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 genius floating above.—Scribner's Mag., xix. 175.

NIGHT WATCH, Rembrandt. See Sortie of the Banning Cock Company.

NIGHT-WATCH IN SMYRNA, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York; canvas. A captain of Spahis, in Arnaut costume, riding a beautiful barb, with his followers running beside him on foot.—Art Treas. of America, i. 119, 126.

NIKKELEN. See Nickele.

NIKUTOWSKI, JOHANN ARTHUR SEVERIN, born at Salwarschienen, near Königsberg, Jan. 9, 1830. Genre and battle painter, pupil of Königsberg Academy, then in Düsseldorf (1847) and Carlsruhe (1859) of Lessing; settled in Düsseldorf in 1865. Works: Crossing the Beresina (1858), Carlsruhe Gallery; Russian Land-Waiters pursuing Smugglers (1861); End of Battle of Leipsic (1863); Return of Warriors; Departure of Landwehr Officer; Peasants burying their Child (1870); Episode in Polish Insurrection (1871); Burial of Polish Champion of Liberty (1872); Burning Village in Winter (1877).—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xvii. 607; Br. Meyer, Stud. u. Krit., 239; Müller, 349; Zeitschr. f. b. K., vi. 151.

NILSON, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOF, born in Augsburg, March 9, 1811, died in Munich, Dec. 19, 1879. History painter, first instructed by his father, Johann Philipp, then pupil of Munich Academy under Cornelius, Schlotthauer, Clemens Zimmermann, and Julius Schnorr. Works: Thirty-nine scenes from Greek War of Independence, Arcades of Royal Garden, Munich; Portrait Medallions and Figures, Staircase of Royal Library, ib.; Mother and Son; Reception of the Wounded; Lyric Muse; Dramatic Muse.—Academy (1880), i. 16; Kunst-Chronik, xv. 372.

NIN Y TUDO, JOSÉ, born in Catalonia, Spain; contemporary. History painter, pupil of Barcelona Academy. Works: Heroes of Independence; End of Bull-Fight.—La Ilustracion (1877).

NIÑO DE VALLECAS, Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. 9 in. A jester, in green dress with grey sleeves, seated beside a rock. Painted between 1631 and 1649. Engraved by B. Vasquez; etched by Goya; Laguillermie; Maura; Pineda.—Stirling, iii. 1391; Curtis, 30; Madrazo, 632.

NIÑOS DE LA CONCHA. See Christ and St. John.

NINUS AND SEMIRAMIS, Guido Reni, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 13 ft. × 7 ft. 2 in. Ninus, enamoured of Semiramis, resigns to her his crown for a day; she, seated by his side, is about to put it on her head. Purchased for the Marchese Tanara as Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, for 6,000 Roman scudi, by Canon Luigi Crespi, 1752. Engraved by I. M. Preisler.—Gal. roy. de Dresde, ii. Pl. 20; Dresden Cat., Introduction, 36.

NINUS AND SEMIRAMIS, MARRIAGE OF. See Ætion.

NISS, THORVALD, born at Assens, Fünen, May 7, 1842. Landscape painter, pupil of his father and of Copenhagen Academy; took part as a volunteer in the campaign of 1864. Gold medal, Vienna, 1882; medal, Copenhagen, 1883. Works: Views near Copenhagen (1870, 1871); View in Jaegersborg Deer Park (1875); Heath and Forest-Patch at Vendsyssel (1876); October Day in Borrevejle Woods (1878); Funkedammen near Frederiksborg, September Day in Jaegersborg Deer Park (1881); Winter Day (1883), Copenhagen Gallery; do. (1885).—Sig. Müller, 263.

NITTIS, GIUSEPPE DE', born at Barletta, near Naples, in 1846, died in Paris, Aug. 22, 1884. Genre, landscape, and architecture painter, pupil of Naples Academy, then studied in Paris (1868) under Brandon,