- tion, 1878; Before the Barn (1885); Haying,
John D. Lankenau, Philadelphia.
NALDINI, BATTISTA, also called Battista
degli Innocenti, born at Florence in
1537, died in 1584(?). Florentine school;
history painter, pupil of Pontormo and of
Bronzino; assisted for fourteen years Vasari,
who praised his quickness and facility
of execution. Works: Entombment, Purification
of the Virgin, S. Maria Novella, Florence;
Pietà, over Michelangelo's Tomb,
Santa Croce, ib.; Adoration of Shepherds,
do. of Magi, Dresden Museum.—Lanzi (Roscoe),
i. 195.
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NANTEUIL-LEBŒUF, CELESTIN, born in Rome of French parents, July 11, 1813, died at Marlotte in September, 1873. Genre painter and celebrated lithographer, pupil of Langlois and of Ingres. He illustrated the works of Victor Hugo, Gauthier, and Royer. Medals: 3d class, 1837; 2d class, 1848, 1861; medal, 1867; L. of Honour, 1868; appointed director of Dijon Academy in 1867. Works: Holy Family (1833); Beggar (1834); Christ Healing the Sick (1837); A Spring, Among the Vines, Ray of Sunlight (1848), Valenciennes Museum; Temptation (1851), Havre Museum; Vineyard (1855); Faun (1874), Luxembourg Museum.—Bellier, ii. 147; Claretie, Peintres (1874), 338; Larousse; Meyer, Gesch., 685.
NANTEUIL-GAUGIRAN, CHARLES,
born in Paris in 1811. Genre painter, pupil
of Ingres and of Gleyre. Medals: 3d
class, 1840; 2d class, 1846. Works: Market
in Africa (1840); Halt of Troops in
Spain (1841); Descent from La Courtille
(1842); An Incursion (1844); Race Course
near Paris (1853); Victims of Awkwardness
(1865); Old Manager (1870); Farm Yard
at Lieusaint (1875); Return from Market
(1879); Mishap (1880); Interior of Court
Yard (1882); Farrier in Auvergne (1883);
Garrison Pastimes (1884); Paris Mud at
Railway Station of Lieusaint (1885).—Bellier,
ii. 147.
NAPOLEON I. See also Aboukir, Austerlitz,
Eylau, Jaffa.
NAPOLEON IN CAMPAIGN OF
FRANCE, Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier,
Sir Richard Wallace, London; wood, H. 9-1/4
in. × 12-1/2 in.; dated 1864. Napoleon, followed
by his staff and a group of generals
and marshals, is in retreat along an icy
road, stained and marked by wheels and
feet; the body of the army advances in a
crowd on a parallel line, closing up the
ranks for mutual warmth as the chilling
wind cuts their faces. Sometimes incorrectly
called the Retreat from Russia. Salon,
1865. Belonged formerly to M. Gustave
Delahante, Paris. Bought by Sir R.
Wallace for 10,000 guineas.—Gaz. des B.
Arts (1864), xvi. 520; (1867), xxiii. 322.
NAPOLEON, CORONATION OF. See
Josephine.
NAPOLEON IN CORONATION ROBES,
François Gérard, Dresden Gallery; canvas,
H. 7 ft. 3 in. × 4 ft. 9 in. Standing, wearing
the imperial robes and bearing the imperial
symbols. Presented by Napoleon I.
NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS,
Louis David, Versailles Museum. The First
Consul passing the Alps, May 20, 1800.
Napoleon, on a rearing horse, pointing upwards
with right hand; background, snow-clad
heights, with glimpses of French troops
toiling upwards. Rocks at base inscribed:
Bonaparte. Annibal. Karolus Magnus.
Painted in 1805. Engraved by Prévost.—Landon,
Musée, ix. Pl. 57; Gal. de Versailles,
iv. No. 671.
By Paul Delaroche, Lord Onslow, England. The Emperor, in gray coat and cocked hat, is mounted on a mule, which is led by a guide; behind, an officer on a horse, led by another guide, followed by a third mounted man. Painted in 1848; replica, 1851, John Waylor, Leighton. Engraved by A. François.—Larousse, ii. 950.
NAPOLEON DISTRIBUTING EAGLES,
Louis David, Versailles Museum; canvas.