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SCHOOXJANS subject in water-colour, Salon of 1842. His Turkish School Dismissed (Sortie de 1'ecole turque) was sold at Comtesse Lehon sale (1861) for 34,000 francs. SCHOONJANS, ANTHONIE, born in Antwerp in 1650, died in Vienna, 1726. Flemish school ; portrait and history paint- er, pupil of Erasmus Quellinus ; went early to Koine and thence to Vienna, where he became court painter to Leopold I., and, on account of his skill as a portrait painter, was invited to England. He also lived at The Hague, Amsterdam, and as court paint- er at Dllsseldorf, whence he returned to Vienna on the death of the Elector John William. He was one of the boldest man- nerists of his time, and not without merit in painting the nude. "Works : Narcissus, Girl with Bird, Old Woman with Basket, do. with Book, Artist's Portrait, Schleissheim Gallery ; Job and his Wife (1710), Augs- burg Gallery ; St. Jerome, St. Sebastian, Germanic Museum, Nuremberg. Michiels, v. 93 ; Nagler, Hon., i. 502. SCHOOTEN, JORIS VAN, born in Ley- den about 1587, died after 1650. Dutch school ; history and portrait painter, pupil of Coenracl van der Maes at Leydeu ; paint- ed large archery pieces full of character and expression, good colouring, and chiaroscu- ro ; also a few biblical subjects in an Ital- ianized style. Works : Adoration of the Magi, Amsterdam Museum ; Allegory on Plague in Leyclen, 1574 (1643), Tabula Ce- betis (1624), Group Portraits of Officers of Archers' Company (7, 1626-28), Captains of Civic Guard (1650), Leyden Museum. Kramm, v. 1491 ; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 357 ; Kiegel, Beitriige, i. 127. SCHOPF, JOSEF, born at Telfs, Tyrol, Feb. 2, 1745, died at Innsbruck, Sept 15, 1822. History painter, pupil of Martin Knoller in 1768 ; was in 1776-83 in Rome, where he was influenced by Raphael Mengs ; then settled in Innsbruck, but visited many places to paint frescos. Occasionally men- tioned in Goethe's essays. Monument erected to him at Telfs in 1875. Works : Madonna, Coronation of the Virgin, Christ on the Cross, John the Baptist, Venus with the Dove, Figure Study, Artist's Portrait, three other Male Portraits, Ferdinandeuui, Innsbruck ; St. Benedict, Schleissheim Gal- lery ; Evening in the Campagna ; Horace Reading (1790), Lord Bristol ; Christ on the Cross, Cathedral of Brixen. In fres- co: Transfiguration, and others, Benedic- tine Church, Aschbach; Assumption, Church in Brunecken ; do., St. John Neponiuk's Church, Innsbruck ; do., Serviten Church, ib.; and many other Tyrolese churches. Kuust-Chronik, xi. 125 ; Wurzbach, xxxi. 188. SCHOPFER, HANS, the younger, born in Munich, died in 1610. German school ; history painter, son of a painter of same name. He became Bavarian court painter. His works are sometimes attributed to Hans Schiiufelin and Albrecht D(lrer. Works by Hans the elder : Margrave Philibert of Baden (1549), Old Pinakothek, Munich ; do., Germanic Museum, Nuremberg; Duke Frederick of Bavaria (1546), Duchess Hel- ena (1547), Schleissheim Gallery ; Female Portrait (1540), Hohenzolleru Museum, Sig- maringen. By Hans the younger : Hans Kaspar von Pienzenau (1558), Germanic Museum, Nuremberg ; Countess Euphro- syne von Oettingen (1569), Regina von Lamberg (1569), Anna Schellenberg (1571), Anna von Frauenberg (1580), Schleissheim Gallery ; Altarpieces for Church of the Pil- grimage, Ramersdorf, near Munich. Nag- ler, Mon., iii. 587. SCHOREEL. See ftcorel. SCHORN, KARL, born in Diisseldorf, Oct. 17, 1800, died in Munich, Oct. 7, 1850. History painter, pupil of Diisseldorf Acad- emy, of Cornelius in Munich, of Gros and Ingres in Paris in 1824-27, and from 1832 of Wach in Berlin. Settled in Munich, where he was made professor at the Acad- emy in 1847, and visited Italy. Orders of Red Eagle and St. Michael. Was the father- in-law and master of Karl Piloty. Works : Mary Stuart and Rizzio ; Salvator Rosa 145