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ORKENTE franyais ; Niquet. Cat. Louvre ; Filhol, i. PL 10 ; Landon, vi. PL 70 ; Smith, viii. 145. By Rubens, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 6 ft x 8 ft. Scene in Hades. Pluto upon bis throne, with Proserpine by his side, and Cerberus lying at his feet ; on opposite side, Orpheus with his lyre, followed by Eury- dice, nearly undraped ; before them is the open portal of Hades, and beyond it the Styx. Smith, ii. 13G ; Madrazo". By George Frederick Watts, London ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. Orpheus, too impatient to wait until Eurydice is out of the portals of Hades, turns back to look at her, when, though he drops his lyre and encircles her with his arm, she is snatched back into the gloom of the nether world, j Painted in 1879. Grosveuor Gallery, 1882 ; then much repainted and exhibited in New York in 1884. ORRENTE, PEDRO, born at Monte- alegre, Murcia, about 1570, died in Toledo in 1044. Spanish school ; animal and laud- scape painter, probably pupil of El Greco ; called the Spanish Bassauo because he imi- tated the manner of Bassano, painting chief- ly scriptural subjects in which animals could be introduced. Worked in Toledo, Murcia, Valencia, Cueuya, Madrid, and Seville. Was much patronized by the Duke of Olivarez. Works : Sacrifice of Isaac, Lot and Family, Calvary, Adoration of Shepherds, and four others, Madrid Museum ; Jacob lifting the Stone from the Well, Dres- i den Museum ; Multiplica- p f~> tion of the Fishes, Hermit- ' age, St. Petersburg ; Christ I. healing the Sick, St. John . n f the Baptist, Herds and Shep- herds (?), Vienna Museum. Stirling, i. 503 ; Ch. Blanc, ficole espagnole ; Madrazo, 492 ; Viardot, Notices, 166. ORSEL, VICTOR, bom at Oullius, near Lyons, May 25, 1795, died there, Oct. 31, 1850. History painter, pupil at Lyons of Pierre Revoil, and in Paris of Gueriu ; stud- ied in Rome, where, under the influence of Veit and Overbeck, he strove to imitate the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelite painters in his religious pictures. Medals : 2d class, 1822 ; 1st class, 1831. Works : Hagar presented to Abraham by Sarah (1820), Adam and Eve finding Body of Abel (1824), Lyons Muse- um ; Magdalen (1827) ; Moses presented to Pharaoh (1831), Lyons Museum ; Good and ( Evil (1833, bought by State); Prodigal Sou ; Abraham and Hagar ; Charity ; Portrait of Francis I.; Rich and Poor (1844) ; Votive Picture, Church of Fourvieres, Lyons ; David and Bathsheba ; Bathsheba coming from Bath ; Decorations iu Virgin's Chapel in Notre Dame de Lorette, begun in 1836, and finished after his death by Perin. Bellier, ii. 177 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole frauyaise. ORSI, LELIO, called Lelio da Novellara, born at Reggio (?) in 1511, died at Novel- lara, May 3, 1587. Lombard school ; sup- posed disciple of Correggio, and by tradi- tion of Giulio Romano ; was a great painter and architect. Executed frescos in S. Do- menico, S. Bartolommeo, S. Giovanni, and the Carmine, Reggio, and iu the fortress of Novellara. A Nativity by him is in the Pa- lazzo Pitti, Florence, and other works in the Darmstadt, Munich, Modena, and Parma Galleries. Iu the Vienna Museum is an Al- legory on Gentleness. Lauzi, ii. 350 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecolo lombarde ; Burckhardt, 701 ; Lavice, 65, 253. ORTLIEB, FRIEDRICH, born iu Stutt- gart in 1839. Genre painter, pupil of Stutt- gart Art School, then iu Berlin of Steffeck, and settled in Munich in 18(50 ; paints most- ly humorous scenes. Works : Undesired Visit ; Under Pious Protection ; Sunday- School ; Bad Quarters ; Critical News ; Re- turn from Fair ; Soldiers are Coming ! At a Sick Friend's ; On Furlough ; Sunday Afternoon iu Suabia. Miiller, 401. ORTOLANO, L', born at Ferrara about 1467 (?), died there iu 1525. Lombardo-Fer- rarese school ; real name Giovanni Battista Beuvenuti, but called Ortolauo (Gardener) from his father's occupation. Studied at Ferrara and afterwards at Bologna under S71