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FISCHER lock University, and in many churches and chapels of Mecklenburg. Kunat-Chronik, viii. 431. FISCHER, VIXCENZ, born at Schmid- ham, Bavaria, April 2, 1729, died in Vienna, Oct. 26, 1810. History, architecture, and landscape painter, first apprenticed with an obscure painter at Passau, then pupil of Vi- enna Academy ; went to Italy in 1753 to study under Tiepoloaud Cignaroli, and after his return in 17(iO became member of the Vienna Academy, and professor in 1704, as which he enjoyed considerable reputation. Works : Moses and Pharaoh's Crown (1700), Academy, Vienna ; Roman Colonnade with Procession (1702), Similar Subject (171)!)), Museum, ib. ; in fresco : Agamemnon shoot- ing Diana's Sacred Doe, Castle Laxenburg, near Vienna ; others in Royal Palace at Buda- Pesth, Royal Chapel at Pressburg. All- gem, d. Biogr., vii. 82 ; Wurzbach, iv. 247. FISEN, ENGELBERT, born at Li.'ge in 1655, died there, April 15, 1733. Flemish school ; history and portrait painter, pupil of Fletnael, then in Rome (from 1071) of Carlo Maratti, whose style he followed close- ly ; returned to Liege in 107!). Of the 053 pictures and portraits he painted, only a few have survived. Works : Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, Christ on the Cross, St. Bar- tholomew's, Liege ; Descent from the Cross, Chapelle desFemmcs incurables, ib. Biog. nat. de Belgique, vii. 78 ; Michiels, x. 171. FISH-GIRL, Murillo, Lady Cranstoun, London ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 4 in. x'2 ft. 8 in. Peasant girl, seated, full-length, looking front, holding up with left hand the end of the scarf which covers her neck ; right hand on handle of basket of fruit, beside which, on ground, is a dish of fish ; background, landscape. Probably Aguado sale (1843), 6,900 fr.; bought about 1804 from Mr. Bur- ley. Engraved by Blanchard, in Gallery Aguado. Curtis, 283 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole espagnole ; Art Union, 1846 ; Art Journal, Sept., 1864 ; Scott, Murillo. FISHER, KITTY, portrait, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lord Crewe. Kitty Fisher, the Phryne of her day, daughter of a German staymaker. She married in 1760 Mr. N.>r- ris, son of the M.P. for Rye, and died in 1771. Half-length, sitting, with a white dove in her lap and another fluttering from the back of the sofa to join its mate. Kitty Fisher, Sir Joshua Reynolds. Lord Crcwe Painted in 175!) ; repetitions in Munro Col- lection, London, and in Lenox Gallery, New York. Another portrait, at Petworth House, represents her half-length, full face, sitting behind a table on which she rests her anus, with an open letter before her ; a third de- picts her as Cleopatra dissolving the pearl (engraved by Fisher) ; a fourth, Lord Lans- downe, in profile, with a parrot on her fin- ger ; a fifth, Lord Carysfort, an unfinished head in powder, and a fly-cap, perhaps the loveliest of all. One sold by Chrystie (1874), 114 gs. Leslie & Taylor, Life, i. 163 ; Pull- ing, 22. FISHER, WILLIAM MARK, born in Mas- sachusetts, contemporary. Landscape paint- er, pupil of George Inness, and afterwards 59