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 Stadtholder, Prince Frederic Henry; formerly in Düsseldorf Gallery. Engraved by Hess.—Vosmaer, 201, 473; Smith, vii. 24.

By Girolamo Romanino, National Gallery, London; wood, altarpiece in five compartments, centre, H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 3 ft. 9 in. Jesus, lying on a white cloth on a knoll, is adored by the kneeling Virgin; Joseph leans on his staff, and two boy angels hover in the air. On sides, SS. Filippo Benizzio and Gaudioso above, and SS. Alexander and Jerome below. Painted in 1525 for S. Alessandro, Brescia, whence taken by one of the Counts Avveroldi; bought of Counts Angelo and Ettore Avveroldi in 1857 for £804.—Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 351; C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 387; Richter, 95, 106.

By Titian, formerly in S. Marco, Venice. Painted about 1563; destroyed by fire from a candle on the altar, after morning mass, Jan. 19, 1580.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 337.

NATOIRE, CHARLES JOSEPH, born at Nîmes, March 3, 1700, died at Castel Gandolfo, Aug. 29, 1777. French school; history painter, pupil of Galloche and Lemoyne. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1721, and later in Rome the 1st prize of the Academy of St. Luke. Became member of the Academy (1734), professor (1737), director of the French Academy at Rome (1751), which post he resigned in 1774. Works: Manoah offering Sacrifice to the Lord (1721), École des Beaux Arts, Paris; Moses with the Decalogue; Venus asking Arms of Vulcan (1734), Three Graces, Juno, Triumph of Bacchus, Louvre, Paris; Youth and Virtue presenting two Princesses to France, Dauphin Louis de France (2), Versailles Museum; Allegory on Birth of a Princess, Dauphin Louis (son of Louis XV.), Telemachus on the Isle of Calypso, Bacchus and Ariadne, Palais de Trianon; Sancho's Repast in the Woods, and eight other scenes from Don Quixote, Hagar in the Desert, Flora, Compiègne Museum; Venus and Vulcan, Venus and Æneas, Bordeaux Museum; Magdalen, Dijon Museum; Christ on the Cross, St. Jerome, Cleopatra at Tarsus, Marseilles Museum; Venus asking Arms of Vulcan, Montpellier Museum; Death of Dido, Nantes Museum; Solemn Entry into Orléans of Monseigneur Nicolas Joseph de Paris in 1733 (1745), Bishop's Palace, Orléans; Sketch of same (1743), Portrait of Monseigneur de Paris (1746), useum, ib.; St. Stephen preaching the Gospel, Rennes Museum; Warrior of Middle Ages, Rouen Museum; Mercury and Cupid, Telemachus and Mentor, France accompanied by Power and Fame, Cupid scattering Flowers, Cupid and the Nymph Eucharis, Jupiter and Io, Perseus delivering Andromeda, Danaë and Jupiter, Ganymede carried off by Jupiter's Eagle, Troyes Museum; Goddess with Attributes of Venus, Flora and Leda, Valenciennes Museum; Bacchus and Ariadne, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Portrait of himself, Uffizi, Florence.—Bellier, ii. 150; Jal, 967; Ch. Blanc, École française; Villot, Cat. Louvre.

NATTIER, JEAN MARC, born in Paris, March 17, 1685, died there, Nov. 7, 1766. French school; history and portrait painter, son and pupil of Marc Nattier (1642-1705). Won the first prize of the Academy in 1700. Was employed to copy the Rubens pictures in the Luxembourg to be engraved. Member Academy in 1718, adjunct professor in 1746, and professor in 1752. In 1715 he painted, at Amsterdam, Peter the Great, his wife Catharine I., and many of his courtiers; also a picture of the Battle of Pultowa, for the Czar. Associate member of the Copenhagen Academy. Works: Magdalen in a Grotto, Louvre; Marie Leczinska, Madame Henriette de France (1751, 1754), Madame Adélaîde, do. (1756), Madame Victoire (2),