A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
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father, a landscape painter, and subsequently studied
at Kensington. After several sketching tours in
Scotland he settled there in 1871. Previously,
Scottish Academy--first in 1868. He was elected
an associate of that body in 1884, and a full Strutt
member in 1892. In 1887 he established a school
for animal painting at Craigmill, near Stirling.
Adam possessed great skill as a painter of sheep National Gallery of Scotland by his diploma work "Evening-Strathspey,' which appeared at the however, his works had appeared at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1892, and at the Paris Salon in 1894. Latterly he exhibited occasionally both at Paris and Diunich. He died at Glasgow
ADAM, P., an English engraver, who flourished about the year 1690, executed a few etchings of landscapes in a tasteless style. In one of them, which is engraved in the manner of Mellan, with out any cross hatchings, a figure is represented seated on a bank. He usually signed by his father Benedetto Adolfi. He possessed a P. A. inore fertile genius than his brother, and a greater P and A being joined together.
ADAM, PETER, & German engraver, flourished about 1730. Heineken inentions six landscapes by a master of this name, probubly the same. He is also supposed to have painted some pictures, which have the same monogrum as the prints.
ADAM, Robert, the son of an architect, born at Kirkcaldy, in Fifeshire, in 1728. After had received a good education at Edinburgh, his father sent him to study the fine specimens of Roman architecture in Italy, where he remained several years. On his return to England, appointed architect to the king. He died in Lon- don in 1792. During his residence on the Conti- nent he had made drawings of the famous Palace of Diocletian, at Spalatro in Dalmatia, and in 1764 published in conjunction with Clérisseau, a voluine in folio, entitled Ruins of the Palace of Diocle- tian, at Spalatro in Dalmatia,' with sixty-one well- engraved plates from his designs.
ADAMI, PIETRO, born at Rome, excelled in marine subjects; he painted about the year 1730 ; little else is known of his history.
ADAMO TEDESCO. See ELSHEIMER.
ADAMS, CHARLES, mentioned by Heineken as the engraver of an equestrian portrait of Charles I. of England.
ADANS, ROBERT, an architect and engraver, was born in London in 1540. His eninence in his profession procured him the situation of surveyor of the works and architect to Queen Elizabeth. He made a set of drawings representing the battles between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada, which were engraved by Augustus Ryther, and published in 1589; they have now become scarce. Adams died in 1595.
ADDA, FRANCESCO, Conte d', a Milanese amateur painter, scholar and imitator of Leonardo da Vinci, painted small pictures on panel and slate for private cabinets. The Conte d'Adda died in 1550.
ADLER, PHILIPP, born at Nuremberg in 1481, is called (erroneously) by Florent le Comte, Adler Paticina. He mentions a plate by him of .S. Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus,' dated 1518. The print, described by Strutt as his best per- formance, represents an altar, with the Virgin Mary crowned, and a fernale Saint holding the Infant Christ; it was engraved by David Hopfer, whose mark, when the print is perfect, is at the bottom of the plate. The inscription on the tab-let, Hoc opus fecit PeilIPUS ADLER PATRICIUS, MDXVIII., most probably relates to the altar having been erected by Philipp Adler. In the print had seen, the mark of Hopfer had probably been cut off.
ADMIRAAL, B., was a Dutch painter, who flour-ished in 1662, as appears by a picture, with the name and date, representing the entrance to a city, with numerous figures, many of them in Oriental costume; the style is similar to that of Weenix and Thomas Wyck, but displays a less delicate pencil than either.
ADOLFFZ, — By this engraver, who, from his name, appears to have been a native of Germany, we have a portrait of the Duc de Biron, Marshal of France, on horseback. It has now become scarce. in 1896.
ADOLFI, CIRO, the younger brother of Giacomo, was born at Bergamo in 1683, and was instructed facility, and distinguished himself by some con-siderable fresco paintings in the public edifices in the city of Bergamo, and in the state. He died in 1758. His principal works are:
Bergamo. S. Alessandro d.Croce. Four Evangelists. Deposition from the Cross. Decollation of St. John. he Colognola. Parish Church.
Another brother, of the name of NICOLA, painted battle-pieces; his death is not recorded.
ADOLFI, GIACOMO, was, according to Tassi, he was born at Bergamo in 1682. He was the son of Benedetto Adolfi, a painter little known, and had not the advantage of any instruction that of his father. He painted historical subjects. Amongst several of his works in the churches at Bergamo, his picture of the Crowning of the Vir-gin, in the church of the monastery Del Paradiso, is esteemed one of his best productions. The Adoration of the Magi," in the church of Sant Alessandro della Croce, is another admired picture by this master. He died in 1741.
ADONE. See Doni. ADONIS. See DE BRUIJN, CORNELIS. DRIAENS, LUCAS (or ADRIAENNSSON), a native of Antwerp, was admitted into the Guild of St. Luke in 1459, and five times held the post of dean to the society. He co-operated the cele-brated Entremets' at Bruges in 1468. He died about 1493.
ADRIAENSSEN, ALEXANDER. the elder, under Artus van Laeck, and in 1597-98- entered, as a scholar of that master, the Guild of Painters at Antwerp, of which company he became a free member in 1610-11. Adriaenssen worked at Antwerp, and there enjoyed the friendship of Van Dijck, who painted his portrait, which has been engraved by Anton van der Does. He died in his native city in 1661, and was buried in the church of St. James.
The subjects of his pictures are sometimes flowers and fruit, which he grouped and arranged with considerable tnste, but he particularly ex- celled in the painting of fish, to which he gave a surprising appearance of truth and nature; representing them with a fresliness and glittering effect of colour that produces perfect illusion. His works in this way, which are highly finished
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