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 *weidhof (with figures by Defregger); Valley of Vajolet, Covered Post (1871).—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xvii. 803; Wurzbach, xxxiii. 311.

SÉGÉ, ALEXANDRE, born in Paris in 1817, died there, November, 1885. Landscape painter, pupil of Flers and Léon Cogniet. Painted large pictures, well-coloured, and in a simple, attractive style. Medals: 1869; 2d class, 1873; 3d class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1874. Works: Bridge of Renan, Rocks of Piegut (1868); Brook at Pehouet, River Beauce (1869); Oaks of Kertrégonnec (1870); Farm at Keroual, Morning in the Alps (1874), Mme. E. Perrin; Evening on the Beauce (1875); Thorn Broom in Blossom (1876), Luxembourg Museum; Green Road (1878), M. Hédé; Valley of Courtray (1879); Fields at Coubron (1880); Pine Tree of Antoigny (1881); Chestnut Trees of Beauvoir (1882); Valley of Ploukermeur (1883); En Pays chartrin (1884); Meadows of Saint-Pair, Valley of La Sée (1885); Environs of Granville (1886).—Claretie, Peintres, 387.

SEGERS (Seghers), HERCULES, died in Amsterdam about 1650. Dutch school; landscape painter, settled in The Hague about 1633, afterwards in Amsterdam, having for some time travelled in the Alps and in Norway; friend of Rembrandt. Works: Dutch Landscapes (2), Berlin Museum.—Journal des B. Arts (1871), 178; Kramm, v. 1510; Meyer, Gemälde köngl. Mus., 428.

SEGHERS (Segers, Zeghers), DANIEL, born in Antwerp, Dec. 5, 1590, died there, Nov. 2, 1661. Flemish school; flower painter, pupil of Jan Brueghel in 1611 and master of the guild in same year; entered the Order of Jesuits in 1614, visited Rome, painted much for the church of his Order in Antwerp, and could hardly fulfil the numerous commissions by princes who vied with one another in securing works by his hand; frequently painted flowers to enframe subjects by such masters as Rubens, Schut, Diepenbeek, and Erasmus Quellin. Works: Garland about Portrait of Ignatius Loyola (by Schut), do. about Madonna (by do.), Flower-Piece, Antwerp Museum; Bouquet, Brussels Museum; Garland about Statuette of Madonna (1645), do. about Portrait of William III., Hague Museum; do. around Bust of Ceres (1644), Rotterdam Museum; two Flower pieces (1643) and four Garlands about Reliefs, Dresden Gallery; Garland about Relief, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Garland about Holy Family, do. about do. (by Van Dyck), do. about Madonna, do. about Holy Sacrament, Vienna Museum; do. about Madonna, Bologna Museum; do. about Male Bust, Uffizi, Florence; Garlands (4) about pictures by Schut, Festoons (2), Madrid Museum; Garland of Roses, do. about Madonna (1651), Hampton Court Gallery; Flowers and Landscape (with Schut), South Kensington Museum; other specimens in galleries of Aschaffenburg Bamberg (2), Brunswick (2), Carlsruhe (1644), Cassel, Copenhagen, Donaueschingen, Oldenburg (3), Schleissheim (3); in Museums of Berlin (2), and Weimar.—Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Immerzeel, iii. 84; Kramm, v. 1508; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 346; Messager des sciences, etc. (1868), 341; Michiels, ix. 194; Rooses (Reber), 427; Van den Branden, 1126.

SEGHERS, GEERAARD. See Zegers.

SEGNA, Sienese school, beginning of 14th century. Disciple of Duccio. Like Ugolino, he remained faithful to the old school, and the surfaces of his pictures equal those of that master in softness and lustre. A picture by him, Four Saints, said to have been finished in 1305-6, is in the Academy of Siena. Better examples are: A Majesty in the Church of Castiglione Fiorentino, near Arezzo; and Christ on the Cross, National Gallery, London.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 56; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., i. 320; ii. 165; W. & W., i. 433.

SEIBOLD, CHRISTIAN, born at Mentz in 1697 or 1703, died in Vienna, May 19,