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 Death of Adonis, Moretto, Uffizi.

to Orleans Gallery; bought by Duke of Bridgewater for 150 guineas.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 498; Stafford Gallery, ii. Pl. 29.

ADORATION OF JESUS. See Madonna in Adoration.

ADORATION OF KINGS. See Magi.

ADORATION OF THE LAMB. See Eyck, Hubert van.

ADORATION OF MAGI. See Magi.

ADORATION OF SHEPHERDS. See Shepherds.

ADORATION OF TRINITY. See Trinity.

ADRIAENSSEN, ALEXANDER, born in Antwerp, Jan. 17, 1587, died there, Oct. 30, 1661. Fish and still life painter, Flemish school; pupil of Artus Van Laeck; travelled and came under influence of Rubens, and was intimate with Van Dyck, who painted his portrait, engraved by Van der Does. Works: Three pictures in Berlin Museum, one dated 1647. Among his best are four pictures in the Madrid Museum, and one representing fish, lobsters, a cat, and dead bird on a table, in Antwerp Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 86; Rooses (Reber), 422.

ADULTERESS. See Woman taken in Adultery.

AEKEN, HIERONYMUS VAN. See Bosch.

AELST, EVERT VAN, born at Delft in 1602, died there in 1658. Dutch school; painted dead game and weapons of the chase. Works: Two in Berlin Museum; Game, Dresden Gallery; others in Augsburg, Schwerin, and Potsdam Galleries.—Kugler (Crowe), ii. 520; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 100.

AELST, WILLEM VAN, born at Delft in 1620, died in Amsterdam in 1679. Dutch school; like his uncle and master, Evert van Aelst, whom he far excelled, he painted dead birds and weapons of the chase, but his favourite subjects were fruit and other eatables with drinking glasses, etc. In 1643 he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke at Delft. He visited France and Italy,