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 who disposed of it to Louis XIV. One of the great pictures of the world, in which the grandest drawing, composition, and expression are combined with the most effective chiaroscuro, the most splendid colour, and the deepest sentiment. An inferior copy, probably by a disciple of Titian's, was sold lately from the Palazzo Manfrini, Venice. Original study in the Venice Academy. Engraved by G. Rousselet; Chaperon; Masson; Joh. de Marc.—C. & C., Titian, i. 283; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 458; Filhol, ix. Pl. 619; Mündler, 208; Landon, Musée, vii. Pl. 57; Van der Doort's Cat.; Scharf's Old London, 330.

By Titian, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. 9 in.; signed. Theme some-*what different from the Louvre example, and less rich in tints and less engaging in form. Painted in 1559 for Philip II. and sent to Madrid, with the Diana and Actæon and the Diana and Callisto, to take the place of one despatched in 1557, but lost on the way. Placed in Royal Chapel at Aranjuez, and after Philip's death in the Escorial. Original sketch at Oxford University. Copies, with variations, of picture in Madrid Museum, the Escorial, Ambrosiana in Milan, Torrigiani Collection, Florence, and Vienna Museum.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 289.

EPAMINONDAS, ancient pictures. See Aristolaus, Euphranor.

EPHORUS, painter, of Ephesus, about 345 First master of Apelles.—Suid. v.

EPIPHANY. See Magi, Adoration of.

EPP, RUDOLF, born at Eberbach, Baden, July, 1834. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Carlsruhe Art School under Descoudres. Since 1865 settled at Munich. Works: Hide and Seek (1864); Mother and sleeping Child; Christmas Eve; Black Forest Idyl; Hop Harvest; Mother and Child; Juggler performing before Peasants; Unwelcome Guest; Cat's Breakfast.—Müller, 161.

ERCOLE DA FERRARA or FERRARESE. See Grandi.

ERDMANN, LUDWIG, born at Bödecke, near Paderborn, in 1820. Genre painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy. His pictures show inventive power, humour, and technical skill. Works: Satisfied Artist; Shoe-*maker teaching a Bird to whistle; Three Drunken Men returning from Fair; Village Painter admiring his Work; Dismayed Lover of Flowers; Morning after Masquerade Ball (1854).—Müller, 161.

ERDMANN, MORITZ, born at Arneburg near Stendal, April 15, 1845. Landscape painter, pupil of Berlin Academy and of Hermann Eschke; travelled through Germany, Holland, Sweden, and, for one year, visited Italy. Works: Heath on the Regenstein in Hartz Mountains; Morsum Cliffs on Isle of Sylt; Moonlight in Gallmars Fjord; Green Grotto in Capri; Villa of Hadrian at Tivoli; Aqua Claudia of Campo Santo, Naples; Roman Campagna.—Müller, 161.

ERDMANN, OTTO, born in Leipsic in 1834. Genre painter, pupil of Leipsic Academy, studied in Dresden and Munich, and in 1858 settled in Düsseldorf. Works: Talented Children; Successful Wooing; Blind Man's Buff (1863), Leipsic Museum; Expectation; Reception of Bridegroom; Visit from the Country; Secret Message; He loves me, he loves me not; Accepted Suitor; Rejected Suitor; Couple in the Woods; Fortune-Teller; Interrupted Piano Lesson; Conversations; Flattering Recommendation; Journey to the Fiancée; Betrothal Ring (1880); Chambermaid in Rococo-time, Found for Life (1884). Paints also excellent portraits.—Müller, 161; Illustr. Zeitg. (1884), i. 284.

ERHARDT, GEORG FRIEDRICH, born at Winterbach, Würtemberg, in 1825, died in Stuttgart, Sept. 20, 1881. Portrait painter, studied first in Berlin, then in Stuttgart under Gegenbauer, whom he assisted in the palace frescos; frequented the