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 covered with crimson drapery, extends her hands to catch the golden shower; behind, an old woman with her apron extended; at feet of Danaë, Cupid, kneeling.—Cat. Dresden Mus.

DANBY, FRANCIS, born in County Wexford, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1793, died at Exmouth, Devonshire, Feb. 10, 1861. Landscape painter, pupil in Dublin of O'Connor; taught water-colour drawing in Bristol in 1813; went in 1825 to London, where the exhibition of his Delivery of Israel out of Egypt (Stafford House) procured him an election as A.R.A. From 1830 to 1842 he lived on the continent, principally in Switzerland. He is chiefly noted for his calm evening scenes at sea, combined with some poetic sentiment or incident. Works: Upas Tree of Java (1820), S. Kensington Museum; Disappointed Love (1821); Sunset at Sea (1824); Opening of Sixth Seal (1828); Golden Age (1831); Fisherman's Home (1846), National Gallery, London; Evening Gun (1848). His son James Francis (1816-1875) was a landscape and marine painter, who exhibited at the R. Academy and Society of British Artists. Thomas Danby, a younger son, is a contemporary landscape painter, residing in London. Member of Society of Water Colour Painters.—Art Journal, April, 1861; Cat. R. Acad.; Redgrave; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Sandby, ii. 68.

DANCE, NATHANIEL. See Holland.

DANCKERTS DE RY, PIETER, born in Amsterdam in 1605, died in Stockholm in 1659. Dutch school; portrait and genre painter, supposed son of Cornelis Danckerts de Ry, engraver (born 1561, died after 1634); went to Stockholm, where he became court painter. Works: Portrait of Wladislas IV. of Poland; C. Danckerts de Ry (1634), and wife, Brussels Museum.—Fètis, Cat. du Mus. royal, 302.

DANDINI, PIETRO, born in Florence in 1646, died in 1712. Florentine school; history painter, nephew and pupil of Vincenzo D.; travelled through Italy and studied the Venetian and Lombard masters. On his return to Florence painted in oil and fresco for Grand Duke Cosmo III., and executed works in S. M. Maddalena and S. M. Maggiore. His son Ottaviano (died about 1750) painted in his style. Works in S. Spirito and S. Lorenzo, and in Church of Magdalen, Pescia.—Wornum, Epochs, 357; Lanzi.

DANDINI, VINCENZO, born in Florence in 1607, died there in 1675. Florentine school; history painter, brother and pupil of Cesare D.; afterward studied in Rome under Pietro da Cortona, whose style he followed. Became principal of the Academy in Rome, returned to Florence, and executed public works in churches and palaces. His brother Cesare (1595-1658) was also a history painter of some repute.—Wornum, Epochs, 357.

DANDRÉ-BARDON, MICHEL FRANÇOIS, born at Aix (Provence), May 22, 1700, died in Paris, April 13, 1783. French school; history painter, pupil of J. B. van Loo and of J. F. de Troy; afterwards studied six years in Rome. Member of Academy in 1735, professor in 1752, rector in 1778; was one of founders of Marseilles Academy. He was an excellent designer and etcher, of considerable repute as a painter of the nude, and a poet and writer on history and taste. He left a biography of Van Loo. Works: Augustus ordering the Punishment of Defaulters (1729), Aix Museum; Tullia driving over her Father's Body (1735), Montpellier Museum; Christ on Cross, Marseilles Museum. Some of his drawings are in the Louvre, the Montpellier Museum, and the Copenhagen Museum.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 333; Lejeune, Guide, iii. 70; Gaz. des B. Arts (1860), v. 142; Larousse.

DANEDI, GIUSEPPE, called Montalto, born at Treviglio in 1618, died at Milan in 1688. Bolognese school; history painter, pupil in Bologna of Guido Reni; settled in Turin, where he executed public works; afterwards aided his brother in Milan.