3, 1878. History painter, pupil of Fleury Richard. First exhibited
in 1824, and in 1838 settled in Paris. His pictures, though well
composed and drawn, are somewhat monotonous and dull in colour.
Medals: 2d class, 1824; 1st class, 1836; Philadelphia Exposition,
1876; L. of Honour, 1839; Order of Leopold of Belgium. Works: Prison
Courtyard (1824); Sir Thomas More (1827), Lyons Museum; Death of
Adelaïde de Comminges (1831); Presentation of Louis Labbé to Francis
I. (1834); Cinq Mars and De Thou (1835), Voltaire arrested at
Frankfort (1835), Neuchatel Museum; Comminges recognizing Adelaïde
(1836), Lyons Museum; Four Ages of a Woman (1836); Jocelyn, Laurence
waiting for Jocelyn (1837); Death of Young Gaston de Foix (1839),
Leipsic Museum; Charlemagne crowned King of Italy (1838), Chapter of
Order of St. John at Rhodes (1839), Versailles Museum; The Avowal
(1840), Lyons Museum; After Dinner (1841); Henry of Burgundy invested
with Portugal (1842), Versailles Museum; At once Minister and Doctor
(1842); The Right of High and Low Jurisdiction (1845); Autumn Rents,
Capture of Jerusalem (1846), Versailles Museum; Charles V. in Convent
of St. Just (1847); The Orphans, The Blessing, Hamburg Museum;
Christ on Golgotha (1850); St. Bonaventura refusing the Insignia
of the Cardinalate (1852), formerly in Luxembourg Museum; Mayor of
Boulogne refusing the Terms of Henry VIII. (1852), Hotel de Ville,
Boulogne-sur-Mer; L’Amende Honorable (1853), formerly in Luxembourg
Museum; Sacrilege (1853); Last Interview of Charles I. with his
Children (1855), formerly in Luxembourg; Clemency of Peter the
Great (1855); German Troopers (1857), Sir Richard Wallace; Perugino
painting for Monks (1859), Dijon Museum; William the Silent selling
his Jewels (1859), King of Holland; Convalescent Priest, Crust of
Pastry, Presentation in Temple (1863), Ministry of Interior, Paris;
La Vierge du Travail (1863), Cambrai Museum; Dante in Rome (1864);
Easter, Two Misers (1865); Galileo before his Abjuration (1867),
Amiens Museum; Guido d’Arezzo and his Pupils (1868); Bonaparte at
Nice (1869); Christopher Columbus on his Death-Bed showing his Chains
to his Son (1870); Death of St. Joseph (1872); Ransom of Sicilian
Family captured by a Barbary Pirate (1873); Sacrilege, Chiefs of
German Mercenaries (1874); Death of the Virgin, Monthly Collection
(1875); Grief and Compassion (1876); Stella in Rome in 1698 (1877);
Maria de Medici visiting Studio of Rubens, Cardinal visiting Ribera
in his Studio, Nantes Museum; Maid of Palaiseau, Cambrai Museum;
Rousseau taking Leave of Marshal de Luxembourg’s Family, Neuchatel
Museum; Gypsy Gang in Court-room, New Pinakothek, Munich; Frescos
in St. Philippe du Roule, St. Bernard, Paris, and Chapelle de St.
Ferdinand, Neuilly.--Bellier, i. 811; Larousse; Meyer, Gesch., 155.
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JACQUE, CHARLES ÉMILE, born in Paris, May 23, 1813. Animal and
landscape painter, engraver, and etcher. Few French artists have a
more widely extended or better deserved reputation, though more noted
as an etcher than a painter, his colouring being somewhat crude.
He paints farmyard scenes in perfection, and excels in accurate
knowledge of sheep and poultry, of which he is a fancier; has also
been called Le Raphael des Porceaux, from his truthful pictures of
pigs. Medals: 3d class, 1861, 1863; Medal, 1864; L. of Honour, 1867.
