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 school; pupil and son-in-law of Pordenone, whose style he imitated and to whom some of his productions have been ascribed. Most successful in fresco; painted few easel pieces. Among the most important of his works is a series of frescos representing the history of the Virgin, in the choir of the church of the hospital at San Vito, for which he received a patent of nobility in 1535. On the same large scale are the frescos in S. M. delle Grazie at Prodolone (1542), the Duomo of Valvasone (1544), the church of Baseglia (1544-50), the church of Lestans (1548), and others.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 304; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 587; Vasari, ed. Mil., v. 119; Joppi, Doc. ined. sulla Vita Pomp. Amalteo (Udine, 1869).

AMATO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO D', the elder, born in Naples in 1475, died there in 1555. Neapolitan school; pupil of Silvestro de' Buoni; studied later works of Perugino, and painted both in oil and in fresco. Works: St. Michael and other Archangels, SS. Severino e Sosia, Naples; Madonna with Angels, Naples Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 595.

AMATO, GIOVANNI ANTONIO D', the younger, born in Naples in 1535, died there in 1598. Neapolitan school; nephew and pupil of the preceding, and husband of Mariagnola Criscuolo, who painted some Madonnas in the Neapolitan churches. After his uncle's death he studied under Giov. B. Lama, and besides him, took Francesco Curia and Ippolito Borghese for models. Works: S. Maria Visitapoveri (1571), Madonna Enthroned, Naples Museum; Coronation of the Virgin, Church of Monte de' Poreri; others in S. Patricio, S. Pietro ad Aram, S. Giuseppe, S. Domenico Maggiore, Sta. Margarita, S. Niccolò alla Dogana, and Chiesa nuova, Naples.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 596.

AMAURY-DUVAL, EUGÉNE EMMANUEL, born in Montrouge (Seine), April 16, 1808. History and portrait painter; son of the diplomat archæologist Amaury; pupil of Ingres. Studied the antique, the Florentine quattrocentists, and Raphael. After a visit to the Morea in 1829, he exhibited, from 1833, a series of portraits, which established his reputation, and in 1839-40 and 1848-53 executed several large wall paintings at St. Merry, St. Germain l'Auxerrois, and St. Germain en Laye (1848-1853), in the traditional style of the older Italian masters. Medals: 2d class, 1838; 1st class, 1839; L. of Honour, 1845; officer, 1865. Works: Portraits of Alex. Duval (1848), the actor Geoffroy, Rachel (1855); Infant Christ asleep (1857), Head of Young Girl (1859), Birth of Venus (1863), Lille Museum; Young Girl with Doll (1864); Daphnis and Chloe (1865); Psyche (1867); Study of a Child (1864), Luxembourg Museum, Paris.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 597; Kunstblatt (1841), 146; (1846), 138; Meyer, Gesch., 353, 380; Müller, 11.

AMAZONS, BATTLE OF (Amazonen-*schlacht), Rubens, Munich Gallery; wood, H. 3 ft. 8 in. × 4 ft. 11 in. Victory of Theseus over Thalestris, Queen of the Amazons, on the bridge over the Thermodon. Theseus, mounted upon a rearing horse, closely attended by his followers, is about to cast his javelin at the Amazons, who are turning in flight at the other end of the bridge; many of them are falling from the bridge, or struggling in the stream below. Subject supposed to have been borrowed from Titian's Battle of Cadore. Painted about 1619 for M. van der Gheest.—Kugler (Crowe), ii. 285 (Pl.); Cat. Munich Gallery.

AMBERG, WILHELM, born in Berlin, Feb. 25, 1822. Genre painter, pupil of Herbig, the Berlin Academy, and of Karl Begas. In 1844-45 he studied under Léon Cogniet in Paris, after which he visited Italy. After his return in 1847 he at first painted mythological subjects and portraits, then genre, both serious and humorous, and, more recently, landscapes with figures. Subjects attractive, treatment ingenious, and colour always effective. Since 1869, member of the Berlin Academy. Works: Consolation in