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 ŒDIPUS AND THE SPHINX, Dominique Ingres, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 4 ft. 9 in.; signed, dated 1808. Œdipus, nude, standing at the entrance of a cavern, with one foot raised upon a stone, looks fixedly at the Sphinx in front of him as he explains the enigma; in background, right, the city of Thebes, and a man with arms uplifted in terror; below are the remains of those devoured by the Sphinx. Painted in Rome; acquired by Duc d'Orleans in 1839, and sold at his sale; bequeathed by Comtesse Duchatel in 1878. Replica, variation (1864), Émile Pereire, Paris. Engraved by F. Gaillard.—Annales des B. Arts, Salon of 1827, Pl. 65; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Ch. Blanc, Life, 29.

OEFELE, FRANZ IGNAZ, called Il Bavarese, born at Posen in 1721, died in Munich, Sept. 18, 1797. German school; history and portrait painter, studied in Augsburg and Munich, then for six years in Venice under G. Nogari, and in Rome under Giovanni Barca; on his return to Munich was made court painter and professor at the Academy. Member of Düsseldorf Academy. Works: Potiphar's Wife and Joseph; Woman of Samaria; Daughter of Dibutades; Portrait of Electress Adelheid, Hofkirche, Munich; Portrait of himself, Schleissheim Gallery.—Lipowsky, i. 220; Nagler, x. 309.

OEHME, ERNST (FERDINAND), born in Dresden, April 23, 1797, died there, Sept. 10, 1855. Landscape painter, pupil of Dresden Academy under Friedrich; visited Italy in 1819-25. Works: Avenue of Trees on Autumn Evening (1830), Dresden Museum; View near Castle Tyrol (1842), Nymph Grotto (1850), Leipsic Museum; Mountain Chapel; View near Castle Moritzburg.—Cotta's Kunstbl. (1844), 173.

OEHME, ERWIN, born in Dresden, Sept. 18, 1831. Landscape and genre painter, son and pupil of preceding, and pupil of Ludwig Richter. He entered the Dresden Academy in 1846, but formed himself more especially by studying nature in Germany, Switzerland, England, and France. Honorary member of Dresden Academy in 1865; Professor. Works: Stone Quarry in Saxon Switzerland (1860), Dresden Gallery; Young Couple before Bridal Night; Funeral in the Spreewald; Bear-Hunt; Confirmation (1880); Album with Views of Compiègne; In the Deer Park (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Müller, 399; Illustr. Zeitg. (1881), i. 311, 316.

OEHMICHEN, HUGO, born at Borsdorf, near Leipsic, March 10, 1843. Genre painter, pupil of the Dresden Academy under Julius Hübner; visited Italy in 1866-67, and settled in Düsseldorf in 1870. His works show deep feeling, and are characteristic as well as attractive in colouring. Works: Grandfather's Blessing (1864); Leaving School (1865), Leipsic Museum; School Examination (1870); Tax-Day (1871), Dresden Gallery; Convalescent Soldier (1872); Death Message (1873), Wiesbaden Gallery; Church Decoration before Wedding; Market Scene; After the Christmas Tree (1884); Village Mayor's Office (1885); Music not Mathematics, D. W. Powers, Rochester.—Müller, 399.

ŒNIAS, painter, date unknown; mentioned by Pliny (xxxv. 40 [143]) as the painter of a syngenicon, probably a family group.—Brunn, ii. 300.

OENICKE, CLARA (WILHELMINE), born in Berlin, July 29, 1818. History painter, pupil in Berlin of Remy, then of Begas and Magnus. Works: Elector John Frederic of Saxony refusing to accept the Interim, Schwerin Gallery; Charlemagne's Reconciliation with Thassilo of Bavaria; St. Elizabeth; Luther comforting the Ailing Melanchthon, Martinsstift at Erfurt; Luther's Devotions at Home; Christ the Good Shepherd; Christ on Mount of