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 *nounce to the Emperor, who is seated on his horse surrounded by his staff and by officers of the enemy made prisoners, the defeat of the Russian Imperial Guard. Painted in 1808: Salon, 1810. Engraved by Blanchard.—Landon, Musée, Salon de 1810, Pl. 37-40; Gal. de Versailles, iv. No. 797.

AUTEROCHE, ALFRED, born in Paris in 1831. Landscape and animal painter; pupil of Brascassat and of L. Cogniet. Works: Cattle (Wm. Astor, N. Y.), Large Oak, Pasture on Coast of Normandy (1868); Pasture near Trouville, Little Shepherdess (1874); Ravine of Mandailles, The Prairie (1879); Brood Mares (1880); Dogs and Sheep in South Jersey (1882).

AUTISSIER, LOUIS MARIE, born in Vannes, Brittany, Feb. 8, 1772, died in Brussels, Sept. 4, 1830. Studied with Vautrin, and at fourteen by himself from nature. Served two years in the army, then went to Paris and afterwards to Brussels, where he painted miniatures, and to Holland. In 1817 he painted William I., King of the Netherlands; exhibited at Paris in 1820-22.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 449.

AUTOBOLUS, painter. See Olympias.

AUTOMEDON, Henri Regnault, S. A. Coale, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; canvas, H. 10 ft. 4 in. × 10 ft. 9 in. Automedon, charioteer of Achilles, nude, struggling with the horses of Achilles, Xanthus (chestnut) and Balius (piebald), when about to yoke them to the chariot for the use of Patroclus (II. xvi.). Painted in Rome, 1867; bought by L. P. Morton, N. Y.; sold in 1882 to Mr. Coale for $5,900. Placed in 1884 on exhibition in Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and will probably remain there. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, iii. 121.

AUTUMN, N. Poussin. See Spies, Return of the.

AUVRAY, JOSEPH FÉLIX HENRI, born at Cambrai, March 31, 1800, died there, Sept. 11, 1833. History painter; pupil of Valenciennes Academy and, in Paris, of Gros (1820); went to Rome in 1824, to Florence in 1826, but returned to Rome, and thence to Paris. Was associate of the Institute, officer of the Legion of Honour, and knight of the Order of St. Michael. Works: Jealousy of Œnone, St. Louis Captive, Banquet of Damocles, St. Paul in Athens (1827); Sacrifice of Gautier de Châtillon (1827), Cambrai Museum; Spartan Fugitive, Raising of Pepin the Short to the Throne, Meleager's Death, Valenciennes Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 452; Lejeune, iii. 14.

AUZOU, PAULINE, born in Paris, March 24, 1775, died there, May 15, 1835. History and portrait painter; pupil of Regnault, excelled especially in female portraits; first exhibited at Salon in 1793. Early subjects taken from Greek history. Works: Arrival of Marie Louise in Compiègne (1810), Marie Louise Taking Leave of her Family, Versailles Gallery; Agnes de Méranie (1808); Diana of France and Montmorency (1814); Portraits of Volney (1795), Regnault (1800), Picard the Elder (1806).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 454.

Allegory of Alfonso D'Avalos, Titian, Louvre.

AVALOS, ALFONSO D', ALLEGORY OF, Titian, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 6 in. The Marquis del Vasto, standing in