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 "I confess I take a long time to paint; but I paint works to last a long time" (Plut. Per., 13, De Amic. Mult., 5). Pliny relates (l. c.) that Zeuxis, having entered into a pictorial contest with Parrhasius, painted some grapes so naturally that the birds were attracted to them. Elated with his success, he haughtily demanded that the curtain should be drawn aside from his opponent's picture in order that he might see it, but was obliged to admit his defeat when he found that the curtain itself was Parrhasius's picture. Zeuxis afterwards painted a boy carrying grapes, when the birds pecked at them as before. This vexed him greatly, and he exclaimed: "I have painted the grapes better than the child, or the birds would have been afraid of him" (Pliny, l. c.). Festus relates (s. v. Pictor) that Zeuxis met his death by choking with laughter at a picture of an old woman he had just painted, but the time of his decease is unknown.

ZEVIO, STEFANO DA. See Stefano da Zevio.

ZICHY, MICHAEL VON, born at Zala, Hungary, in 1827. History and genre painter, pupil of Vienna Academy and of Waldmüller, on whose suggestion he was called to St. Petersburg to instruct one of the grand duchesses; left the Russian court in 1850, but returned there in 1856 and became court painter in 1859; moved to Paris in 1874. Works: The Prisoner (1847); Wounded Knight at Communion; Closing the Coffin; Descent from the Cross; Life-Boat; Empress Elizabeth beside Deák's Coffin, Pesth Museum; The Weapons of the Demon of Devastation (1878).—Kunst-Chronik, xiv. 180; Müller, 572.

ZICK, JANUARIUS, born in Munich in 1733, died at Ehrenbreitstein in 1812. German school; history and genre painter, son of Johann Zick (1702-62), pupil of his father and of Munich Academy; went in 1757 to Basle, where he painted pictures in Rembrandt's manner, and in 1758 was in Rome, where he is said to have studied under Raphael Mengs; having visited France, he settled at Coblentz in 1761, and became court painter to the Archbishop of Trêves in 1764. Works: Old Scholar Reading, Bamberg Gallery; two Genre Scenes with Fauns, etc., Artist's Portrait, Gallery, Coblentz; Four Evangelists, St. Castor's, ib.; Trinity, Hospital Church, Mannheim; Magdalen Repentant, Wiesbaden Gallery. In fresco: Justice, etc., Aurora, etc., Four Evangelists, Royal Palace, Coblentz; Washing the Disciples' Feet, Marriage at Cana, St. Florin's Stift, ib.; Jupiter, etc. (1789), Royal Palace, Mentz.—Ch. Blanc, École allemande.

ZIÉGLER, JULES, born at Langres (Haute-Marne), March 16, 1804, died in Dijon, Dec. 29, 1856. History and portrait painter, pupil of Ingres in Paris; visited Italy and Germany, allied himself to Cornelius in Munich, and devoted himself especially to fresco painting. After his return he painted historical subjects and portraits; subsequently executed the wall paintings in the Madeleine, for which he was made Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1838. Appointed director of the Museum at Dijon in 1852. His pictures lack expression and deep feeling, but they are excellent in drawing and colour. Works: Venice at Night (1831); Giotto in Cimabue's Studio (1833), Bordeaux Museum; Death of Foscari (1833), Henri IV. and Marguerite de Valois, Arras Museum; Prophet Daniel (1838); The Dew spreading its Pearls on the Flowers (1844); Jacob's Dream (1847); Judith at the Gates of Bethulia (1847),