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 Elatea, for 360 talents.—Pliny, xxxv. 36, 59 [107]; Brunn, ii. 256.

ASHER, LOUIS, born in Hamburg, June 28, 1804, died there, March 7, 1878. History and genre painter; pupil in Hamburg of Gerdt Hardorf and of Leo Lehmann, then from 1821 at the Dresden Academy, and in Düsseldorf under Cornelius, whom, in 1825, he followed to Munich. In 1827 he returned to Hamburg; settled in Berlin in 1830; visited Italy in 1832 and 1839. Works: Roman Woman at the Well, Maria l'Ortolana, King Lear and Cordelia (1854), Hamburg Gallery; St. Cecilia, Resurrection (1851); Albanian Shepherd Family (1835); Roman Shepherd Boy, Ave Maria, Portrait of Jenny Lind.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 306.

ASKEVOLD, ANDERS MONSSEN, born in Parish of Askevold, Bergen, Norway, Dec. 25, 1834. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of Reusch in Bergen, and in 1855, of Gude in Düsseldorf. Spent four years in Paris after 1860. Studio at Bergen. His favourite subjects are the Norwegian mountain pastures; the figures in them are less successful than the cattle, which he represents with rare truthfulness.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 329.

ASPER, HANS, born in Zürich in 1499, died March 21, 1571. German school; history and portrait painter, held in much repute by his fellow citizens, and elected member of the great council, in 1545. Of his numerous façade decorations but one, a lion with shield on the Kyborg Castle door, has been preserved. His portraits are earnest and careful, though dry and uninteresting. Works: Portraits of Zwingli and Daughter, City Library, Zürich; three portraits (1538), Artists' Association, Zürich; three do. in a private collection at Solothurn.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 331; W. & W., ii. 484.

ASPERTINI, AMICO, born in Bologna about 1475, died in 1552. Bolognese school; probably pupil of Ercole Roberti Grandi and Lorenzo Costa. Was a very rapid painter, who filled the porticoes and covered the façades of many churches in his native city; travelled in Italy and left many works, the earliest in St. Cecilia, Bologna. Between 1506 and 1510 he painted frescos in S. Frediano, Lucca, and in 1514 the front of the library of S. Michele in Bosco. His compositions are poor in arrangement, his figures strained in action, and his flesh tones red and fiery. As a sculptor his only known work, produced in 1526, is the Dead Christ in the Arms of Nicodemus in the lunette of the great portal of S. Petronius, Bologna. He showed signs of insanity toward the close of his life. Among his works are: Adoration of Shepherds, Berlin Museum; Rape of Sabines, Madrid Museum; Madonna and Saints, Lucca Gallery. His brother, Guido Aspertini, painted an Adoration of the Magi, Bologna Gallery.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 575; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ix. 4, 84; ed. Mil., v. 179; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 337; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise; Gualandi, Mem., 1st Series, 33; 2d do., 9, 11; 3d do., 178.

ASSCHE, HENRI VAN, born in Brussels, Aug. 30, 1774, died there, April 10, 1841. Landscape painter, first instructed by his father, an amateur artist, then pupil of J. B. de Roy; visited Italy, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland; painted especially waterfalls with great skill. Member of Ghent, Brussels, Antwerp, and Amsterdam Academies. Several medals. Order of Leopold, 1836. Works: Storm (1805), Antwerp Museum; Falls at Toccai, Switzerland, View of a Mill, Brussels Museum; View near Brussels during Storm, Bruges Museum; Rhine View, Falls near Rochefort, Haarlem Museum. His niece and pupil, Isabella v. A. (born in Brussels, Nov.