Works: Herd of Oxen driven to Watering Place (1849), Angers Museum;
Landscape with Cattle (1856), Châlon-sur-Saône Museum; Flock of
Sheep in a Landscape (1861), Luxembourg Museum; Chicken Yard, Group
of Sheep (1862); Enclosure at Barbison (1863); Ploughing (1864);
Country Scene (1865); Landscape (1866); In a Sheepfold, Border of
Wood with Animals (1870); Girl Knitting (1872); Sheep, Chickens (2),
The Village Poor, Pastoral (3), W. T. Walters, Baltimore; Landscape
and Sheep, H. C. Gibson, Philadelphia; Horses in Stable, Sheep and
Chickens, Ducks, A. E. Borie Collection, ib.; Sheep Stable, W.
H. Vanderbilt, New York; Sheep, Hawk Collection, ib.; Fowls, T.
A. Havemeyer, ib.; Rock, Aug. Belmont, ib.; Coming Storm, Young
Shepherdess, Landscape with Horses, do. with Sheep, and others, J.
C. Runkle, ib.; Poultry, Sheep in Stable, D. O. Mills, ib.; Poultry,
John Hoey, ib.; Sheep and Shepherdess, R. L. Cutting, ib.--Claretie,
Peintres, etc. (1884), ii. 297; Guiffrey, Œuvres de Ch. Jacque
(Paris, 1867); Meyer, Gesch., 760; Hamerton, French Painters; Sept.,
1875, Portfolio.
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JACQUEMART, NÉLIE, born in Paris in 1845. History and portrait
painter, pupil of Cogniet. In 1864 she decorated the church at
Suresne, near Paris, but her high reputation was gained by such
portraits as those of Drury (1869), Dufaure and Canrobert (1870),
Thiers (1871), which when exhibited attracted much attention. Medals:
1868, 1869, 1870; 2d class, 1878. Works: Father of the Orphans,
Molière with the Barber Geny at Pézénas (1863); Supper at Emmaus,
The Pine-Apple Tavern with Molière reading “Les Femmes Savantes”
to Corneille and Boileau (1866); Portrait of General Aurelle de
Paladines (1877), Luxembourg Museum; Landscape (1870), W. T. Walters,
Baltimore.--Bellier, i. 812; Zeitschr. f. b. K., x. 367.
JACQUET, JEAN GUSTAVE, born in Paris, May 25, 1846. Genre and
portrait painter, pupil of Bouguereau. His genre pieces are original
and fine in colour; his portraits have strength, charm, and
expression, as well as delicacy of tone. Medals: 1868; 1st class,
1875; 3d class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1879. Works: Modesty, Sadness
(1865); M. Guillemin in Dress of 16th Century (1866); Call to Arms in
the 16th Century (1867); Departure of Army with German Mercenaries
(1868); Judith, Garden in Lesmaès (1869); Girl holding a Sword
(1872); Festival in Touraine about 1565 (1873); The Mysterious Studio
(1874); Mercenaries Halting, Revery, Vidette (1875); Country Woman
(1876); Poor Girl (1877); Joan of Arc praying for France (1878);
The First to Arrive (1879); Minuet (1880); Glorious France (1882);
La Pavane--Dance of 16th Century (1884); The Wag, Queen of the Camp
(1885).
JADIN, EMMANUEL CHARLES, born in Paris; contemporary. Genre and
animal painter, son and pupil of Louis Godefroy Jadin and of Cabanel.
His late hunting scenes are better painted than his early genre
pieces. Medals: Philadelphia Exposition, 1876; 3d class, Paris,
1881. Works: Sheik Salah dead in his Tent (1876); Raising of Lazarus
(1877); Return from the Cemetery in Venice (1878); Emigrants on
a Steamer (1879); Vision of St. Hubert (1880); Deer in Forest of
Fontainebleau, Boar Hunt (1881); Group of Boars in Summer, Greyhound
(1882); Foal of an Ass (1883); Monkey showing Magic Lantern (1884);
Too Late! (1885).
JADIN, LOUIS GODEFROY, born in Paris, June 30, 1805, died there in
June, 1882. Landscape painter, pupil of Abel de Pujol and Hersent.
