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Watch at Smyrna, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York; Italian Washerwomen, A. Belmont, New York; Dog, J. H. Stebbins, New York; Good Samaritan, Fishermen's Huts, B. Wall, Providence; Calais Fisherman, Erwin Davis, New York; Playing with Pussy in Bed, Falconers, D. O. Mills, New York; Italian Family, Bashi-Bazouk, W. H. Vanderbilt, New York; The Suicide, W. T. Walters, Baltimore; Detachment of Cavalry, Landscape, Prayer in Desert, The Prodigal, Old Mill at Waterloo, A. E. Borie Collection, Philadelphia.—Burty, Life, etc.; Chesneau, Peinture française (Paris, 1883); Ch. Blanc, École française; Moreau, Decamps et son Œuvre (Paris, 1869); Gaz. des B. Arts (1862), vii. 97; Hamerton, French Painters; Perrier, Études, 127; Meyer, Gesch., 255, 750.

DECKER (Dekker), CORNELIS GERRITSZ, born about 1600, died in Haarlem, buried March 23, 1678. Dutch school; landscape painter, pupil of Solomon Ruysdael; registered in Haarlem guild in 1643. His pictures sometimes approach Ruysdael, but he was not skilful in atmospheric effects, and his tones are heavy. A. van de Velde and Adrian van Ostade sometimes supplied the figures in his pictures. Works: Two landscapes, Louvre; Rural Dwelling, with trees and a canal, Rotterdam Museum; Halt at the Inn (1642), Berlin Museum; Peasant Cottage, figures by Ostade, Old Pinakothek, Munich; two landscapes, Haussmann Collection, Hanover; wood landscape (1666), Copenhagen Gallery; Edge of a Wood, Metropolitan Museum, New York. By J. Decker (flourished 1640-60), otherwise unknown, A Smithy (signed and dated 1644), in the Berlin Museum.—Kugler (Crowe), ii. 479.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, John Trumbull, rotunda of Capitol, Washington; canvas, H. 12 ft. × 18 ft. The Second Continental Congress signing the Declaration of Independence in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, in 1776. John Hancock sits at a table, on which rests the Declaration; near him, standing, are Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Sherman, and Livingston, the committee who had reported the draft of the instrument; seated in chairs around the room are the other members of the Congress. Painted in 1817-24 for $8,000; original study in Yale College Gallery. Engraved on back of $100 United States national bank note.

DE CONINCK, PIERRE (LOUIS JOSEPH), born at Méteren (Nord), Nov. 22, 1828. Genre painter, pupil of Léon Cogniet; won 2d prix de Rome in 1855. Medals in 1866 and 1868; 3d class, 1873. Works: Cæsar on the Vessel (1855); Eva on Uncle Tom's Knees (1857); Baron, Cossack (1859, horses of Imperial stud); Woman Bathing at Capri (1863); Torture of Queen Brunehaut, Ballet Girl Resting (1864); Christ blessing Little Children (1865); Huntress, Two Friends (1866); Lavandara (1867); The Ordeal (1868); End of Carnival at Rome (1869); Little Charmer (1870); Confidence, The Ring (1873); Candy, Idling, Kittens (1874); Pastorella, Ave Maria, Friend of the Little Birds (1875); A Trappist Monk, Charming Little Girl (1876); Little Girl Studying (1877); Cornelia (1878); Mater Dolorosa (1879); Hops (1880); Hare caught in a Trap (1881); Fishing for Eels, Spoiled Girl (1882); A Good Hunt (1883); Small Fish will grow Large (1884); The Trappist, Primitive Hunting (1885). Works in the United States: At the Fountain, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York; Little Bird-Charmer, D. T. Buzby, Baltimore; Violin Girl, A. J. Antelo, Philadelphia.

DEDREUX. See Dreux.

DEELEN, DIRK VAN, born at Heusden about 1607, died at Arnemuyden, Zeeland, May 16, 1673. Dutch school; architecture painter; said to be a pupil of Frans Hals, which is very doubtful; visited Italy about 1631, lived temporarily at Haarlem, Delft,