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GEKTZ GENTZ, WILHELM, horn at Neu-Rup- pin, Dec. 9, 1822. History and genre paint- er, pupil in Berlin of Klober, then in 1845 of the Antwerp Academy, and in 1840-52 in Paris under Glcyrc and Couture ; travelled in the East and throughout Europe. Mem- ber of and professor at Berlin Academy. Great gold medal in Berlin (1870), medals in Vienna (1ST:!) and Munich (1870). Works': Christ and Magdalen at Simeon's, Prodigal Son, Christ among the Pharisees and Publicans, Chemnitz Museum ; Trans- portation of Slaves through the Desert, Halt of Caravan, Stettin Museum ; Camp of Mec- ca Caravan, Bedouin Camp, Giving Alms in Cairo, Prayer of Mecca Caravan, Meeting of Two Caravans (18GO-70); Nile Landscape, Story-Teller at Cairo, Funeral near Cairo (Dresden Gallery), Village School in Upper Kgypt, Snake Charmer, Coffee-House in Cairo, Fellah-Houses in Cairo (1870-72); Entry of Gorman Crown Prince into Jeru- salem in 18f>!) (187(i), National Gallery, Berlin ; Grave of Rabbi in Algiers, Leipsie Museum; Idyl in Thebaid (1883); Evening on the Nile (1884). Brockhaus, vii. 785; Illustr. Xeitg., Mar. 10, 1801 ; (187:!), ii. 123; (1877), i. 221; Rosenberg, Berl. Ma- le rsc.h., 219. GEOFFROY, JEAN, born at Marennes (Cliarente Infri'ieure); eon temporary. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Levasseur, Adan, and Bin. Medal, 3d class, 188;i. Works: First, Lessons (1878); Abandoned, Unwarranted Resemblance (1879); Resigned Victim, A Future Scholar, Stirrup-Cup, Great Culprit (1880); Little Class, Quarter of an Hour of Rabelais (1881); Afternoon Lunch- eon, In Quarantine (1882); Hour of Return, The Unfortunate (1883) ; Basket-Maker, Sewing Lesson (1884); Review of Scholar Battalions, Washstand (1885). GEORGE-MAYER, AUGUST, born March 28, 1834. Portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Academy under Rahl, studied then for some years in Hungary ; one of the best portrait painters of Vienna. Medal in 1873. Works : Effect of Wine (1853); Richard TIL (1857); portraits of the actors Wild, Staud- igl, Lowe, Beckmann, Findeisen, DambGck, of the painter Angeli, of Professor Roki- tausky, of Count Hoyos, Minister Lasser, Archduke Louis Victor. Miiller, 201. GEORGE, ST., AND THE DRAGON. St. George of Cappadocia, the patron saint of England, was, according to the legend, a tribune in the army in the time of Diocle- tian. When on the way to join his legion, he overcame a terrible dragon, near Selene, in Libya (or Berytus, Syria, according to another account), and rescued the king's daughter, Cleodolinda, who was about to be sacrificed to appease the beast. St. George suffered martyrdom in the persecu- tion of Diocletian. The combat with the dragon has been illustrated by nearly all the great painters. By Marco J>nxaiti, S. Pietro di Castello, Venice ; canvas, figures half life-size ; signed, dated 1520. St. George on horseback, tight- ing dragon ; Princess Cleodolinda in back- ground holding on to a tree. Close imita- tion of Carpaccio. Painted by order of Patriarch Antonio II., Contarini (1508-24). Xanotto, Pinac. Yen., PI. 17 ; C. & C., N. Italy, i. 270. By Andrea Mantryiia, Venice Academy ; wood, tempera, H. 2 ft. x 1 ft. St. George, in armour, holding the stump of his lance, with the dragon at his feet. Painted about 1404. Formerly in Palazzo Manfrini. C. it C., N. Italy, i' 387 ; Burckhardt, 578. l>y G. A. I'lirtknone, Quirinal, Rome ; wood, arched, H. 9 ft. x C ft. 2 in. ; signed. The saint, on horseback, tilts at dragon with his lance ; background, a landscape with Cleodolinda kneeling. Formerly in church at Noale, near Treviso.-C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 287. By liajihai-l, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; wood, transferred to canvas, H. lOf x8J in. St. George in armour, on a white horse, charges out of the foreground and trans- fixes the dragon with his lance ; background, a wilderness with a cave to the right, and Cleodolinda kneeling in prayer ; behind her