Paints spirited hunting scenes, eight of which in panels decorate
the dining-room of the Ministry of State. Medals: 3d class, 1834;
2d class, 1840; 1st class, 1848; 3d class, 1855; L. of Honour,
1854. Works: Plain of Montfort-l’Amaury (1834); Factory of Poussin
near Rome (1837); The Villa d’Este (1838); Castle of St. Angelo
(1839); Hunting at Fontainebleau (1844); Deer Hunt (1848); Stag at
Bay (1852), Ministry of Interior, Paris; Relay of Dogs at Château de
Mailly (1855), Arras Museum; The Seven Deadly Sins (1857); View of
Rome, Vision of St. Hubert (1859); Victim of Despotism (1861); Twelve
Dogs of Virelade Breed (1864); Women of Isle of Sein burning Seaweed
(1868); Aurora, ceiling in Salon d’Hercule, Palais du Sénat, Paris;
Eight Panels with Hunting and Falconry Subjects, Ministry of State,
ib.--Bellier, i. 816; Chronique des Arts (1882), 186; Larousse, ix.
875; Meyer, Gesch., 762.
JADRAQUE SANCHEZ, Don MIGUEL, born at Valladolid; contemporary.
History painter, pupil of Valladolid art-school, where he won the
first prize. Medals: Madrid, 3d class, 1871, 1876; 2d class, 1878;
Vienna, 1873. Works: Charles V. at San Yuste (1878), Madrid Museum;
Interesting Reading; Cisneros presented to Queen Isabella.--La
Ilustracion (1879), i. 43.
[Illustration: Plague of Jaffa, Antoine Jean Gros, Louvre, Paris.]
JAFFA, PLAGUE OF, Antoine Jean _Gros_, Louvre, Paris; canvas,
H. 17 ft. 6 in. × 23 ft. 7 in.; signed, dated Versailles, 1804.
General-in-Chief Bonaparte, in order to inspire confidence in his
army, visited, March 11, 1799, his plague-stricken soldiers in the
hospitals at Jaffa. Scene--The interior of a mosque surrounded by a
large court, converted into a hospital; near the centre, Bonaparte,
followed by Berthier and Bessières, and attended by physicians,
touches without fear the body of a plague-stricken sailor; the dying,
the sick, and the convalescent on all sides. Salon of 1804. Gros
received 16,000 francs for the picture, which was very successful.
Engraved by Laugier, and by Queverdot and Pigeot.--Landon, Musée,
xii. Pl. 1–2; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Gal. de Versailles, No. 655;
Norvins, Hist. de Napoleon, i. 486.
JÄGER, GUSTAV, born in Leipsic, July 12, 1808, died there, April 19,
1871. History painter, studied at first in Leipsic and at the Dresden
Academy, and from 1830 in Munich under Julius Schnorr, whom, after
visiting Rome in 1836–37, he assisted in painting frescos in the
new palace. In 1846–48 he decorated the Herder room at the castle
in Weimar with frescos, and in 1850 painted one of the frescos in
the Niebelungen Hall at Munich. He was made director of the Leipsic
Academy in 1847. Works: Entombment, Burial of Moses, Leipsic Museum
(Cartoon in Weimar Museum); Job (1833); Prayer of Moses during the
Battle (1835); Balaam with the Angel (1836); Mystical Marriage of St.
Catherine (1855), Dresden Museum. Frescos: Charlemagne driving the
Longobards from Germany, Conquest of Saragossa, Battle with the Huns,
Death of Charlemagne in Aachen, Charlemagne taking Pavia, Council at
Frankfort, Coronation of Charlemagne in Rome, Frederic Barbarossa
proclaimed Emperor, Barbarossa’s Entry into Milan, Peace Treaty with
Alexander III. in Venice, Death of Barbarossa at Seleucia (1837–45),
all in the Königsbau, Munich; Allegories illustrating Herder’s Works
(1846–48), Herder room, Weimar; Entombment, Leipsic Museum; Dream of
Sophronius, Magdalen at the Feet of the Saviour (1859); Circumcision
of St. John.--Allgem. d. Biogr., xiii. 649; Allgem. Zeitg., April 27,
1871, Beilage, 117; Cotta’s Kunstbl. (1836), 54; D. Kunstbl. (1850),
328; (1851), 19; (1858), 291; Förster, v. 101; Kunst-Chronik, vi. 423.
JÄGER, KARL, born at Nuremberg in 1838. History painter, pupil
of Reindel, Kreling, and Munich Academy. Professor at Nuremberg
Art School. Works: Golden Age of Nuremberg; Birth of Dürer; Fair
Rothtraut (1877); twelve portraits of German Kings; Portrait of
Director Essenwein, Nuremberg Museum.--Müller, 279.
