollo and the Muses (1869), Musikverein, Vienna; Ceiling Paintings, Grand Hotel, ib.; Twelve Months, Palais Guttmann, ib.; The Graces and Peace, Tietz Mansion, ib.; Scenes from Lives of Emperor Maximilian I. and Duke Leopold, Castle Hörnstein; Fresco Paintings in the Museum of Art and Industry.—Graph. K., vi. 77; Müller, 156.

EISMANN, JOHANN ANTON, born at Salzburg in 1634, died in Venice in 1698. German school; landscape, marine, and battle painter, self-taught; went to Venice, where he studied after the old masters, and soon attained considerable success. His landscapes and seaports embellished with architecture were especially esteemed. Works: Landscapes with Ruins (2), Dresden Gallery; Landscape with Cavalry Skirmish, Vienna Museum.

EISMANN-BRISEGHELLA, CARLO, born in Venice in 1679. Landscape, marine, and battle painter, adopted son and pupil of preceding, who at Venice had formed a friendship with his father, Mattia Briseghella. After Eismann's death he seems to have settled at Ferrara. Works: Skirmish under the Walls of a Fortress, Cavalry Skirmishes (2), A Battlefield, Dresden Gallery.

EKELS, JAN, the younger, born at Amsterdam in 1759, died there June 4, 1793. Dutch school; genre painter, son and pupil of Jan E. the elder (1724-81); went to Paris, and in 1783 up the Rhine to Düsseldorf to visit the gallery. Imitated the old masters, especially J. Molenaer. Works: Young Man Drawing, Peasant lighting his