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in 1815. Engraved by C. L. Masquelier; in three parts by Witdouc. St. Catherine engraved by Bolswert, Mariette.—Smith, ii. 1; Jameson, Hist. Our Lord, ii. 135; Réveil, x. 687; Landon, Musée, x. 33.

By Anton van Dyck, Notre Dame, Courtray, Belgium; canvas. The Saviour on the Cross, which four men are raising into position; at left, an assistant, with a spade in his hand, and two mounted soldiers, one of whom is giving orders; in foreground, right, a basket with implements, and a spaniel dog. Painted by order of Canon Roger Braye in 1632; carried to Paris, returned in 1815. Etched by A. Boulard. Sketch in Collection of M. de Reuck, at Wareghem; engraved by Bolswert, J. Audran.—Guiffrey, 136; Smith, iii. 11.


ELIJAH, Washington Allston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.; canvas. Elijah in the desert fed by ravens. Begun in England, finished in Boston; bought by Hon. Mr. Labouchere, afterwards Lord Taunton, and taken to England; purchased (1870) after his death by Mrs. Samuel Hooper, of Boston, and presented to Museum.—Memorial Hist. Boston, iv. 395.


ELIZABETH, DEATH OF QUEEN, Paul Delaroche, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 13 ft. 9 in. × 11 ft. 2 in.; signed, dated 1828. The Queen, lying upon cushions, assisted by her women, is surrounded by the grand dignitaries of her court. Cecil, Secretary of State, is kneeling beside her. Salon, 1827, although dated as above. Formerly in Luxembourg. Engraved by Jazet.—Annales des B. Arts, Salon de 1827, Pl. 66.


St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Murillo, Academia S. Fernando, Madrid.

ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, ST., or EL TIÑOSO (The Scald-Head), Murillo, Academia S. Fernando, Madrid; canvas, H. 13 ft. 9 in. × 10 ft. 6 in. The Saint, dressed as a nun, with a small coronet on her head, stands in a portico washing the scald-head of a beggar boy, who bends over a silver basin on a pedestal; two ladies and a duenna supply lotions; on left, a second boy, a cripple on crutches, and an old woman seated; in foreground, a half-naked beggar seated; in background, the Saint and her ladies are serving poor persons seated at a table in a gallery. Companion to San Juan de Dios. Painted in 1674, one of eight large pictures, for Hospital de la Caridad, Seville; carried to Paris by Marshal Soult, who gave it to Louis XVIII. at the Restoration; placed in Louvre, but returned to Spain in 1815. Original study, with changes, John L. O'Sullivan, New York. Engraved by P. Boutrois, D. Martinez; lithographed by Flor. de Craene, Lafosse, F. Chevalier, Ch. Vogt, Defrondat, M. Lavigne, Charpentier, H. Jannin.—Curtis, 229; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Viardot, Illust. Hist. Painters (London, 1877); Becker, Kunst und Künstler; Harper's Mag. (1885), lxxi. 938.


ELLENRIEDER, MARIE, born at Constance, March 20, 1791, died there, June 5, 1863. History and portrait painter, pupil of the miniature painter Einsle, then from 1813 of Langer in the Munich Academy. Worked in 1816-20 in Constance, in 1822-24 in Rome, where she became a follower