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 AMBROSE, ST., APOTHEOSIS OF, Luigi Vivarini, S. M. de' Frari, Venice; wood. St. Ambrose on a throne between SS. George, Vitale, Gregory, Augustine and a monk on one side; SS. John Baptist, Gervase, and Protase on the other; SS. Sebastian and Jerome in foreground; in lunette, Coronation of the Virgin. Begun in 1503; finished by Basaiti after Luigi's death and placed on altar in the Cappella Milanesi. Has been wrongly assigned to Bart. Vivarini.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 68, 259.

Ambrose and Emperor Theodosius, Rubens, Vienna Museum.

AMBROSE AND EMPEROR THEODOSIUS, Rubens, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 7 ft. 9 in. × 11 ft. 5 in. The Emperor Theodosius, whose hands were stained by the blood of the inhabitants of Thessalonica, is refused admission into the Cathedral by Archbishop Ambrose of Milan ( 390). Ambrose, in canonicals, with mitre and crozier, with six attendants, meets the Emperor, who is followed by three officers, at the entrance, and presses him back with his hand. Eleven figures, nearly all full length.—Kett, 49; Gal. de Vienne.

AMERIGHI, MICHELANGELO. See Caravaggio.

AMERLING, FRIEDRICH, born in Vienna, April 14, 1803. Portrait and figure painter, son of a poor artisan, pupil of Vienna Academy under Redl. By illuminating maps and engravings gained enough to enable him to study in London under Sir Thomas Lawrence for nine months, and in Paris under Horace Vernet. A first prize given him at Vienna for two historical paintings enabled him, in 1831, to go to Venice and Rome. After his return he entered on a successful career as a portrait painter, under the patronage of the Imperial family. In 1841-44 he resided at Rome and Florence. Works: Archduke Rudolph, Emperor Francis (1832), Laxenburg Palace; Prince Schwarzenberg, Count Zichy, Count Nugent, Princess Khevenhüller, Thorwaldsen, Grillparzer, Prince Windischgrätz on horseback; Lute Player, Artist's Brother as Fisher-boy, St. Paul (1833), Artist's portrait, Museum, Vienna; Moses and Brazen Serpent, Baron Pereira, ib.;