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 be portrait of Murillo. Painted in 1645-47 for Convent of S. Francisco, Seville; taken to Paris by Soult: sold at his sale (1852), 20,000 fr.—Réveil, Musée de Peinture, iv. 255; Curtis, 227.

St. Diego of Alcalà, Murillo, Paris.

DIEGO OF ALCALA, ST., AND THE GUARDIAN, Murillo, Charles B. Curtis, New York; canvas, H. 7 ft. 9 in. × 6 ft. 6 in. The Saint surprised, with bread in his robe changed to flowers, by the Guardian, who raises his hands in astonishment at the miracle; behind the Saint, a monk with a basket of bread; on left, four old beggars and two boys, asking alms; in front, Christ, marked with the stigmata, seated in guise of a beggar; above, five cherubs, three of whom shower flowers on the Saint. According to the legend, S. Diego, who had often been reproved by the prior for excessive charity, was saved from punishment on one occasion by the miracle depicted. Painted in 1645-47 for Convent of S. Francisco, Seville; after occupation of city by French, fell into hands of D. Antonio Bravo; thence through D. Aniceto Bravo, D. Jorge Diez Martinez, and D. Luis Portilla (1865), to W. J. Shaw (1873), who sold it in 1880 to Mr. Curtis. Etched by A. Lalanze.—Curtis, 227; G. de Leon, ii. 256; Tubino, Murillo (Seville, 1864), 185.

DIEGO OF ALCALA, ST., MIRACLE OF, Murillo, Louvre; canvas, H. 5 ft. 11 in. × 14 ft. 9 in.; signed, dated 1646. The Saint in rapture, raised above the ground, while angels perform his duties as cook in the convent kitchen; on left, a monk introduces two visitors, the one on extreme left supposed to represent Murillo. Painted in 1645-47 for Convent of S. Francisco, Seville; taken by Marshal Soult, whose heirs sold it to Louvre in 1858 for 80,000 fr. Injudiciously restored and repainted for Soult. Sometimes called La Cuisine des Anges (Angels' Cookery).—Curtis, 225; Gaz. des B. Arts, Jan. 1875, Feb. 1877; L'Illustration, Jan. 8, 1859.

DIEGO OF ALCALA, ST., AND THE SOUP, Murillo, Academia S. Fernando, Madrid; canvas, H. 5 ft. 8 in. × 5 ft. 10 in. The Saint, kneeling on left, blesses a pot of soup on the floor, around which are four kneeling urchins and their mother; surrounding them are a throng of other beggars awaiting their share. Painted in 1645-47 for Convent of S. Francisco, Seville. Etched by F. Navarrete, in Cuadros Academia de S. Fernando.—Curtis, 226.

DIELITZ, KONRAD, born in Berlin, Jan. 20, 1845. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Eschke and of Biermann; travelled in 1871-73 in the Bavarian Alps to study popular life. Works: Rest on the Height, Smoker (1874); Caught (1877); Portraits of Bismarck (1874); Emperor William (1875), and Crown Prince.—Müller, 136; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xvi. 5.

DIELMAN, FREDERICK, born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 25, 1848. Genre painter, pupil of the Munich Royal Academy under Dietz, at which time he gained a medal in the life class. Professional life spent principally in New York. One of the founders of the Society of American Artists. Elected N.A. in 1883. Mr. Dielman is also well known as an etcher. Studio in New York. Works in oil: Patrician Lady (1877); Newsboy (1879); My Own Puss! (T. B. Clarke, New York); Bad Weed, Gallantry (1880); Lunching (1881); Maryland Garden, In the Arbour (1882); Mora Players (1883);