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 DEIG (Taig), SEBASTIAN, German school, 16th century, 1516-1544. A crude imitator of Dürer and Schäufelin, whose pictures may be seen in Nuremberg, Schleissheim, and the Town Hall of Nördlingen.—Nagler, Mon., v. 69; W. & W., ii. 403.

DEIKER, JOHANNES CHRISTIAN, born at Wetzlar, Rhenish Prussia, May 27, 1822. Painter of animals and hunts; pupil of his father Friedrich, a portrait painter, then of the Hanau Academy, and at the Städel Institute in Frankfort under Jakob Becker; entered the service of Prince Salms, on whose estates he made the forest and its animal life his special study, and then went for a year to Antwerp. In 1868 he settled in Düsseldorf. Works: Stags in Calving Time, Dog with Hares, Dog at the Chase, Pointer and Partridges.—Müller, 129.

DEIKER, KARL FRIEDRICH, born at Wetzlar, April 3, 1836. Painter of animals and hunts, brother of Johannes; pupil of the Hanau Academy, and from 1858 in Carlsruhe of Schirmer; settled in 1864 in Düsseldorf. Works: Wounded Stag (1858); Two Boar-Hunts (1859); Fighting Stags (1861); Stag-Hunt, Boar-Hunt (1870), Cologne Museum; Deer in the Mountains (1876); Contest for the Herd (1879).—Illustr. Zeitg. (1872), i. 67; (1873), i. 99; (1877), ii. 267; (1880), ii. 481; Müller, 129; Land und Meer (1873), ii. 751.

DEITERS, HEINRICH, born at Münster, Westphalia, Sept. 5, 1840. Landscape painter, pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy under Alex. Michelis, and much influenced by Andreas Achenbach; studied from nature in Belgium, Holland, France, and Southern Germany, but especially in Westphalia. Works: After the Rain (1865); Westphalian Village, Dordrecht, Wood Interior, River Plain; View in Amsterdam, Gravelotte, April Weather, Before the Storm (1868); Mill, Evening Landscape.—Müller, 130.

DEJANIRA, RAPE OF, Guido Reni, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 8 ft.7 in. × 6 ft. 6 in. Hercules having entrusted Dejanira to the Centaur Nessus to be carried across the River Evenus, slays him with a poisoned arrow when he perceives that he is about to carry her off. Same history as Hercules and Achelous of Guido. Engraved by G. Rousselet; Bervic.—Landon, Musée, i. Pl. 35; Villot, Cat. Louvre.

DEJUINNE, FRANÇOIS LOUIS, born in Paris in 1786, died there in 1844. History painter, pupil of Girodet; won grand prix de Rome in 1817, and then studied at the French Academy in Rome. L. of Honour, 1824. Works: Death of Hector; Assumption, St. Geneviève, Notre Dame de Lorette; Christ healing the Blind, St. Vincent de Paul; St. Fiacre declining the Crown, St. Sulpice; Four Seasons, Trianon Palace; Baptism of Clovis, Versailles Museum; St. Aignan invoking Heaven for besieged Orleans; Michelangelo's House, Tasso's House, Girodet painting Galatea, Inez at the Feet of Childe Harold.

DEKKER. See Decker.

DELABORDE, HENRI, Vicomte, born at Rennes, May 2, 1811. History painter, pupil of Delaroche; in 1855 was made conservator of the Imperial Cabinet of Engravings, afterwards its vice-director; member of Academy, 1868, perpetual secretary since 1874; distinguished as a writer upon art. Medals: 2d class, 1837; 1st class, 1847; L. of Honour, 1860; Officer, 1870. Works: Hagar in the Desert (1836), Dijon Museum; Conversion of St. Augustine (1837); Death of St. Monica (1838); Conquest of Damietta (1841), Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (1845), Versailles Museum; Passion of Christ (1848), Amiens Cathedral.—Meyer, Con. Lex., xviii. 229; Müller, 130.

DELACROIX, AUGUSTE, born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Jan. 27, 1809, died there, Nov., 1868. Genre and marine painter. Paralyzed during several years before his death, he painted his last works with his left hand. Medals: 3d class, 1839; 2d class, 1841; 1st class, 1846. Works: Coast of Boulogne, Interior of Boulogne Harbour (1835), De