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 ALFARO Y GAMEZ, Don JUAN, born in 1640 in Cordova, died in Madrid in 1680. Spanish school; pupil of Antonio del Castillo and of Velasquez, whose portraits he learned to imitate. Also an engraver and writer, both of poetry and prose. Works: Assumption (1668), Museo Nacional; Antonio da Solis, portrait, D. Valentin Carderera, Madrid.—Curtis, 328; Stirling, 809; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 295.

ALGERIAN FALCONER, Eugène Fromentin, Albert Spencer, New York. In the foreground, an Arab horseman, riding at full gallop, holds a falcon perched upon his wrist, as high above his head as his arm will stretch. His whole action is full of intense energy, and the speed of his horse is shown by the sand whirling around him. In the background are indications of other mounted figures. Salon, 1863. Etched by Flameng; Lionel. Several replicas.

ALIBERTI, GIANCARLO, born at Asti, Piedmont, in 1680, died about 1740. One of the many skilful masters of the 18th century, who excelled in the execution of those extensive, quickly-painted frescoes, termed macchinose by the Italians. His style was a mixture of Roman and Bolognese art, showing the influences of Maratta and the school of the Carracci, with a leaning towards Correggio. He frescoed churches in Asti, Pavia, and other Italian cities.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 312.

ALIBRANDI, GIROLAMO, of Messina, born about 1470, died in 1524; but De Marzo thinks him the painter of an Epiphany in the church of Venetico, Sicily, dated 1532. Neapolitan school; studied several years in Venice and afterward in Milan with Leonardo da Vinci. Returned to Sicily in 1514, and painted in Messina; called sometimes the Raphael of Messina. Most important of his works is a Presentation in the Temple, dated 1519, in San Niccolò, Messina. Style a mixture of the Leonardesque and Ferrarese.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 312; C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 116.

ALIENSE, born in Greek island of Milo in 1556 (?), died in Venice in 1629. Real name Antonio Vassilacchi. Venetian school; pupil of Paolo Veronese, who dismissed him, Ridolfi says, on account of jealousy at his wonderful progress. Aliense then applied himself to the study of the works of Tintoretto, and soon acquired a style which, for strength and boldness of design, and vigor of colouring approached the best productions of that master. He won a great reputation, was patronized by the doge and nobility of Venice, and was invited to their respective courts by Philip II. of Spain, and by Sigismund III. of Poland. But he preferred to remain in Venice, where he lived in great state, and executed many works for public buildings and churches. In the Palazzo Ducale are his Adoration of the Magi, Coronation of Baldwin Emperor of Constantinople, the Doge Ordelasso Faliero at the Capture of Zara, and other large pictures; and in S. Apostoli are his Sacrifices of Abraham and Cain and Abel. Examples of his work are also in S. Giovanni del Rialto, S. Giovanni del Tempio, S. Leonardo, S. Giovanni Evangelista, S. Zaccheria, S. Domenico a Castello, S. Paterniano, S. Chiara S. Procolo, S. Vitale, and the Frari, Venice, and in S. Pietro de' Casinensi, Perugia.—Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Burckhardt, 745, 750, 753, 754; Sansovino, Venetia illustrata, 271.

ALIGNY, CLAUDE FRANÇOIS THÉODORE CARUELLE D', born at Chaumes, Nièvre, Feb. 6, 1798, died in Lyons, Feb. 25, 1871. Landscape painter, pupil of Regnault and Watelet; treated landscapes in the historical style, and attained great distinction