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 bold in execution. Works: Castle Ellkofen; Arena in Verona; Canal Grande with S. M. della Salute in Venice; Amphitheatre in Pola; Courtyard of Palazzo Cicogna in Venice; Entrance to San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice; Cathedrals of Bourges and Rouen; Portals of Chartres Cathedral; Synagogue in Prague; Study of Interior.—Müller, 280.

JANMOT, LOUIS, born in Lyons, May 2, 1814. History painter, pupil of Orsel in Lyons and of Ingres in Paris. Medals: 3d class, 1845; 2d class, 1859, 1861. Works: Raising of the Widow's Son (1840); Flower of the Fields, Assumption (1845); Eucharist (Hospital of Antequaille, Lyons); Christ in the Garden (1849); Poem of the Soul (1854, series of 18 cartoons); Virgin and Jesus, Holy Women at the Tomb (1859); Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel (1861); Christ between Virgin and Saints, Ophelia (1863); Living Man bound to a Corpse (1865); St. Stephen before the Sanhedrim, Stoning of St. Stephen (1866); Madonna, Holy Family (1868); St. Cecilia, Virgil (1869); Head of John Baptist presented to Salome (1872); Dante's Dream (1875); Shooting of Father Captier (1876); Portrait of General Gémeau (1850), Lyons Museum.—Bellier, i. 821; Gaz. des B. Arts (1864), xvi. 258; Larousse; Müller, 280.

JANNECK, FRANZ CHRISTOPH, born at Gratz, Styria, Oct. 4, 1703, died in Vienna in 1761. German school; landscape, history, and genre painter, pupil of Mathias Vangus, an artist little known; worked for some time at Frankfort, and afterwards went to Vienna, where he became assessor at the Academy. Works: Wooded Landscape with Peasants, Forest with Huntsmen, Museum, Vienna; Wedding, View in Poland, Liechtenstein Gallery, ib.; Christ and the Samaritan, Harrach Gallery, ib.; Christ with God the Father in Paradise, Trinity and Angels, Hilly Landscape with Castle, Prague Gallery; Rocky Landscapes with Shepherds (2), Bruckenthal Museum, Hermannstadt; Assembly in a Garden, do. making Music, Schleissheim Gallery; Landscapes with Figures (2), Darmstadt Museum; Interiors (2), Bordeaux Museum; Portrait of a Scholar, Wiesbaden Gallery; Departure of Prodigal Son, Prodigal Son in Riotous Living, New York Museum. In fresco: Appearing of the Holy Ghost, Ave Maria, Holy Trinity, Baptism of Christ, Chapel of the Holy Ghost, Generalcommando, Gratz.—Wurzbach, x. 81.

JANSCHA, LORENZ, born at Rodein, Carniola, in 1744, died in Vienna, April 1, 1812. Landscape painter and etcher, pupil of the Vienna Academy under Weirotter and Christian Brand; went to Rome in 1790, and was appointed in 1801 corrector, and in 1806 professor at the Vienna Academy. Works: Panorama of Vienna, Brigittenau (1790), Imperial Library, Vienna; Gathering in the Prater, City Library, Vienna; Scene in the Prater about 1790; Outlook towards the Landstrasse in Vienna.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xiii. 709; Wurzbach, x. 90.

JANSENIUS, portrait, Titian, Palazzo Doria, Rome; canvas, figure to ankles, life-size. Much retouched.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 419.

JANSON, JOHANNES, born at Amboyna, East Indies, April 17, 1729, died at Leyden, Aug. 1, 1784. Landscape and animal painter, was brought to Holland when eight years of age, became an engineer officer, but resigned his career to take up painting. Works: Castle of Heemstede (1766), Amsterdam Museum. By his son and pupil, Johannes Christiaan (born at Leyden in 1763, died at The Hague, Oct. 17, 1823), there are in the same museum: Woman cutting Bread, Good Neighbours.—Immerzeel, ii. 77; Kramm, iii. 793.

JANSSEN, PETER, born at Düsseldorf, Dec. 12, 1844. History and portrait painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Bendemann. Having visited Munich, Dresden, and Holland, he attracted attention by his first painting in 1868. Has since executed decorative pictures in public buildings at