genius floating above.—Scribner's Mag., xix. 175.
NIGHT WATCH, Rembrandt. See Sortie
of the Banning Cock Company.
NIGHT-WATCH IN SMYRNA, Alexandre
Gabriel Decamps, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New
York; canvas. A captain of Spahis, in Arnaut
costume, riding a beautiful barb, with
his followers running beside him on foot.—Art
Treas. of America, i. 119, 126.
NIKKELEN. See Nickele.
NIKUTOWSKI, JOHANN ARTHUR
SEVERIN, born at Salwarschienen, near
Königsberg, Jan. 9, 1830. Genre and battle
painter, pupil of Königsberg Academy,
then in Düsseldorf (1847) and Carlsruhe
(1859) of Lessing; settled in Düsseldorf
in 1865. Works: Crossing the Beresina
(1858), Carlsruhe Gallery; Russian Land-Waiters
pursuing Smugglers (1861); End
of Battle of Leipsic (1863); Return of Warriors;
Departure of Landwehr Officer;
Peasants burying their Child (1870); Episode
in Polish Insurrection (1871); Burial
of Polish Champion of Liberty (1872); Burning
Village in Winter (1877).—Meyer,
Conv. Lex., xvii. 607; Br. Meyer, Stud. u.
Krit., 239; Müller, 349; Zeitschr. f. b. K.,
vi. 151.
NILSON, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOF,
born in Augsburg, March 9, 1811, died in
Munich, Dec. 19, 1879. History painter,
first instructed by his father, Johann Philipp,
then pupil of Munich Academy under
Cornelius, Schlotthauer, Clemens Zimmermann,
and Julius Schnorr. Works: Thirty-nine
scenes from Greek War of Independence,
Arcades of Royal Garden, Munich;
Portrait Medallions and Figures, Staircase
of Royal Library, ib.; Mother and Son; Reception
of the Wounded; Lyric Muse; Dramatic
Muse.—Academy (1880), i. 16; Kunst-Chronik,
xv. 372.
NIN Y TUDO, JOSÉ, born in Catalonia,
Spain; contemporary. History painter, pupil
of Barcelona Academy. Works: Heroes of
Independence; End of Bull-Fight.—La
Ilustracion (1877).
NIÑO DE VALLECAS, Velasquez, Madrid
Museum; canvas, H. 3 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft.
9 in. A jester, in green dress with grey
sleeves, seated beside a rock. Painted between
1631 and 1649. Engraved by B.
Vasquez; etched by Goya; Laguillermie;
Maura; Pineda.—Stirling, iii. 1391; Curtis,
30; Madrazo, 632.
NIÑOS DE LA CONCHA. See Christ
and St. John.
NINUS AND SEMIRAMIS, Guido Reni,
Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 13 ft. × 7 ft. 2
in. Ninus, enamoured of Semiramis, resigns
to her his crown for a day; she, seated
by his side, is about to put it on her
head. Purchased for the Marchese Tanara
as Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, for
6,000 Roman scudi, by Canon Luigi Crespi,
1752. Engraved by I. M. Preisler.—Gal.
roy. de Dresde, ii. Pl. 20; Dresden Cat.,
Introduction, 36.
NINUS AND SEMIRAMIS, MARRIAGE
OF. See Ætion.
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NISS, THORVALD, born at Assens, Fünen,
May 7, 1842.
Landscape painter,
pupil of his father
and of Copenhagen
Academy; took part
as a volunteer in the
campaign of 1864.
Gold medal, Vienna,
1882; medal, Copenhagen,
1883. Works:
Views near Copenhagen
(1870, 1871); View in Jaegersborg
Deer Park (1875); Heath and Forest-Patch
at Vendsyssel (1876); October Day in Borrevejle
Woods (1878); Funkedammen near
Frederiksborg, September Day in Jaegersborg
Deer Park (1881); Winter Day (1883),
Copenhagen Gallery; do. (1885).—Sig. Müller,
263.
NITTIS, GIUSEPPE DE', born at Barletta,
near Naples, in 1846, died in Paris,
Aug. 22, 1884. Genre, landscape, and architecture
painter, pupil of Naples Academy,
then studied in Paris (1868) under Brandon,
