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 1855. Religious painter, pupil of David. He illustrated the works of Chateaubriand and Lamartine, and wrote a valuable book on the fine arts, entitled Painter's and Sculptor's Manual (Paris, 1833). Works: St. Louis Disembarking at Hyères (1841); The Pious Women at the Tomb of Christ, Jesus in the Garden of Olives.

ART AND LITERATURE, Adolphe William Bouguereau, E. Walter, New York. Two female figures, full length. Painted for the late J. S. Jenkins, Baltimore; sold (1881) to Mr. Walter. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, iii. 76.

ARTARIA, MATTHIAS, born in Mannheim, June 19, 1814. Genre painter, pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy, where he profited by intercourse with Andreas Achenbach. He has painted peasant life in Tyrol and Spain, as well as mediæval subjects. Works: Heroic Struggle of the Tyrolese in 1809; Defence of the Iselberg; Wedding in the Ziller Valley, Going to Church Christmas Night, Munich Gallery; Postillion, Castle Elche, Improviser at a Well, Market Scene in Valencia, Guerillas Fleeing, Captive Huguenots, Arrest of Ravaillac, Guard Room in Thirty Years' War, Maid of Saragossa.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 307; Müller, 19.

ARTEMIDORUS, painter, 1st century Among his works was a Venus on which Martial wrote an epigram (V. 40). He was perhaps an historian and amateur painter of a bad picture of Minerva.—Brunn, ii. 310.

ARTEMON, painter, place and date unknown. His pictures, Apotheosis of Hercules and Laomedon, King of Troy, were preserved in the Portico of Octavia, Rome. Other works were Danaë with Robbers in Admiration; Queen Stratonice; and Hercules and Dejanira.—Pliny, xxxv. 40 [139]; Brunn, ii. 284.

ARTHOIS, JACQUES D', born in Brussels, baptized, Oct. 12, 1613, died after 1684. Flemish school; eminent landscape painter; pupil of one Jan Mertens. His compositions, often grandly poetic, with Scriptural subjects in foreground, were frequently placed in Belgian churches. The figures in his pictures are chiefly by Gaspard de Craeyer, Gerard Zegers, David Teniers the younger, and Van Herp. Jacques had a brother Nicholas (born 1617) and a son Jean Baptiste (born 1638), both of whom were painters. Best works in Brussels, Vienna, Dresden, Madrid, and English private galleries.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, i. 437; Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 310.

ARTISTS, MEETING OF, Velasquez, Louvre; canvas, H. 1 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 6 in. Thirteen persons, in three groups, standing, in conversation; among them, at left, Velasquez and Murillo. Sometimes called Conversation of Velasquez. Presented to Duchess of Alba by Don Gabriel, son of Charles III.; sold, at her death, and finally bought from M. Laneuville in 1851, for 6,500 fr.—Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Art Journal (1852), 364; Gaz. des B. Arts (1879), xx. 237; Curtis, 16.

ARTVELT, ANDRIES VAN, born in Antwerp, baptized March 25, 1590, died there in 1652. Flemish school; marine painter; master of the guild in 1609-10, went to Italy probably after Sept., 1627, but had returned to Antwerp in 1630. His portrait of Van Dyck, painted in 1632, is in the Augsburg Gallery. Works: Shipwreck of Turkish Vessel (1623), Ghent Museum; Naval Battle, Th. van Lerius, Antwerp; Marine, Suermondt Museum, Aix-la-Chapelle; do. with Men-of-War, Vienna Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 316.

ASAM, COSMAS, born at Benedict-*beuern, Bavaria, Sept. 18, 1686, died in 1742. Italian school; history painter, pupil of Ghezzi in Rome, where he won the first prize at the Academy. One of the most skilful and characteristic imitators of the Italian Rococo style, painted chiefly in