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Godfrey of Bouillon hanging up the Trophies from Ascalon in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Versailles Museum; Choir in Capuchin Monastery near the Piazza Barbarini at Rome (1819, was repeated fifteen or more times); replica in Buckingham Palace; St. Louis delivering French Prisoners at Damietta (1827), Amiens Museum; Captivity of Vert-Vert (1834), Reception of a Cardinal by Carthusian Monks in Rome (1836), Hermits building a Chapel (1843), Eudorus the Martyr visiting the Catacombs, Michel Nostradamus, Christians drawing a Martyr's Corpse from the Sewers of Rome, A Quarter of an Hour before Service, Celebration of Mass in Reign of Terror (1847), Capuchins Writing (1849), Burial in a Crypt, and several others, Aix Museum; Choir of St. Scolastica at Subiaco, Reception of Jacques de Molay into the Order of Templars (1843), Avignon Museum; Choir of Capuchin Monks of Piazza Barbarini, Examination of Savonarola (1846), Lyons Museum; Ruins of the Coliseum, Dijon Museum; Alchymist's Laboratory, Stafford House, London; Savonarola in his Cell, New Pinakothek, Munich; Jacques Stella in Prison painting the Madonna (1810), Leuchtenberg Gallery, St. Petersburg; Franciscan Monks at Early Mass (1818), Hermitage, ib.; Choir of Church at Assisi, Academy, ib.; Benedictines in the Oratory, New York Museum.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 688; Ch. Blanc, École française, iii.; Larousse, viii. 1453; Meyer, Gesch., 145.

GRANGER, JEAN PÉRIN, born in Paris, May 10, 1779, died there, Dec. 1, 1840. History painter, pupil of David, and a skilful imitator of his style. Won the grand prix de Rome in 1801. Painted chiefly Greek and Roman mythology and history. Medals, 1812, 1817, and 1820. Works: Ganymede (1812), Bordeaux Museum; Apollo and Cyparissus (1816), Leipsic Museum; St. Charles Borromeo (1819), Church of St. Sulpice; Homer and Glaucus the Shepherd (1819), Dijon Museum; Titus receiving the Homage of the Campanians (1822), Amiens Museum; Jesus healing the Sick (1839), Notre Dame, Paris; Marshal Boucicault forcing Bajazet to raise the Siege of Constantinople (1840), Versailles Museum; Mercury carrying Bacchus into Olympus, Besançon Museum; Wounded Soldier, Nancy Museum.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 689.

GRANICUS, PASSAGE OF THE, Charles Lebrun, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 15 ft. 5 in. × 33 ft. 9 in. Alexander, contrary to the advice of his generals, crosses the rapid stream at the head of his cavalry, under a shower of missiles from the Persians, who occupy the opposite bank. He is attacked by Rœsaces and Spithridates, two Persian captains, but, aided by Clytus, overthrows them; and the Macedonian phalanx crossing at the ford, the Persians are put to rout (Plutarch, Alex., xvi.). Series of History of Alexander. Engraved by G. Audran (1672).—Landon, Musée, iii. Pl. 45; Filhol, i. Pl. 5.

GRANT, Sir FRANCIS, born at Kilgaston, Perthshire, Scotland, in 1804, died in London, Oct. 5, 1878. Portrait painter, relinquished the law for art, and first became known in 1835-40 as a painter of sporting pictures contaning portraits of noted huntsmen and horses, such as Meet of the Queen's Stag-Hounds (1837), and The Melton Hunt (1839), well known through engravings. Later he turned his attention to portrait painting; in 1841 exhibited an equestrian portrait of the Queen, and was elected an A.R.A.; in 1851 became R.A., and in 1866 succeeded Sir Charles Eastlake as P.R.A., and was knighted. His portraits were noted for striking resemblance, elegance, and simplicity. Among his