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 *lery, Berlin; On Furlough (1884). Works in United States: Head of Girl, S. A. Coale, St. Louis; Prize-Horse, E. D. Morgan, New York; Italian Singing Beggars, J. T. Martin, Brooklyn; Tourists in Tyrol, W. H. Vanderbilt, New York; The New Brother, Samuel Hawk Collection, New York. At Narischkine sale (1883) The Dance sold for 48,000 fr.—Brockhaus, iv. 945; Müller, 12; Meyer, Con. Lex., xvii. 555; Graph. K., iv. 17; Illustr. Zeitg. (1873), ii. 361; (1875), ii. 255; (1882), ii. 497; N. illustr. Zeitg. (1880), i. 6; (1883), i. 74; Land und Meer (1874), i. 36, 274; Kunst-Chronik, vi. 6; xviii. 403; xix. 317, Pecht, ii. 27; Zeitschr. f. b. K., vii. 100, 116; 465; xvi. 50; xvii. 344; xviii. 403; xix. 130; viii. (Mittheilungen, i. 58); xii. (Mitth., v. 52).

DEGER, ERNST, born at Bockenem, Hanover, April 15, 1809, died at Düsseldorf, Jan. 27, 1885. History painter, pupil in 1828 of the Berlin Academy under Wach, and in 1829 of the Düsseldorf Academy under Schadow. In Rome in 1837-41 he prepared himself to paint the frescos in the St. Apollinaris chapel at Remagen, which he executed conjointly with Ittenbach, and Andreas and Karl Müller, in 1843-51. He then decorated the chapel at Castle Stolzenfels, near Coblentz, for Frederick William IV. of Prussia, and in 1869 became professor at the Düsseldorf Academy, Member of Berlin and Munich Academies. Works: Pietà (1830); Bearing the Cross (1832); Madonna (1833); Annunciation (1834); Resurrection (1835); Virgin adoring Christ (1836); Madonna Enthroned (1837), St. Andrew's chapel, Düsseldorf; Several other Madonnas, Redeemer with Mary and John Baptist, and Seven Scenes from Life of Christ (1841-51), St. Apollinaris chapel, Remagen; St. Catherine (1842); St. Magdalen (1843); St. Joseph with Infant Christ (1844); Holy Virgin, Resurrection, Maximilianeum, Munich; Twelve Scenes illustrating Redemption of Mankind, Castle Stolzenfels; Adam and Eve (1853), Raczynski Gallery, Berlin.—Brockhaus, iv. 948; Förster, v. 379; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldf. K., 46; Reber-Pecht, ii. 151; Wiegmann, 60, 131.

DÉGUSTATION (Tasting), Gerard Terburg, formerly in Narischkine Gallery, St. Petersburg. A lady, in a yellow satin corset, black velvet pelerin, and gray skirt, seated beside a table, on which are an ink-*stand, pen, and paper, is tasting wine from a Venice glass held in her left hand; in her right she holds a white pot with a tin cover, which rests upon her knee; in back of the room, a bed with red curtains. Sale of Count Perregaux (1841), 8,000 fr.; Delessert sale, (1869); Narischkine sale, Paris (1883), 51,050 fr.—Smith, ix. 537.

DEHODENCQ, (EDMÉ ALEXIS) ALFRED, born in Paris, April 23, 1822. Genre and history painter, pupil of Léon Cogniet; has travelled much in Spain and North Africa, whence he takes many of his subjects. Medals: 3d class, 1846 and 1853; medal, 1865; L. of Honour, 1870. Works: Saint Cecilia (1844); In Doubt (1845); St. Stephen led to Torture (1846); Visitation (1847); Christ in the Tomb, Camoens (1848); Virginia found Dead upon the Shore (1849), ordered by State; Bull Fight in Spain (1850), formerly in Luxembourg Museum; Gypsy Men and Women returning from a Festival in Andalusia (1853); Jewish Concert at the House of a Morocco Cadi (1855); Execution of a Jewess in Morocco, Married Jewess of Tangiers (1861); Columbus at the Convent of Rabida (1864); The Good Venture, Jewish Festival in Morocco (1865); The Pasha's Justice (1866); Ruth and Naomi, Punishing Thieves in Morocco (1867); Arrest of Charlotte Corday (1868); King Boabdil's Farewell to Granada (1869); Jewish Festival in Tangiers (1870); October Morning in Luxembourg (1872); Othello (1873); Negro Dance in Tangiers, Arab Children playing with a Turtle (1874); The Reader (1875); Christ raising the Daughter of Jairus (1876); Morocco Story-Teller (1877); Bacchus (1878); The Married Jewess, Departure of Mobiles in July, 1870 (1879); The Pasha's Sons, Arrest of a Jew in Tangiers (1880); Morocco Prisoners, Morning Meal on a Farm, Going to Work (1881); Towing (1883).