JAHN, JOHANN QUIRIN, born in Prague, June 4, 1739, died there, July
20, 1802. History painter and writer on art; son and pupil of Jacob
Jahn (died in 1767), and for several years assistant of Palko in
fresco and oil painting. Visited Holland, France, and Germany, and
was made associate of the Academy at Vienna. After his return to
Prague in 1796 he painted altarpieces for Bohemian and Schleswig
churches. Works: S. Felippo Neri (1772), Church of St. Veit, Prague;
St. Stephen (1775), St. Stephen’s, ib.; masterly copy of Correggio’s
La Notte, Church at Liebesnitz.--Allgem. d. Biogr., xiii. 686;
Wurzbach, x. 47.
JAIRUS, DAUGHTER OF (Mark, ch. v.), Gustav _Richter_, National
Gallery, Berlin; canvas, H. 11 ft. 10 in. × 9 ft. 5 in.; signed,
dated 1856. Christ, accompanied by three apostles, stands beside the
bed of the maiden, who raises her head and looks up to him, while
the mother bends listening over her; the father, standing behind the
couch, has laid his hand on his child’s pillow and looks in mute
astonishment at the miracle.--Jordan (1885), i. 102.
JALABERT, CHARLES FRANÇOIS, born at Nîmes, Jan. 1, 1819. Genre and
portrait painter, pupil of Paul Delaroche. After competing for the
prix de Rome three times without success, he spent three years in
Italy, and returned with a picture which was bought by the State.
His figures are well grouped, but not free from affectation. This is
especially applicable to his religious pictures. Medals: 3d class,
1847; 2d class, 1851, 1867; 1st class, 1853, 1855; L. of Honor,
1855; Officer, 1867. Works: Virgil, Horace, and Varius at the House
of Mæcenas (1847), Luxembourg Museum; St. Luke, Villanello (1852);
Annunciation, Nymphs listening to Orpheus (1853); Christ on Mount
of Olives (1855); Farewell of Romeo and Juliet, Raphael at work on
the Madonna San Sisto (1857); A Widow (1861); Christ walking on the
Sea, Maria Abruzze (1863); The Awakening (1872); Œdipus and Antigone,
Nîmes Museum; Christian Martyr, Italian Girl, Orpheus (1853); The
Morning (1863), W. T. Walters, Baltimore.--Bellier, i. 818; Nouv.
biog. générale; Ch. Blanc, Artistes de Mon Temps, 474; Hamerton,
Painting in France; Meyer, Gesch., 367.
JALEO, EL, Raimundo de _Madrazo_, Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia. A
gypsy girl, mounted on a table in the court of the Casa de Pilatos,
Seville, dancing the jaleo; behind her are several torreros, one
playing a guitar, and in front, seated under the banana trees, is a
female companion, watching the performance.--Art Treas. of Amer., i.
70.
JALEO, EL, John S. _Sargent_, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Boston. El
Jaleo, or Dance of the Gitanos. In foreground, a gypsy girl is
executing a slow, measured, voluptuous dance, the principal movement
being with the arms and body; in background, ranged against a white
wall, on which their shadows are thrown by strong lamplight, are a
row of black-robed musicians. Original subject, strongly rendered
in manner of Velasquez. Paris Salon (1882). Engraved by Hél.
Dujardin.--Art Journal (1882), 217.
JALYSUS, picture. See _Protogenes_.
JAMES OF COMPOSTELLA, ST., _Titian_, S. Lio, Venice; canvas, arched,
figure life-size; signed. St. James receiving the ray from heaven;
in the distance, the Baptist kneeling, and a knight to the left,
sitting. Painted about 1565. Injured by time and repainting.--C. &
C., Titian, ii. 355.
JAMES AND JOHN, CALLING OF (St. Matt. iv. 21), Marco _Basaiti_,
Venice Acad.; wood, arched, H. 15 ft. × 8 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated
1510. Christ, with Peter and Andrew on a rocky shore (Sea of
Galilee); James kneeling to receive a blessing; John stepping out
of boat in which Zebedee is sitting. Painted for S. Andrea della
Certosa, on one of the islands of Venice.--Zanotti, Pin. dell’Accad.
