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 JACCOBER, JACOB BER called, born at Blieskastel, Bavaria, March 6, 1786, died in Paris, July 17, 1863. Fruit and flower painter, pupil of Gerard van Spaendonck; became naturalized in France. Employed at Sévres from 1823 till 1825, and of high repute in his branch of art. Medals: 2d class, 1831 and 1834; 1st class, 1839; L. of Honour, 1843. Works: Fruits and Flowers (1839), Luxembourg Museum; do. in Salons of 1822-55.—Bellier, i. 809; Nouvelle biogr. générale, Paris, 1855.

JACK IN OFFICE, Sir Edwin Landseer, South Kensington Museum; canvas, H. 1 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 2 in. An itinerant dealer in dog-meat has left his barrow in an alley in charge of a satiated mongrel, who, seated upon the top, receives unmoved the courtier-like attentions of his hungry and less fortunate fellow-creatures. Somewhat similar in treatment to Alexander and Diogenes. Royal Academy, 1833.—Blackburn, Pictures at Kensington; Stephens, 69.

JACKSON, JOHN, born at Lastingham, Yorkshire, May 31, 1778, died in London, June 1, 1831. Son of a tailor, but enabled by friends to study in schools of Royal Academy; elected A.R.A. in 1815, and R.A. in 1817. Became famous as a portrait painter, both in water-colours and in oils, and had many distinguished sitters. In 1819 he visited Rome, where he painted Canova, and was elected a member of the Academy of St. Luke. One of his best works is a portrait of Flaxman, painted for and in possession of Lord Dover. Portraits of Miss Stephens, Sir John Soane, and Rev. William Holwell Carr, National Gallery; portrait of himself, National Portrait Gallery; do., at Dover House, Whitehall, and at Castle Howard.—Redgrave; Cat. Nat. Gal.; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Sandby, i. 359.

JACOB, JULIUS, born at Berlin, April 25, 1811, died there, Oct. 20, 1882. History and portrait painter, pupil in Berlin of Wach, of Düsseldorf Academy, and in Paris of Delaroche. Travelled in Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; spent eleven years in England, and in 1865 went to Vienna, where, after painting twenty-six portraits of distinguished persons within a year, he returned to Berlin. Medals in Paris, Lyons, Rouen; member of many artistic societies. Works: Scenes from History of St. Louis; Artist Life; Portraits of Princes Metternich, Schwarzenberg, Liechtenstein, Kinsky, Windischgraetz, Lobkowitz, Field-Marshal Hess, Count Apponyi; Male Head (1845), National Gallery, Berlin.—Müller, 277; Jordan (1885), ii. 106; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 41; Leixner, Mod. K., i. 56; ii. 100, 119; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 54.

JACOB VAN AMSTERDAM. See Cornelisz, Jacob.

JACOB AND THE ANGEL (Gen. xxxii.), Eugene Delacroix, St. Sulpice, Paris; mural painting in chapel of Saintes-Anges. The struggle of Jacob with the angel. One of Delacroix's best works.—Larousse, ix. 862.

Blessing of Jacob, Rembrandt, Cassel Gallery.