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 M. di Castello, Savona, dated 1489. Other examples are: Adoration of the Magi, National Gallery, London, ascribed to Bartolommeo Suardi, and frescos in the Carmine, Brescia, also St. Jerome, Crucifixion, Bergamo Gallery.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 2; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., iii. 285; vi. 84; Siret, 323; Calvi, Notizie, etc., 55; Ch. Blanc, École milanaise; Burckhardt, 607; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 487.

FÒPPA, VINCENZO, the younger, of Brescia, 16th century. Lombard school; probably son and pupil of above, in his frescos in S. Giulia, S. Salvatore, and S. M. in Solario, Brescia. In his later works, in S. M. delle Grazie and S. Nazzaro e Celso, Brescia, he shows himself a follower of Moretto and Romanino.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 432; Burckhardt, 610.

FORABOSCO. See Ferabosco.

FORBES, EDWIN, born in New York in 1839. Landscape and genre painter, pupil of A. F. Tait in 1859. During the American civil war he acted as special artist for Frank Leslie's illustrated paper, and subsequently painted his Lull in the Fight. His Life Studies of the Great Army, etchings on copper, were presented to the United States Government by General Sherman, and are preserved in the War Office at Washington. In 1877 he was elected an honorary member of the London Etching Club. Studio in Brooklyn. Works: Early Morning in an Orange County Pasture (1879); On the Skirmish Line, Stormy March, Roughing, On the Meadows (1880); Evening in the Sheep Pasture (1881).

FORBIN, LOUIS NICOLAS PHILIPPE AUGUSTE, Comte de, born at Château de la Roque d'Anthéron (Bouches-du-Rhône), Aug. 19, 1777, died in Paris, Feb. 23, 1841. Landscape and interior painter, pupil in Lyons of Boissieu and in Paris of David; took part in the several campaigns between 1795 and 1809, when he resigned, and in Rome devoted himself to art; returned to Paris in 1814, and after the restoration was made member of the Institute and director of the royal museums. He reorganized the Louvre, and founded the Luxembourg Museum. In 1817-18 he visited Syria, Greece, and Egypt, and in 1819 published a splendid work, "Voyage dans le Levant." The figures in his pictures were supplied by Granet. Chamberlain; L. of Honour, 1809; Officer, 1817; Commander, 1822; Order of St. Michael; member of many Academies. Works: Interior of Ancient Monument (1800); Death of Pliny at Eruption of Vesuvius (1806); Nun in Prison of Inquisition (1817); Death of King Andrew of Hungary, Inez de Castro (1819); Interior of Monastery (1824); Procession of the League (1831); Vestibule of Monastery (1830), Chapel in Coliseum (1834), with Granet, Louvre; Moor accused of aiding Flight of a Nun.—Larousse, viii. 586; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Meyer, Gesch., 148.

FOREST, JEAN BAPTISTE, born in Paris in 1636, died there, March 17, 1712. French school; landscape painter, son and pupil of Pierre Forest, then in Rome pupil of Pietro Francesco Mola; having also formed himself after Titian and Giorgione, he returned from Italy after a sojourn of seven years, and was received into the Academy in 1674. Visited Italy a second time, commissioned by M. de Seignelay, Minister of State, to buy pictures by old masters, of which he was a great connoisseur. Some of his works are in the Museum at Tours, but most of his pictures have become blackened from his use of perishable pigments.—Ch. Blanc, École française, i.; D'Argenville, v. 185.

FORESTIER, HENRI JOSEPH, born in Santo Domingo in 1787, died in Paris, Dec. 23, 1874. History and genre painter, pupil of Vincent and David, then of École des Beaux Arts; won grand prix de Rome in 1813 and