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 Il Prete Genovese. Pupil of Pietro Sorri, and one of the most remarkable followers of Caravaggio; became early a monk of Order of St. Francis. Left it to support aged mother and sister, and refusing to return on the death of the one and the marriage of the other, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment; but escaped to Venice and lived there as a secular priest the rest of his life, executing many works for churches and palaces. He was an excellent colourist, though not always correct in design, and enjoyed a good reputation in his day. Among his best works are: Copy of Cambiaso's Caritas, Incredulity of St. Thomas, Palazzo Brignole, Genoa; Virgin and St. Felix, Capuccini, Genoa; Three Philosophers, Palazzo Adorno, Genoa; SS. Joseph and John, Palazzo Walli, ib.; A Bishop, Palazzo Durazzo, ib.; The Samaritan Woman, Palazzo Faragina, ib.; Saint, Palazzo Pallavicini, ib.; A Monk, Susanna, Palazzo Spinola, ib.; A Monk, Turin Gallery; Sculpture, Ceiling in Royal Palace, Venice; St. Jerome, Venice Academy; Bathsheba, Dresden Gallery; Christ and the Pharisees, Old Pinakothek, Munich.—Lanzi, iii. 266; Ch. Blanc, École génoise; Burckhardt, 760, 768, 788, 800, 803; Lavice, 51, 84, 89, 90.

STROZZI, FILIPPO, portrait, Titian, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 7 in. Much overpainted, but looks as if it had once been a fine picture by the master. Painted about 1540.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 426.

STRUDEL VON STRUDELSDORF, PETER, Baron, born at Cles, Tyrol, in 1648, died in Vienna in 1714. German school; history painter, son and pupil of Jacob Strudel, and in Venice pupil of Carlo Lotti. Settled in 1680 in Vienna, where he was made court painter in 1689. Was also a sculptor. Ennobled in 1693; first director of the newly founded Vienna Academy in 1704. Works: Jupiter and Antiope, Susanna at the Bath, Dresden Gallery; Hagar, Cassel Gallery; Bacchanal, Düsseldorf Gallery; Martyrdom of St. Lawrence, Satyr bound by Zephyr and a Boy, Children Playing, Bath of Diana, Schleissheim Gallery; Genii with Festoons (4), Pietà, Vienna Museum.—Nagler, xvi. 496.

STRUDWICK, JOHN MELHUISH, born in England; contemporary. Genre painter; exhibits chiefly at the Grosvenor Gallery. Works: Love's Music (1877); Peona, Passing Days (1878); My Beloved, Isabella (1879); Marsyas and Apollo (1880); St. Cecilia (1882); The Ten Virgins, A Story-Book (1884); A Golden Thread, Thy Tuneful Strings wake Memories (1885); Isabella, Circe and Scylla (1886).

STRUYS, ALEXANDRE (THEODORUS HONORÉ), born at Berchem, Jan. 24, 1852. Genre and history painter, pupil of Antwerp Academy. Visited London and Paris. Professor at Weimar Art School in 1878; resigned and removed to The Hague in 1882. White Falcon Order. Works: Two Sacrifices, Dordrecht Museum; Birds of Prey; Disillusion; Alone at the Rendezvous; Seduced (1885); six historical pictures for the Luther Hall of the Wartburg (with Willem Linnig, Jr.).—Müller, 510; Allgem. K. Chr. ix. 838.

STRY, ABRAHAM VAN, born at Dordrecht, Dec. 31, 1753, died there, March 7, 1826. Genre painter, brother of the following, pupil of Joris Ponse (1723-83); founded at Dordrecht in 1774 the society Pictura, which formed several excellent artists, and of which he was the first president. Member of Institute of the Netherlands, and in 1818 of Antwerp Academy. Works: Drawing Lesson, The Housewife, Kettle Scourer,