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 men; but some think that this should be referred to the later Dionysius, the contemporary of Sopolis.

DIONYSIUS, portrait painter, country unknown, lived in Rome 1st century Pliny says (xxxv. 40 [147]) that he and Sopolis were the most celebrated portrait painters of their time and that their works filled the galleries. See Iaia.

DIONYSODORUS, painter, of Colophon (Pliny, xxxv. 40 [146]). Probably identical with Dionysius of Colophon.

DIONYSUS or Bacchus, pictures. See Aristides, Ctesilochus; Liber, see Echion, Nicias.

DIORES, painter, country unknown. Mentioned by Varro (de Ling. Lat., ix. 6, 12) in a way to lead one to suppose that he was contemporary with Micon.

DIRK VAN HAARLEM. See Bouts, Dierick.

DISCEPOLI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, born at Lugnano in 1590, died in 1660. Milanese school; history painter, pupil of C. Procaccini. Works: Adoration of Magi, Brera, Milan; Purgatory, S. Carlo, Milan; St. Theresa, Sta. Teresa, Como.—Lanzi.

DISCOVERER, THE, William M. Hunt, Capitol, Albany, N. Y.; mural painting, demi-*lune, H. 15 ft. × 45 ft. The Discoverer, full-length, draped, standing, gazing on the setting sun, in a boat which is rising to a sea against a sunset sky; behind him, Fortune, full-length, nude and winged, holding the tiller with her left hand and trimming the sail with her right; at the prow is Hope, with one hand on the boat, the other pointing forward; in front of her blind Faith, her face buried in her arms, floats with the tide, while Science unrolls a chart at the side. Painted in 1878.—Scribner's Mag., xix. 175.

DISCUSSION OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Guido Reni, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. To right, St. Jerome, with a book, looks at the Virgin, who, dressed in white, appears in glory with two angels; SS. Ambrose, Chrysostom, Basil, Augustine, and Gregory are also represented. Sold by the Marchese degli Angeli to Lord Walpole. Engraved by W. Sharp and I. Sanders.—Descr. of the Hermitage, 22.

DISGUST, Paolo Veronese, Cobham Hall, England; canvas, 5 ft. 10 in. square. A man, nude, recumbent, is chastised by Cupid with his bow, while two women, one holding an ermine, are hastening away. From Collection of Queen Christina of Sweden to Orleans Collection; valued at sale in 1793 at £150, sold for 44 guineas. Engraved by B. Audran.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 499; iii. 20; Cab. Crozat, ii. Pl. 27.

DISPUTE OF THE SACRAMENT, Raphael, Camera della Segnatura, Vatican, Rome; fresco, arched top, H. 16 ft. × 26 ft. 8 in. The Triumph of Religion. God the Father, in a glory of angels and cherubim, holds the globe in one hand and raises the other in benediction; beneath, Christ seated between the Virgin and John Baptist, with six saints, patriarchs, and prophets on each side, seated upon clouds upheld by cherubim (left—Peter, Adam, John Evangelist, David, Stephen, Jeremiah (?); right—Judas Maccabæus, George, Lawrence, Moses, James, Abraham, Paul); below Christ, the Holy Ghost and four angels bearing the Gospels; in lower part, the Eucharist on an altar, round which are grouped forty-three figures, popes, bishops, doctors of the church, and learned men, many of them portraits—among others Dante, Savonarola, and Fra Angelico. Painted in 1508. Called also Theology. Original studies in Windsor Castle Collection; Städel Museum, Frankfort; Collection Duc d'Aumale, Chantilly; and Louvre. Engraved by G. Mocetto, Keller, Volpato, G. Ghisi, Aquila, Gantrel, and Mochetti.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 330; Müntz, 320; Passavant, ii. 73; Springer, 159; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 427; Gruyer; Perkins, 115.

DISTRAINING FOR RENT, Sir David Wilkie, William Wells, Esq., Redleaf; canvas. The sheriff taking an inventory of the household goods of a cottager, to be seized for rent. Sixteen figures. Painted in 1814; bought by British Institution for 600 guin