Ven., Pl. 17; C. & C., N. Italy, i. 263.
JAMES, ST., _Guido_ Reni, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 5 in.
× 3 ft. Figure half-length, life-size. Collection of Doña Isabel
Farnese.--Madrazo.
JAMESONE (Jamieson), GEORGE, born at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1586,
died in Edinburgh in 1644. History, portrait, and landscape painter,
student of Rubens at Antwerp, where he was a fellow-pupil of Van
Dyck; returned to Aberdeen in 1620, but removed to Edinburgh
about 1630–35. Charles I. sat to him in 1633 for a full-length.
His manner is so much like that of Van Dyck that he is sometimes
called the Scottish Van Dyck. Many works in the houses of Scottish
nobility.--Redgrave; Taylor, 135; Fine Arts in Great Britain and
Ireland, ii. 326; F. de Conches, 21.
JAN MET DEN BAARD. See _Vermeyen_.
JAN VAN CALCAR. See _Kalkar_, Hans von.
JAN WALTER VAN ASSEN. See _Cornelisz_, Jacob.
JANET. See _Clouet_.
JANET-LANGE, ANGE LOUIS called, born in Paris, Nov. 26, 1815, died
there, Nov. 25, 1872. History painter, pupil of Colin, Ingres, and
of Horace Vernet, who of the three especially influenced his style.
He was a careful painter, of no great talent, and often employed
as a decorator and illustrator. Medal, 3d class, 1859. Works: The
Stud (1836); Christ in the Garden (1839); Isaac blessing Jacob
(1843); Abdication at Fontainebleau (1844), Tours Museum; Good
Shepherd (1845); Kiss Given and Returned (1846); Pilgrims of Emmaus
(1849); Nero in the Chariot Race (1855); Napoleon III. helping the
Sufferers by the Inundation at Lyons (1857); Incident of the Battle
of Koughil (1859); Napoleon III. and his Staff at Solferino (1861);
Battle of Altesco (1864); Pheasant Shooting at Compiègne (1865); His
Last Friend, Going to the Ambulance (1866); Incident of Siege of
Puebla (1868); Crossing the Gemmi (1870).--Athenæum (1872), ii. 738;
Larousse.
JANK, CHRISTIAN, born in 1833. Architecture painter, pupil in Munich
of Emil Kirchner. His architectural views in Germany, Italy, France,
and Spain are well conceived, excellent in perspective, and bold
in execution. Works: Castle Ellkofen; Arena in Verona; Canal Grande
with S. M. della Salute in Venice; Amphitheatre in Pola; Courtyard
of Palazzo Cicogna in Venice; Entrance to San Giovanni e Paolo
in Venice; Cathedrals of Bourges and Rouen; Portals of Chartres
Cathedral; Synagogue in Prague; Study of Interior.--Müller, 280.
JANMOT, LOUIS, born in Lyons, May 2, 1814. History painter, pupil
of Orsel in Lyons and of Ingres in Paris. Medals: 3d class, 1845;
2d class, 1859, 1861. Works: Raising of the Widow’s Son (1840);
Flower of the Fields, Assumption (1845); Eucharist (Hospital of
Antequaille, Lyons); Christ in the Garden (1849); Poem of the Soul
(1854, series of 18 cartoons); Virgin and Jesus, Holy Women at the
Tomb (1859); Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel (1861); Christ between
Virgin and Saints, Ophelia (1863); Living Man bound to a Corpse
(1865); St. Stephen before the Sanhedrim, Stoning of St. Stephen
(1866); Madonna, Holy Family (1868); St. Cecilia, Virgil (1869); Head
of John Baptist presented to Salome (1872); Dante’s Dream (1875);
Shooting of Father Captier (1876); Portrait of General Gémeau (1850),
Lyons Museum.--Bellier, i. 821; Gaz. des B. Arts (1864), xvi. 258;
Larousse; Müller, 280.
