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 March 24, 1865. History and genre painter, pupil of Gros; won the second prize at the École des Beaux Arts in 1822, and the grand prize in 1824; went to Italy, and returned from Rome in 1830. Medals: 3d class, 1819; 1st class, 1831; L. of Honour, 1861. Works: Ægisthus recognizing the Body of Clytemnestra (1824); Lucretia in the Forum of Collatia (1831); Enlistment of Volunteers in 1792, Palais Royal, Paris; The King meeting a Wounded Soldier (1835), Interview on Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 (1837), Entry of Knights of St. John into Viterbe in 1527 (1842), General Joubert regaining Plateau of Rivoli, Versailles Museum; Episode in 1793 at Nantes (1851), Nantes Museum; Philoctetes on Isle of Lemnos, Angers Museum.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 366.

DEBELLE, ALEXANDRE (JOSEPH MICHEL FRANÇOIS), born at Voreppe (Isère), Dec. 21, 1805. History painter, pupil of Gros. Appointed conservator of the Grenoble Museum in 1853. Has also made designs and lithographs for books. L. of Honour, 1868. Works: The Emperor at Grenoble, March 7, 1815 (1840), Grenoble; The Emperor entering the Tuileries, March 23, 1815 (1841), Princess Mathilde; Christ and Magdalen (1843), Church of Versoud; Abdication of Humbert II. (1847), bought by city of Grenoble; Moses and Elias (a fresco), St. Louis en Ile, Paris, 1845.—Larousse.

DEBUCOURT, LOUIS PHILIBERT, born in Paris, baptized Feb. 13, 1755, died at Belleville, Sept. 22, 1832. French school; genre painter, pupil of Vien; especially attracted by the Flemish Petty Masters; painted scenes from life of middle and lower classes with a humorous touch and harmonious colouring. Works: Charitable Gentleman, Rural Instruction, Village Judge, Dreaded Consultation (1781); Scene in the Halle, Charlatan, Two Fêtes, Interior of Flemish Household (1783); Feigned Caresses, Human Trait of Louis XVI. (1785); Consultation, The Travellers, Blind Man's Buff, Hermit distributing Chaplets among Young Girls (1810); Physician Consulted by Young Woman, Village Fête (1814); Day after Village Wedding (1824).—Gaz. des B. Arts (1866), xx. 193; Goncourt, L'Art du, xviii. Siècle, 235.

DECAISNE, HENRI, born in Brussels, Jan. 27, 1799, died in Paris, Oct. 17, 1852. History, genre, and portrait painter, pupil in Brussels of P. J. C. François and of David; studied then in Paris under Girodet and Gros, obtained the great prize in 1827, and a medal in 1828; visited Holland in 1830, studying the old masters, and settled in Paris, where he won great reputation as an excellent portrait painter in the manner of Lawrence. Order of Leopold in 1839; L. of Honour, 1842. Works: Indian Family in Exile, Pariah and Brahmin, Margaret of Valois saving Life of a Protestant (1827);	Blind Milton dictating Paradise Lost (1828);	Sick Father, Sick Husband, Charles I. taking Farewell of his Children (1829); Cromwell and his Daughter (1830); Last Moments of Louis XIII., Louis XIV. and de La Vallière (1831); Fenella dancing before Charles II. (1832); Anne Boleyn's Farewell of her Daughter, Mlle. de Montpensier writing her Memoirs, Queen Elizabeth and Amy Robsart (1833); Henri de Lorraine at Château d'Eu, Descent from Cross (1835); Hagar in the Desert (1836), Brussels Museum; Mater Dolorosa, Guardian Angel (1836); Francis I. in Madrid, Henrietta of England received at the Louvre by Louis XIV. (1837);	Entry of Charles VII. into Rouen (1838),	Versailles Museum; Belgium rewarding her Great Men (1839), St. Augustine's, Brussels; Charity (1839), Hamburg Gallery; Giotto Guarding Sheep (1839); Adoration of Shepherds (1841); Francesca da Rimini; Institution of Order of St. John (1842), Conquest of Marrah (1844), Versailles Gallery; Four Evangelists, Education of Christ (1844), St. Paul's, Paris; Maternal Happiness (1846); Fortune-Teller (1847); Boniface de Montferrat elected Leader of Fourth Crusade, Last Visit of Raphael to his Studio (1849); Chancellor of Hospital