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GALATOX phael et 1'Antiquite, i. 279 ; Springer, 2GO ; Perkins, Essay, KiO. Subject treated also by Francesco Albaui, Dresden Clallery ; Nicolas Poussin, Hermit- age, St. Petersburg ; Agostino Carracci, Pa- lazzo Farnese. Rome ; Luca Giordano, Her- mitage, St. Petersburg ; Domenico Feti, Vienna Museum ; School of Botticelli, Dres- den Museum. GALATON of Alexandria, time of Ptol- emy Philopater (222-205 n.c.). .Elian (Var. hist. xiii. 24) says he painted a picture in- tended to cast ridicule on the epic poets of Alexandria. GALBRUND, ALPHONSE LOUS, born in Paris, June ',W. 1810, died at Ncuilly sur-Srine in June, 1885. Genre mid por- trait painter, pupil of Richomuie and Reg- nault. Medal 18(!5. Works : St. Medar- dus (1850); Chambermaid (1855); Girl Scholar (1805); Young Housewife (1870); Consolation (1875); Reverie (1878), Pan Museum ; The King's Cake (1880); Woman Darning (1882); Gypsy Girl (1885). GALE, WILLIAM, born in London in 18I!2. History and genre painter, pupil of Koval Academy ; first exhibited in 1845 Young Celadon and his Amelia. Spent several years in Italy and travelled in Syria, Palestine, and Algeria. Works : Weeping Place of the Jews in Jerusalem (18G:>); En- trance into Jerusalem (18(>7); Return of the Prodigal (180'.)); Cupid's Ambassador (1871); Abraham and Isaac going to Sacrifice (1872) ; Eyes to the Blind (1873); Spring-Time in the East (1874); The Competitive Examina- tion (1875); Chess-Players, Love-Tale (187(5); Spoils of War (1877); Algerian Interior (18G8); Song of Miriam (1881); Helweh (1883). Meyer, Com-. Lex., xviii. 378. GALILEO BEFORE BARBERINI, Charles Louis Jfiil/cr, Charles S. Smith, New York ; canvas. The astronomer re- ceived by his friend Cardinal Barberiui, who afterwards became Pope Urban YIH. GALILEO IN PRISON, Karl von Pilot,,, Cologne Museum ; canvas, H. 10 ft. x 7 f t 3 in. The astronomer hi pensive attitude looking at some mathematical lines he lias drawn upon the floor, upon which falls a ray of sunlight. In the background a grated window through which two monks are ob- serving him. GALIMARD, NICOLAS AUGUSTE, born in Paris, March 25, 1813, died at Montigny- le-Cormeilles (Seine-et-Oise), Jan. 17, 1880. Genre painter, fellow pupil with Ingres under A. Hesse. Medals : 3d class, 1835 ; 2<1 class, 184G. Works : Lady of the Cas- tle in the ICth century ; Holy Women at the Tomb of Christ (1835); Liberty leaning on Christ (183(i); Nnusicaa (1841); Angel (1845); Ode (184(>), Luxembourg Museum ; Virgin at Prayer ; Jealous Juno ; Christ Blessing (1848), Cathedral of Perigueux ; Virgin in Tears (1849), Church of Jonzac ; Leda (1857); The Papacy (18G8); Portrait of Hesse (1870) ; Pre-des- Lions in June (1875) ; St. Louis, King of France, Henri Jules de Bourbon, Versailles Museum. Bellicr de la Chavignerie, i. 001 ; Chronique des Arts, January 24, 1880 ; Am. Art. Rev., March, 1880 ; Kunst-Chronik, xv. 38G ; Vap- ereau (1880), 7C3. GALLAIT, LOUIS, born at Tournay, March 10, 1810. History, genre, and i_- x . 'Jj portrait painter, pu- ffi&$ i" 1 of Tourna y Ae:u] - emy under Henne- q u i n . Having obtained the first prize at Ghent in 1831, he studied at the Antwerp Acad- emy, and in 1834 went to Paris, where his portraits and his- torical paintings were soon highly esteemed. His Abdication of Charles V., painted at Brussels in 1841, placed him at once at the head of Belgian historical painters, and won for him the Belgian Order of Leopold, and the French Legion of Honour. The city of Brussels struck a medal in his honour. Member of Brussels, Antwerp, Paris, Berlin, and Munich Academies. Prussian Order of 106