Via Giulia in Rome (1873); Recitation in a Garden, Mr. Hoeren, Paris; Shore of Portici, Two Children in a Japanese Room, The Butcher, water-colour portraits of Mme. Fortuny and of Mme. Agrasot (1874). Works in United States: Camels at Rest, Miss C. F. Wolfe, New York; portrait of Mme. Garcia, Pifferari, J. H. Stebbins, New York; Santa Lucia—Naples, Seney sale, New York, (1885); Dead Donkey, A. J. Antelo, Philadelphia; Mandolin Player, C. S. Smith, New York; Tête-à-Tête, Court of the Myrtles, Horsemen of Morocco, Arab and Dogs, R. L. Cutting, ib.; Arab Fantasia at Tangiers, Court Fool, W. H. Vanderbilt Collection, ib.; Snake Charmers, Mrs. A. T. Stewart, ib.; Breakfast in Garden of Alhambra, Arabs hunting Frogs, La Manola, Seraglio Sentinel, Borie Collection, Philadelphia; Council House in Granada, H. C. Gibson, ib.; An Ecclesiastic, Don Quixote (1869), The Mendicant, W. T. Walters, Baltimore.—Davillier, Fortuny, Vie et Œuvres (Paris, 1875); Gaz. des B. Arts (1875), xii. 267, 351; L'Art (1875), i. 361, 385; Kunst-Chronik, x. 120, 219; Zeitschr. f. b. K., ix. 341; Old and New, xi. 357.
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FOSCARI, TWO, Eugéne Delacroix, Duc d'Aumale, Chantilly; canvas, H. 3 ft. × 4 ft. 3 in.; signed, dated 1855. The Doge Foscari, obliged to be present at the execution of the sentence of torture and banishment of his son, Jacopo Foscari, falsely convicted of treason to the Republic, is seated on his throne at left, clad in his splendid robes of office, while the executioners do their duty at the right, before many spectators. Jacopo, writhing with torture, holds up his wounded hands for the kisses of his wife. Salon, 1855; Faure sale (1873), 79,500 fr.; Oppenheim sale (1877), 70,500 fr. Engraved by Charles Courtry.—L'Œuvre de Delacroix (Paris, 1885), 340; Gaz. des B. Arts (1881), xxiv. 324, 331.
FOSSANO. See Borgognone.
FOSTER, BIRKET, born at North
Shields, Feb. 4, 1825. Landscape and genre
painter, pupil of E. Landells, engraver,
from whom he learned to draw on wood;
after illustrating many books, began about
1859 to draw in water-colours. He was
elected an associate of the Water Colour Society
in 1860, and a member in 1861. Later
has painted somewhat in oil-colours. Many
works engraved and lithographed. Water-colours:
Holmwood Common, Race down
Hill, Feeding the Ducks, Arundel Mill, The
Beach—Hastings, Weald of Surrey, Primrose
Gatherers, Race up Hill, Castle of Rheinfels,
Sailing the Boat. Works in oil: Thames
near Eton, Bass Rock, A Brook (1877).—Art
Journal (1871), 157; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xvii.
335.
FOUBERT, ÉMILE LOUIS, born in
Paris; contemporary. History painter, pupil
of the École municipale at Bayonne, then
of Bonnat, Busson, and H. Lévy. Medals:
3d class, 1880; 2d class, 1885. Works:
St. John in the Desert (1875); Chastisement
of Caiphas (1876); Hesiod and the
Muse (1877); Christ at the Pillar (1878);
Nymphs and Faun (1879); Satyr teased by
Nymphs (1880); The Spring (1881); Satyr
and Traveller (1882); Eclogue (1883); Start
for the Chase (1884); Temptation (1885).
FOUCQUET, JEHAN, born at Tours
about 1415-20, died about 1477 or 1480.
French school. At Rome, about 1443, he
painted the portrait of Pope Eugenius IV.,
and in 1461 in Paris he painted a life-size
portrait of the deceased Charles VII. He
was afterwards in the service of Louis XI.
Payments were made to him for large paintings
as well as miniatures as late as 1475.
Foucquet stands at the head of the Italo-Flemish
school of miniature painting in
France. Works: Madonna, Antwerp Museum;
St. Stephen (the other half of the
Antwerp altarpiece), Forty Miniatures in
Prayer-Book (1641), Brentano Collection,
Frankfort; male bust portrait, Liechtenstein
Gallery, Vienna; portraits of Charles VII.
