1855. Religious painter, pupil of David. He illustrated the works of Chateaubriand and Lamartine, and wrote a valuable book on the fine arts, entitled Painter's and Sculptor's Manual (Paris, 1833). Works: St. Louis Disembarking at Hyères (1841); The Pious Women at the Tomb of Christ, Jesus in the Garden of Olives.
ART AND LITERATURE, Adolphe William
Bouguereau, E. Walter, New York.
Two female figures, full length. Painted
for the late J. S. Jenkins, Baltimore; sold
(1881) to Mr. Walter. Photogravure in Art
Treasures of America, iii. 76.
ARTARIA, MATTHIAS, born in Mannheim,
June 19, 1814. Genre painter, pupil
of the Düsseldorf Academy, where he profited
by intercourse with Andreas Achenbach.
He has painted peasant life in Tyrol
and Spain, as well as mediæval subjects.
Works: Heroic Struggle of the Tyrolese in
1809; Defence of the Iselberg; Wedding
in the Ziller Valley, Going to Church Christmas
Night, Munich Gallery; Postillion, Castle
Elche, Improviser at a Well, Market Scene
in Valencia, Guerillas Fleeing, Captive Huguenots,
Arrest of Ravaillac, Guard Room
in Thirty Years' War, Maid of Saragossa.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., ii. 307; Müller, 19.
ARTEMIDORUS, painter, 1st century
A. D. Among his works was a Venus on
which Martial wrote an epigram (V. 40). He
was perhaps an historian and amateur
painter of a bad picture of Minerva.—Brunn,
ii. 310.
ARTEMON, painter, place and date unknown.
His pictures, Apotheosis of Hercules
and Laomedon, King of Troy, were
preserved in the Portico of Octavia, Rome.
Other works were Danaë with Robbers in
Admiration; Queen Stratonice; and Hercules
and Dejanira.—Pliny, xxxv. 40 [139];
Brunn, ii. 284.
ARTHOIS, JACQUES D', born in Brussels,
baptized, Oct. 12, 1613, died after
1684. Flemish school; eminent landscape
painter; pupil of one Jan Mertens. His
compositions, often grandly poetic, with
Scriptural subjects in foreground, were frequently
placed in Belgian churches. The
figures in his pictures are chiefly by Gaspard
de Craeyer, Gerard Zegers, David Teniers
the younger, and Van Herp. Jacques
had a brother Nicholas (born 1617) and a
son Jean Baptiste (born 1638), both of
whom were painters. Best works in Brussels,
Vienna, Dresden, Madrid, and English
private galleries.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, i.
437; Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Meyer,
Künst. Lex., ii. 310.
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ARTISTS, MEETING OF, Velasquez, Louvre; canvas, H. 1 ft. 6 in. × 2 ft. 6 in. Thirteen persons, in three groups, standing, in conversation; among them, at left, Velasquez and Murillo. Sometimes called Conversation of Velasquez. Presented to Duchess of Alba by Don Gabriel, son of Charles III.; sold, at her death, and finally bought from M. Laneuville in 1851, for 6,500 fr.—Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Art Journal (1852), 364; Gaz. des B. Arts (1879), xx. 237; Curtis, 16.
ARTVELT, ANDRIES VAN, born in
Antwerp, baptized March 25, 1590, died
there in 1652. Flemish school; marine
painter; master of the guild in 1609-10,
went to Italy probably after Sept., 1627, but
had returned to Antwerp in 1630. His portrait
of Van Dyck, painted in 1632, is in
the Augsburg Gallery. Works: Shipwreck
of Turkish Vessel (1623), Ghent Museum;
Naval Battle, Th. van Lerius, Antwerp;
Marine, Suermondt Museum, Aix-la-Chapelle;
do. with Men-of-War, Vienna Museum.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., ii. 316.
ASAM, COSMAS, born at Benedict-*beuern,
Bavaria, Sept. 18, 1686, died in
1742. Italian school; history painter, pupil
of Ghezzi in Rome, where he won the first
prize at the Academy. One of the most
skilful and characteristic imitators of the
Italian Rococo style, painted chiefly in
