ASIIER Elatea, for 360 talents. Pliny, xxxv. 36, 69 [107] ; Brunn, ii. 256. ASHEK, LOUIS, born in Hamburg, June 28, 1804, died there, March 7, 1878. His- tory and genre painter ; pupil in Hamburg of Gerdt Hardorf and of Leo Lehmann, then from 1821 at the Dresden Academy, and in Diisseldorf under Cornelius, whom, in 1825, he followed to Munich. In 1827 he returned to Hamburg ; settled in Ber- lin in 1830 ; visited Italy in 1832 and 1839. Works : Roman Woman at the Well, Maria 1'Ortolana, King Lear and Cordelia - (1854), Hamburg Gallery ; St. Ce- J5T ci ^ a ' Resurrection (1851); Albanian ty-V Shepherd Family (1835) ; Roman
- Shepherd Boy, Ave Maria, Portrait
of Jenny Liud. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., ii. 306. ASKEVOLD, ANDERS MONSSEN, born in Parish of Askevold, Bergen, Norway, Dec. 25, 1834. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of Reusch in Bergen, and in 1855, of Gude in Diisseldorf. Spent four years in Paris after 1860. Studio at Bergen. His favourite subjects are the Norwegian moun- tain pastures ; the figures in them are less successful than the cattle, which he repre- sents with rare truthfulness. Meyer, Kiiust. Lex., ii. 329. ASPER, HANS, born in Zurich in 1499, died March 21, 1571. German school ; his- tory and portrait painter, held in much re- pute by his fellow citizens, and elected member of the great council, in 1545. Of his numerous facade decorations but one, a lion with shield 011 the Kyborg Castle door, has been preserved. His portraits are ear- nest and careful, though dry and uninterest- ing. Works : Portraits of Zwingli and Daughter, City Library, Zurich ; r -r. three portraits (1538), Artists' Asso- }/T ciation, Zilrich ; three do. in a pri- vate collection at Solothurn. Meyer, Ktinst. Lex., i. 331 ; W. & W., ii. 484. ASPERTINI, AMICO, born in Bologna about 1475, died in 1552. Bolognese school ; probably pupil of Ercole Roberti Grandi and Lorenzo Costa. Was a very rapid painter, who filled the porticoes and covered the facades of many churches in his native city ; travel- led in Italy and left many works, the earli- est in St. Cecilia, Bologna. Between 1506 and 1510 he painted frescos in S. Frediano, Lucca, and in 1514 the front of the library of S. Michele in Bosco. His composi- tions are poor in arrangement, his figures strained in action, and his flesh tones red and fiery. As a sculptor his only known work, produced in 1526, is the Dead Christ in the Arms of Nicode- i / mus in the lunette of , the great portal of S. I . Petronius, Bologna. He , U ) / showed signs of insan- rfl ' l1 I ' {
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his life. Among his works are : Adoration of Shepherds, Berlin V Museum ; Rape of Sa- bines, Madrid Museum; Madonna and Saints, fy Lucca Gallery. His brother, Guido Asper-
tini, painted an Adora-
tion of the Magi, Bo- logna Gallery. C. & C., N. Italy, i. 575 ; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ix. 4, 84 ; ed. Mil., v. 179; Meyer, Ktinst. Lex., ii. 337; Ch. Blanc, Ecole bolonaise ; Gualandi, Mem., 1st Series, 33 ; 2d do., 9, 11 ; 3d do., 178. ASSCHE, HENRI VAN, born in Brus- sels, Aug. 30, 1774, died there, April 10, 1841. Landscape painter, first instructed by his father, an amateur artist, then pupil of J. B. de Roy ; visited Italy, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland ; painted espe- cially waterfalls with great skill. Mem- ber of Ghent, Brussels, Antwerp, and Am- sterdam Academies. Several medals. Or- der of Leopold, 1836. Works : Storm (1805), Antwerp Museum ; Falls at Toccai, Switzerland, View of a Mill, Brussels Mu- seum ; View near Brussels during Storm, Bruges Museum ; Rhine View, Falls near Rochefort, Haarlem Museum. His niece and pupil, Isabella v. A. (bom in Brussels, Nov.
