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 Gaul beheads Flaminius at Thrasymene (1882); Trencavel (1884); Christ (1886).—Bellier, ii. 537; Larousse, Supplement.

SYMPATHY, Briton Riviere, Holloway Institute, Egham, near London; canvas, H. 3 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft. 2 in. A little girl with a sad face, seated on the stairs, with a dog beside her, rubbing his face against hers in sympathy. Royal Academy, 1878; bought by Thomas Taylor, Wigan, for 800 guineas; Taylor sale (1883), £2,725.

Syndics of the Arquebusiers, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Amsterdam Museum.

SYMPHORIEN, ST., MARTYRDOM OF, Dominique Ingres, Cathedral of Autun. The martyrdom at Augustodunum of a young Gaul who had refused to adore the old gods and whom the edict of Diocletian condemned to death. Salon, 1834. Studies: Isaac Pereire, and Messrs. Haro, Stürler, and Gatteaux.—Ch. Blanc, Life, 101.

SYNDICS OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Amsterdam Museum; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. × 8 ft. 8 in.; signed, dated 1657. The four syndics of the archery guild of St. Sebastian of Amsterdam, dressed in black, are seated round a table covered with a rich cloth. Three of them hold prizes; the fourth addresses his colleagues. In middle distance, a woman bearing a silver-mounted drinking-horn; in background, young men armed with bows; at left, foreground, a hunting-dog. Study (1 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 2 in., dated 1653), Louvre, Paris. Engraved by Hulmer.—Réveil, xii. 808; Filhol.

SYNDICS OF THE CLOTH HALL, Rembrandt, Amsterdam Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 9 ft.; signed, dated 1661. Five syndics of the Staalhof (Cloth Hall) of Amsterdam, dressed in black, gathered around a table, with their servant waiting upon them; four are seated and one is standing with a little book in his hand. Taken to Paris; returned in 1815. Engraved by Houston; J. W. Kaiser. Etched by De Frey; Unger (1876). Lithographed by Zimmerman.—Kugler (Crowe), ii. 369; Cat. Amsterdam Mus.; Mollett, Rembrandt, 72; Vosmaer, 309, 495; Smith, vii. 61; Mag. of Art (1886), ix. 257.

SZÉKELY DE ADAMAS, BERTALAN, born at Klausenburg, Transylvania, in 1835. History painter, pupil of Vienna Academy under Führich, Rahl, and Waldmüller, later in Munich of Piloty, and studied in Brussels, Antwerp, and Paris. Order of Francis Joseph, 1867. Works: Flight of Charles VII., National Museum, Munich; Doboczy killing his Wife, Ladislaus V. and his Tutor, Pesth Museum; Finding of Body of Louis II. of Hungary (1860); Battle of Mohács (1866); Portrait of Francis Deák; Women of Erlau defending City against the Turks (1867); The Orphan, Leda, The Nun (1871); Storm, The Widow (1872); Flight of Emmerich Tököly, Rendezvous, Sisters of Charity at Sick-Bed (1873); The Dancer, Zriny at Szigetvár (National Exhibition, Buda-Pesth, 1885).—Wurzbach, xlii. 16; Allgem. K. Chr., ix. 623.