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FIALKA FTALKA, OLGA VON, born in Austria ; contemporary. Genre painter ami illustra- tor, pupil of Matejko and of Eisenmeuger. Illustrated the works of Lessing. Girl Gar- dener (1880). FIASELLA, DOMEXICO. See Sarzana. FICHEL, (BENJAMIN) EUGENE, born in Paris, Aug. 30, 1820. French school ; genre painter, pupil of P. Delaroche ; paints small pictures, carefully and skilfully exe- cuted, somewhat in stylo of Meissonier. Medals: 3d class, 1857,' 1801, 180!); L. of Honour, 1870. Works : Holy Family (184!)); Harvey proving the Circulation of the Blood (1851), Paris Medical School ; Dressing, Levee (1853) ; Morning Intimacy (1855) ; Draniatic Matinee, Game of Chess (1857) ; Provincial Restaurant, A Smoker (185!)) ; Camacho's Wedding, Baptism of Mile. C'lai- ron (1801) ; Library Corner, Lively Party, Arrival at the Inn (18G3), bought by State ; Party of Smokers, Audience at the Minister's (1804) ; Napoleon I. planning Manoeuvres, General Bonaparte returning his Father's Sword to Eugene Beauharnais (1805) ; Dide- rot and Rame-au's Nephew (1800) ; Ama- teur at a Painter's, Open in the King's Name ; Cabinet of Medals in the Itoyal Li- brary (1807) ; Chess Player, Body Guard (18G8) ; Night of August 24, 1572, Fool sell- ing Wisdom (180!)) ; Party of Four (1870); Founding of the French Academy in 1035 (1872) ; Button in his Study, Grand Recep- tion (1873) ; Laeepede writing las History of Fishes, Daubenton in his Laboratory (1873), Vienna Exposition ; Louis XVI. 's Forge (1874) ; Departure of the Coach (1875) ; A Foreign Festival (1870) ; Tavern of Ramponneau (1877) ; Soldiers and Gri- settes (1878) -, Curate's Nephew, Master's Last Acquisition (1879) ; Restaurant, Sign- ing the Contract (1880) ; At the Tailor's, The Bill to Pay (1881) ; End of the Dinner, Last Throw of Dice (1882) ; Jaurat in the Tavern, Card Players (1883); Before the Receipt, After the Receipt (1884) ; A Game of Cards (1885). FICHERELLI, FELICE, born at San Gemignano in 1G05, died in IfiOO. Floren- tine school ; history painter, pupil of Jacopo da Empoli ; called Felice Riposo from his indolence, but his few pictures are remark- able for elegance of design and harmony of colour. His copies of Perugino, Andrea del S;irto, and others have been mistaken for originals. Works : St. Anthony, S. Maria Nuova ; Adam and Eve driven from Para- dise, Palazzo Rtnuccini, Florence ; Tarqiiin and Lucre tia, Dresden Gallery. Lan/.i (Kos- coe), i. 211); Nagler, iv. 310. FIEDLER, BERNHARD, born in Berlin, Nov. 23,181(i. Landscape and architecture painter, pupil of Berlin Academy, then of Gerst and of Krause. In 1855 he accom- panied the; present King of the Belgians to Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor, and revisited Egypt in 1S05-00. Member of Venice! Academy. Lives in Trieste. Works : Am- phitheatre; in Pola (1N4I>), National Gallery, Berlin ; Cairo (1HIJ4), Vienna Museum ; Tower of Rhode's, Entrance to Mosque in Cairo, Granite Quarries near Siena, Cologne Museum ; Ruins of Baalbee- (1S72) ; Jerusa- lem (1S7!>). BreH-khaus, vi. 7!5; M filler, 171. FIEDLER, JOHAXX CHRISTIAN, born at Pirna, Saxony, in 1007, die-el at Darm- stadt in 1708. French school ; history and portrait painte-r, pupil in Paris of Rigaiid and Largilliere ; became court-painter at Darmstadt. Works: Burial of Christ, The Seasons, Artist's portrait, and othc-rs, Darm- stadt Museum. FIESOLE, FRA ANGELICO DA. See Angelica, FIGIXO, AMBROGIO, born in Milan about 1548, died afte-r 15!)5. Lombard school, pupil ejf Giovanni Paolo Lomoz/.o ; became an exe-ellent histe>ric:al and portrait painter, ami was a tolerably successful imi- tator of Michelangelo's elesigns. Works : Madonna with Saints and Satan, ami por- trait of the Mare'-e-hal Foppa, Brera, Milan ; St. Matthew, St. Paul, S. Rafacllo, ib. ; Vir- gin crushing Head of Serpent, S. Antonio Abate, ib. Lanzi, ii. 503 ; Ch. Blanc, Kcole milanaise ; Burckhardt, 70'J. 55