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DROLLING (1795); Repentant Girl; Little Boy with Violin (1800). Ch. Blanc, tfcole fra^aise ; Jal., 507 ; Lejeune, Guide, i. 386. DROLLING, MICHEL MARTIN, born in Paris, March 7, 1786, died there, Jan. 9, 1851. History and portrait painter, son and pupil of Martin D. ; then studied with Dropsical Woman, Gerard Dou, Louvre. David, and after obtaining the grand prize, studied in Rome. Returned to Paris, he painted scenes from sacred and profane his- tory, graceful in composition, and correct in drawing. Member of the Institute in 1833. He formed many excellent pupils such as Breton, Chaplin, and Henner. His later and larger pictures are inferior to his earlier ones. Medals : 2d class, 1817 ; 1st class, 1819 ; L. of Honour, 1837. Works : Death of Abel (about 1810, one of his best); Orpheus and Eurydice (gold medal, Salon, 1819); Good Samaritan (1824), Lyons Mu- seum ; Ulysses carrying off Polyxena (1827); St. Surin (St. Andrew, Bordeaux) ; Death of Richelieu (1831); Marie- Antoinette taking Communion (Expiatory Chapel in the Con- ciergerie); A large ceiling in the Louvre representing Law spreading its benefits over the Earth ; Christ among the Doctors, Notre Dame de Lorette. Bel- lier de la Chavignerie, i. 447 ; Jal., 508 ; Larousse. DROOCH-SLOOT (Droech- Sloot, Droogsloot), JOOST CORNELISZ, born in Utrecht (?) end of 16th century, died after 1666. Dutch school. Ad- mitted to St. Luke's guild, Utrecht, 1616, its dean in 1623. Painted historical and biblical subjects and land- scapes, but principally village festivals, which he enlivened with a great number of figures. Works : Troops passing through a Village (1645), Lou- vre ; Kirmess (1649), Rotter- dam Museum ; Duel between Lieutenant Gerhards and M. Briautes (1630), Vienna Mu- seum; Pool of Bethesda (1643), Brunswick Museum ; Replicas in Antwerp and Berlin Muse- ums ; Kirmess (1652), Dutch Village (1652), National Mu- seum, Amsterdam ; Frozen Canal in Holland, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; others in Museums of Ber- lin, Dresden, Cassel, and Madrid. Archief. f v. nederl. Kunstgesch., ii. 254; Burger, Musees, ii. 275 ; Im- merzeel, i. 197; Kramm, ii 371;DeStuers, 33. DROPSICAL WOMAN (Femme hydro- pique), Gerard Dou, Louvre ; wood, H. 2 ft. 426