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 Bagnacavallo, but was obliged to leave on account of a homicide committed by him. Painted mostly in Ferrara; works highly esteemed, often confounded with those of Garofalo. Among them are: Nativity, Palazzo Doria, Rome; Organ Portals, S. Francesco, Ferrara; Deposition, Palazzo Borghese, Rome; Deposition, Naples Museum; Adoration of the Magi, Ferrara Gallery; Three Saints, National Gallery, London; Woman taken in Adultery, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Lanzi, iii. 201; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., vi. 324; Burckhardt, 694; Ch. Blanc, École ferraraise.

OS, GEORGIUS JACOBUS JOHANNES VAN, born at The Hague, Nov. 20, 1782, died in Paris, July 11, 1861. Landscape, flower, fruit, and still-life painter, son and pupil of Jan, and like-*wise took Huysum for his model; won prize in Amsterdam in 1809, settled there in 1810, went to Paris in 1812, and painted a great deal for the porcelain factory at Sèvres. Gold medals: Paris, The Hague (1841). Member of Amsterdam Academy. Works: Flower-Piece (1816), Dead Game (1818), Landscape near Hilversum, Museum, Amsterdam; Fontainebleau Forest, Bouquet and Bird's Nest, Dead Partridge and Fruit, Rich Flower-Piece, Museum Fodor, ib.; Flowers in Vase, Fruits and Flowers, Landscape in Gelderland, Rotterdam Museum; Flower Piece, Fruit-Piece, Czernin Gallery, Vienna.—Immerzeel, ii. 284; Kramm, iv. 1230; D. Kunstbl. (1850), 200.

OS, JAN VAN, born at Middelharnis, baptized Feb. 23, 1744, died at The Hague, Feb. 7, 1808. Fruit and flower painter, pupil of Aart Schouman, but took Jan van Huysum entirely for his model, and in his best works equalled him in colouring. He also painted good marines. Was director of the Academy of Belles Lettres at The Hague, and author of several books. Works: Fruit and Flowers, National Gallery, London; Flower-Piece, Fruit-Piece, Mr. Hope, ib.; Bouquet in Vase, Fruits, Lord Ward, ib.; Flowers and Fruit, Louvre; do. (1774), Amsterdam Museum; do. (2), Musée Rath, Geneva; do., Schleissheim Gallery; do., Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Marine, Städel Gallery, Frankfort; do. (2), Darmstadt Museum; Dead Game, Fruit-Piece, Gotha Museum; Flower-Piece, Augsburg Gallery.—Immerzeel, ii. 283; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 550; Kramm, iv. 1230.

OS, PIETER GERARDUS VAN, born at The Hague, Oct. 8, 1776, died there, March 18, 1839. Landscape and animal painter; son and pupil of Jan van Os, but took Paul Potter and Karel du Jardin for his models and imitated them successfully. In 1813-14, when captain of the volunteers, he painted war scenes. Member of several academies. Works: View on Banks of the Rhine (1806), Lion, Evening (1816), At Dusk, Afternoon (1820), Three Views during Blockade of Naarden in 1814, Amsterdam Museum; Landscape with Cattle, Rotterdam Museum; Entry of Cossacks into Utrecht (1824); Cattle-Pieces in many of the principal gal