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 *ing (1863), W. T. Walters, Baltimore.—Bellier, i. 818; Nouv. biog. générale; Ch. Blanc, Artistes de Mon Temps, 474; Hamerton, Painting in France; Meyer, Gesch., 367.

JALEO, EL, Raimundo de Madrazo, Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia. A gypsy girl, mounted on a table in the court of the Casa de Pilatos, Seville, dancing the jaleo; behind her are several torreros, one playing a guitar, and in front, seated under the banana trees, is a female companion, watching the performance.—Art Treas. of Amer., i. 70.

JALEO, EL, John S. Sargent, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Boston. El Jaleo, or Dance of the Gitanos. In foreground, a gypsy girl is executing a slow, measured, voluptuous dance, the principal movement being with the arms and body; in background, ranged against a white wall, on which their shadows are thrown by strong lamplight, are a row of black-robed musicians. Original subject, strongly rendered in manner of Velasquez. Paris Salon (1882). Engraved by Hél. Dujardin.—Art Journal (1882), 217.

JALYSUS, picture. See Protogenes.

JAMES OF COMPOSTELLA, ST., Titian, S. Lio, Venice; canvas, arched, figure life-size; signed. St. James receiving the ray from heaven; in the distance, the Baptist kneeling, and a knight to the left, sitting. Painted about 1565. Injured by time and repainting.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 355.

JAMES AND JOHN, CALLING OF (St. Matt. iv. 21), Marco Basaiti, Venice Acad.; wood, arched, H. 15 ft. × 8 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated 1510. Christ, with Peter and Andrew on a rocky shore (Sea of Galilee); James kneeling to receive a blessing; John stepping out of boat in which Zebedee is sitting. Painted for S. Andrea della Certosa, on one of the islands of Venice.—Zanotti, Pin. dell' Accad. Ven., Pl. 17; C. & C., N. Italy, i. 263.

JAMES, ST., Guido Reni, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 5 in. × 3 ft. Figure half-length, life-size. Collection of Doña Isabel Farnese.—Madrazo.

JAMESONE (Jamieson), GEORGE, born at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1586, died in Edinburgh in 1644. History, portrait, and landscape painter, student of Rubens at Antwerp, where he was a fellow-pupil of Van Dyck; returned to Aberdeen in 1620, but removed to Edinburgh about 1630-35. Charles I. sat to him in 1633 for a full-length. His manner is so much like that of Van Dyck that he is sometimes called the Scottish Van Dyck. Many works in the houses of Scottish nobility.—Redgrave; Taylor, 135; Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland, ii. 326; F. de Conches, 21.

JAN MET DEN BAARD. See Vermeyen.

JAN VAN CALCAR. See Kalkar, Hans von.

JAN WALTER VAN ASSEN. See Cornelisz, Jacob.

JANET. See Clouet.

JANET-LANGE, ANGE LOUIS called, born in Paris, Nov. 26, 1815, died there, Nov. 25, 1872. History painter, pupil of Colin, Ingres, and of Horace Vernet, who of the three especially influenced his style. He was a careful painter, of no great talent, and often employed as a decorator and illustrator. Medal, 3d class, 1859. Works: The Stud (1836); Christ in the Garden (1839); Isaac blessing Jacob (1843); Abdication at Fontainebleau (1844), Tours Museum; Good Shepherd (1845); Kiss Given and Returned (1846); Pilgrims of Emmaus (1849); Nero in the Chariot Race (1855); Napoleon III. helping the Sufferers by the Inundation at Lyons (1857); Incident of the Battle of Koughil (1859); Napoleon III. and his Staff at Solferino (1861); Battle of Altesco (1864); Pheasant Shooting at Compiègne (1865); His Last Friend, Going to the Ambulance (1866); Incident of Siege of Puebla (1868); Crossing the Gemmi (1870).—Athenæum (1872), ii. 738; Larousse.

JANK, CHRISTIAN, born in 1833. Architecture painter, pupil in Munich of Emil Kirchner. His architectural views in Germany, Italy, France, and Spain are well conceived, excellent in perspective, and