on the Shores of Troy, for which he received a first-class medal, he spent several years in St. Petersburg, where he painted many flattered portraits, and was made Member of the Academy. In 1812 he went to Stockholm, then painted portraits in England, and after his return to France in 1816 became popular as a lithographer. Medals: 2d class, 1824; 1st class, 1831; L. of Honour, 1832.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 697.
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GREVEN, ANTON, born in Cologne in 1810, died there in 1838. Portrait and genre painter, studied in Düsseldorf and Munich. Works: Drinking Monks; Coffee-Drinkers; Knight and his Sweetheart; Count Eberhard the Rauschebart, The Toper (1834).
GREY, LADY JANE, EXECUTION OF,
Paul Delaroche, H. W. Eaton, M. P., London;
canvas. Beheading of Lady Jane Grey in
the Tower of London, February 12, 1554.
She is kneeling upon the scaffold beside
the block, her eyes bandaged, her hands extended,
while a priest encircles her form
with his arm and whispers consolation; at
right, the executioner, standing, holding his
axe; at left, two women overwhelmed with
grief. Painted in 1834. Bought at San Donato
sale (1868), 110,000 francs. Engraved
by P. Mercury.—L'Illustration (1870), i. 100.
GRIEF. See Gryeff.
GRIEN or GRÜN. See Baldung.
GRIEPENKERL, CHRISTIAN, born at
Oldenburg, March 17, 1839. History and
portrait painter, pupil in Vienna of Rahl; a
masterly colourist, with a predominant fancy
for allegories; executed decorations in the
Vienna Opera House with Bitterlich after
Rahl's compositions, then in 1878 in the
Augusteum at Oldenburg, afterwards in the
Academy of Science at Athens, and in the
new Houses of Parliament in Vienna. Professor
at Vienna Academy since 1875.
Works: Œdipus led by Antigone, Scenes
from Anacreon, Baron Todesco, Vienna;
Myth of Orpheus, Opera House, ib.; Coronation
of Esther, Sentence of Haman, Palais
Ephrussi, ib.; Poseidon's Wedding Procession,
Demons of Storm, Guardian Spirits of
the Sea, Baron Sina, Venice; Wedding of
Aphrodite and Adonis, Villa Simon, Hietzing,
near Vienna; Venus Urania, Genii of
Truth and Fancy, Myth of Prometheus, Allegorical
Figures of Plastic Art (1878),
Augusteum, Oldenburg; Myth of Prometheus,
Academy of Science, Athens; thirteen
pictures from Antique Mythology and History,
House of Lords, Vienna.—Brockhaus,
viii. 417; Illustr. Zeitg. (1865); Kunst-Chronik,
i.-iv.; xx. 755; Müller, 217.
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GRIFFIER, JAN, born in Amsterdam in
1656, died in London in 1718. Dutch
school; landscape painter, pupil of Roeland
Rogman, in whose atelier he became acquainted
with Rembrandt, Ruysdael, Adriaan
van de Velde, and Lingelbach. In 1667 he
went to London, where he painted Italian
landscapes with ruins, and views of the
Thames. As the latter found great favour,
he bought a vessel in 1695 and sailed about
between Windsor and Gravesend in order
to study coast scenery. In 1695 he sailed
for Rotterdam, but was wrecked and lost all
his property. Nevertheless, he bought a
new vessel and again cruised from place to
place to paint. In 1787 he returned to
England, where his pictures were greatly
valued. Works: Ruins, View of Windsor
Castle, Hampton Court Palace; Landscape,
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; View on
the Rhine (2), Louvre, Paris; do. Bordeaux
Museum; River View, Amsterdam Museum;
Landscapes (2), Stuttgart Gallery; do. (2),
Augsburg Gallery; do. (2), Brunswick Museum;
Winter Landscape near Leyden, with
Skaters, Gotha Museum; do. (15), Dresden