JANNECK, FRANZ CHRISTOPH, born at Gratz, Styria, Oct. 4, 1703, died
in Vienna in 1761. German school; landscape, history, and genre
painter, pupil of Mathias Vangus, an artist little known; worked
for some time at Frankfort, and afterwards went to Vienna, where
he became assessor at the Academy. Works: Wooded Landscape with
Peasants, Forest with Huntsmen, Museum, Vienna; Wedding, View in
Poland, Liechtenstein Gallery, ib.; Christ and the Samaritan, Harrach
Gallery, ib.; Christ with God the Father in Paradise, Trinity and
Angels, Hilly Landscape with Castle, Prague Gallery; Rocky Landscapes
with Shepherds (2), Bruckenthal Museum, Hermannstadt; Assembly in
a Garden, do. making Music, Schleissheim Gallery; Landscapes with
Figures (2), Darmstadt Museum; Interiors (2), Bordeaux Museum;
Portrait of a Scholar, Wiesbaden Gallery; Departure of Prodigal Son,
Prodigal Son in Riotous Living, New York Museum. In fresco: Appearing
of the Holy Ghost, Ave Maria, Holy Trinity, Baptism of Christ, Chapel
of the Holy Ghost, Generalcommando, Gratz.--Wurzbach, x. 81.
JANSCHA, LORENZ, born at Rodein, Carniola, in 1744, died in Vienna,
April 1, 1812. Landscape painter and etcher, pupil of the Vienna
Academy under Weirotter and Christian Brand; went to Rome in 1790,
and was appointed in 1801 corrector, and in 1806 professor at the
Vienna Academy. Works: Panorama of Vienna, Brigittenau (1790),
Imperial Library, Vienna; Gathering in the Prater, City Library,
Vienna; Scene in the Prater about 1790; Outlook towards the
Landstrasse in Vienna.--Allgem. d. Biogr., xiii. 709; Wurzbach, x. 90.
JANSENIUS, portrait, _Titian_, Palazzo Doria, Rome; canvas, figure to
ankles, life-size. Much retouched.--C. & C., Titian, ii. 419.
JANSON, JOHANNES, born at Amboyna, East Indies, April 17, 1729, died
at Leyden, Aug. 1, 1784. Landscape and animal painter, was brought
to Holland when eight years of age, became an engineer officer, but
resigned his career to take up painting. Works: Castle of Heemstede
(1766), Amsterdam Museum. By his son and pupil, Johannes Christiaan
(born at Leyden in 1763, died at The Hague, Oct. 17, 1823), there are
in the same museum: Woman cutting Bread, Good Neighbours.--Immerzeel,
ii. 77; Kramm, iii. 793.
JANSSEN, PETER, born at Düsseldorf, Dec. 12, 1844. History and
portrait painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Bendemann. Having
visited Munich, Dresden, and Holland, he attracted attention by his
first painting in 1868. Has since executed decorative pictures in
public buildings at Crefeld, Bremen, Erfurt, and in the National
Gallery of Berlin. In 1877 he became professor, and in 1880 director,
of the Düsseldorf Academy. Medals: Düsseldorf, 1880; Vienna, 1882;
Munich, 1883. Member of Berlin Academy, 1885. Works: Peter’s Denial
(1868); Seven Scenes from History of Arminius the Cheruskian
(1869–73), City Hall, Crefeld; Foundation of Riga (1872), Exchange,
Bremen; Prayer of the Swiss before Battle of Sempach (1874); Portrait
of Fieldmarshal Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1883), Twelve Scenes from
Myth of Prometheus (fresco), National Gallery, Berlin; Battle at
Fehrbellin (fresco), Arsenal, ib.; Cycle from History of Erfurt, City
Hall, Erfurt; Cycle of Frieze Paintings (1885), Aula, Düsseldorf
Academy.--Jordan (1885), ii. 108; Kunst-Chronik, vi. 159; vii. 206;
ix. 613; xii. 498; Müller, 280.
JANSSENS or JANSON, CORNELIS. See _Ceulen_.
JANSSENS, H. (Hieronymus), born at Antwerp, baptized Oct. 1, 1624,
died there, summer 1693. Flemish school; genre painter, pupil of
Christoffel Jacob van der Lamen; master of the guild in 1644. The
pictures by this artist were formerly attributed to Victor Honoré
Janssens, who was not born until 1664. The subjects are taken from
Flemish court life of the times, and are treated in an original,
truthful, refined manner; drawing correct, colouring excellent.
