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 pupil of Berlin Academy under Julius Schrader; won a prize in 1864, and studied in Rome two years, and in Paris one year. Studio in Berlin. Works: Philip the Generous at his Wife's Tomb (1864), Darmstadt Gallery; Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's Dreams (1864); Arrest of Don Carlos by Philip II.; Scene from Life of Mary Stuart; Francesca da Rimini (1876); Cardinal de Guise in Rome.—Müller, 489.

SICIOLANTE. See Girolamo da Sermoneta.

SIDDONS, MRS., portrait, Thomas Gainsborough, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 1 in. × 3 ft. 3 in. Half-length, seated; in a striped blue and white dress and buff shawl, with black hat and feathers, and holding in her left hand a brown muff. Painted in 1784; purchased in 1862 from Major Mair, husband of the actress's granddaughter.—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Eng. Painters of Georgian Era, 14.

By Sir Thomas Lawrence, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 8 ft. 2-1/2 in. × by 4 ft. 8-1/2 in. Full-length, turning over with her left hand a leaf of an open volume of "Paradise Lost," on a table beside her. Presented by Mrs. Fitz-Hugh in 1843. Engraved by W. Say (1810).

SIDDONS AS THE TRAGIC MUSE, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Grosvenor House, London; canvas, life-size. The Queen of Tragedy, full-length, sitting upon a throne resting on clouds, apparently brooding over deeds of horror; behind her stand two figures, one with a bowl, the other with a dagger—types of secret and open violence. Painted in 1784; bought by M. de Calonne for 800 guineas; at his sale (1795) passed to W. Smith, M.P., for £700; sold to Watson Taylor for £900, and bought at his sale (1822) by first Marquis of Westminster for 1,760 guineas. Replica at Langley Park, Stowe; another in Dulwich Gallery, painted, according to Northcote, by Score, one of Sir Joshua's journeymen; others in Lord Normanton's gallery and in possession of Mrs. Combe, Edinburgh. Engraved by Hayward (1787).—Leslie and Taylor, Life, ii. 420; Art Journal (1860), 358; Waagen, Art Treasures, ii. 172.

Siddons as the Tragic Muse, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Grosvenor House, London.

SIEBERT, ADOLF, born at Halberstadt in 1806, died in Rome in 1832. History painter, pupil of Wach in Berlin, where he won the Academy prize in 1830, and went to Rome. He was a deaf mute. Works: Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis (1830); St. Luke painting the Madonna (1831), Schloss Bellevue, Berlin; Dædalus and Icarus; Farewell of Tobias.—Cotta's Kunstbl. 1829-34; Raczynski, i. 59; iii. 68.

SIEGERT, AUGUST, born at Neuwied, March 5, 1820, died in Düsseldorf, Oct. 13, 1883. Genre painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Hildebrandt and Schadow in 1835-46. Visited Antwerp, Paris, Holland, and Munich; settled in Düsseldorf in 1851, where he became teacher at the Academy, and in 1872 professor. Medal in Vienna. Member of Amsterdam Academy. Works: Luther at Assembly of Worms