Gérôme, and Meissonier; painted chiefly city views, the result of travels in France, England, and Italy. Medals: Paris, 3d class, 1876; 1st class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1878. Works: Visit at Antiquary's, Crossing the Railway (1869); Intimate Reception, Lady with Parrot (1870); Road from Naples to Brindisi (1872); Descending Vesuvius (1873); Place de la Concorde in Paris, At Bougival on the Seine (1875); Place des Pyramides in Paris (1876), Luxembourg Museum; View of Paris from Palais Royal, Boulevard Haussmann, Place St. Augustin (1877); Corner of Boulevard, Triumphal Arch, In the Bois de Boulogne, Twelve Views in Paris and London (1878); Place du Carrousel (1883), Luxembourg Museum; The Breakfast, Goose-Keeper (1884); Quarrel, R. L. Cutting, New York; Railway Train alarming Horses, D. O. Mills, ib.; Chinese Shop, Confidences, J. H. Stebbins, ib.; Letter of Condolence, C. H. Wolff, Philadelphia.—L'Art (1876), iii. 132; (1878), iii. 246; Gaz. des B. Arts (1884), xxx. 110, 395; Kunst-Chronik, xii. 800; xix. 709; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xxi. 662.
NOACK, AUGUST, born at Bessungen,
near Darmstadt, Sept. 27, 1822. History
painter, pupil in Darmstadt of the landscape
painter Lucas, then of Düsseldorf and
Antwerp Academies, travelled in France,
Italy, and the Netherlands. Professor at
Polytechnic Institute at Darmstadt; court
painter. Works: Religious Conversation
at Marburg (1867), Darmstadt Gallery;
Visit of Landgrave Philipp the Generous
to Luther (1871), Last Judgment; Paul
before the High Council in Jerusalem; Taking
of Christ. Fresco: Christ and the Marys,
Cemetery, Darmstadt.—Müller, 395; Kunst-Chronik,
xix. 157.
NOAH AND HIS FAMILY, Benozzo
Gozzoli, Campo Santo, Pisa; fresco. At
left, Noah, under a trellis covered with
vines, superintends the vintage; in centre,
surrounded by the women of his household,
he is about to drink the new wine from a
chalice; at right, asleep on the ground, he
is mocked by Ham while Shem tries to cover
his nakedness.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 510; Larousse,
xi. 1046.
NOAH, HISTORY OF, Raphael. See
Raphael's Bible.
NOAH, INTOXICATION OF, Michelangelo,
Sistine Chapel, Rome; fresco on
ceiling.
NOAH, SACRIFICE OF, Michelangelo,
Sistine Chapel, Rome; fresco on ceiling.
NOCRET (Naucret), JEAN, born at Nancy
in 1617, died in Paris, Nov. 12, 1672. French
school; history and portrait painter; passed
several years in Rome, where Poussin knew
him in 1643-44, and after his return to
France at once made a reputation as a portrait
painter; in 1657 he accompanied the
French ambassador to Portugal, where he
painted the portraits of the royal family.
On his return to Paris he was intrusted
with important works for Saint Cloud and
the Tuileries. Member of the Academy,
1663; professor, 1664; adjunct rector, 1667.
Works: Anna of Austria, Family of Louis
XIV., Versailles Museum; Philip I. of Orléans-Bourbon—son
of Louis XIII., Louis
XIV. (2), Madrid Museum.—Bellier, ii. 161;
Mémoires inédits, i. 312.
NOËL, PAUL JOSEPH, born at Waulsort,
on the Meuse, near Dinant, April 20,
1789, died at Sosoye, near Dinant, Nov. 27,
1822. Genre and landscape painter, pupil
in Antwerp of Herreyns and in Ghent of
Regemorter; won several prizes in both
cities, as well as in Brussels, and completed
his studies under Swebach in Paris. Works:
View on the Meuse (1813); Halt of Bavarian
Cavalry; Postilion before Tavern; Peasant
upsetting Fruit-Stall (1821), In the Vine-*yard,
Museum, Amsterdam; Merry Company
at Table, Museum Fodor, ib.—Immerzeel,
ii. 264; Kramm, iv. 1202.
NOGARI, GIUSEPPE, born at Venice in
1699, died there in 1763. Venetian school;
figure and portrait painter, pupil of J. B.
Pittoni and of Antonio Balestra, but devoted
himself, in imitation of the Flemish style,
to painting half-figures with great delicacy.