Works: La Main Chaude, Louvre (attributed to Victor Honoré); Ball at
Court (1658), Lille Museum; Trictrac (1659), La Main Chaude (1660),
M. Le Brun Dalbanne, Paris; Prince of Orange (1663), Misses Giebens,
Antwerp; Ladies and Gentlemen escorting Married Couple to Travelling
Coach, Theodor van Lerius, ib.; Women fighting about a Pair of
Trousers, Ghent Museum; Assembly of Noblemen before a Palace (1672),
Dunkirk Museum.--Gaz. des B. Arts (1865), xviii. 524; Rooses (Reber),
384; Van den Branden, 1024.
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JANSSENS, VICTOR HONORÉ, born in Brussels in 1664, died there in
1739. Flemish school; history painter, pupil of Lancelot Volders,
became master in 1689, then spent four years at the court of the
Duke of Holstein, who sent him to Rome, where he stayed eleven
years, imitating Albani and allied in friendship with Tempesta, in
whose landscapes he supplied the figures. Returned to Brussels, and
executed many altarpieces; in 1718 went to Vienna as court-painter
to the Emperor Charles VI., and thence to London in 1721. His
small historical pictures are superior to his large works. Works:
Apparition of the Virgin, St. Charles Borromeo, Sacrifice of
Æneas, Dido building Carthage, Brussels Museum; Assembly of the
Gods, Allegory of Events of 1708, City Hall, ib.; St. Roch curing
the Diseased, St. Nicholas, ib.; Venus and Adonis, Copenhagen
Gallery.--Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Immerzeel, ii. 79.
JANSSENS VAN NUYSSEN, ABRAHAM, born in Antwerp in 1575, died there,
buried Jan. 25, 1632. Flemish school; painter of religious subjects
and allegories, pupil of Jan Snellinck, and studied in Italy; in
1601 admitted to the guild, its dean in 1606–7. After Rubens, he was
one of the most famous of the great Flemish painters of the 17th
century. According to recent documentary discoveries the accounts
of his enmity against Rubens, and the misery into which he fell,
are devoid of truth. Works: Madonna, Adoration of Magi, River God
of the Scheldt, Museum, Antwerp; Entombment, Madonna and Saints,
Carmelites, ib.; The Four Fathers of the Church, Cathedral, ib.;
St. Luke painting the Virgin, St. Rombold’s, Mechlin; Adoration of
the Shepherds, Bruges Cathedral; Descent from the Cross, Ecce Homo,
St. Bavon’s, Ghent; Miraculous Draught of Fishes, St. Peter’s, ib.;
Allegory on Age, Brussels Museum; Descent from Cross, St. Bavon’s
Church, Ghent; Meleager and Atalanta, Vertumnus and Pomona, Berlin
Museum; Venus and Adonis, Vienna Museum; Tobias and the Angel,
Brunswick Gallery; Diana, Cassel Gallery; St. Cecilia, Christ as
Saviour, The Four Roman Fathers of the Church, Cologne Museum.--Ch.
Blanc, École flamande; Cat. du Mus. d’Anvers (1874), 213; Immerzeel,
ii. 80; Kramm, iii. 796; Michiels, viii. 306; Riegel, Beiträge, ii.
54; Rooses (Reber), 156; Van den Branden, 478.
JANSSON, KARL EMANUEL, born at Finnström, Åland, July 7, 1846, died
there, June 1, 1874. Genre painter, pupil at Åbo of Ekman and in
Stockholm of Boklund (1862–68), then until 1870 at Düsseldorf of
Vautier. Medal, Vienna, 1873; member of St. Petersburg Academy.
Works: Courtship in Åland; A Copper in the Contribution Box; Ace of
Clubs.--Taflor.
JAPY, LOUIS AIMÉ, born at Berne (Doubs); contemporary. Landscape
painter, pupil of François. Medals: 1870; 3d class, 1873. Works:
Before the Storm; Valley of Nantuis; Twilight; Spring Landscape
(1873), Corcoran Gallery, Washington; Aurora, Spring-time in the
Mountains, A River (1874); Spring-time in the Valley of the Somme, In
the Woods in April (1878); End of April, Valley of the Lomont (1879);
On the Plain at Villers Cotterets (1880); Autumn Evening (1881); A
Morning in May, October Evening (1882); Moonrise, The Shepherd and
the Sea (1883); After the Storm, Morning in May (1884); Pools of
Beauval, Summer Evening (1885).
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