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français; Niquet.—Cat. Louvre; Filhol, i. Pl. 10; Landon, vi. Pl. 70; Smith, viii. 145.

By Rubens, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 8 ft. Scene in Hades. Pluto upon his throne, with Proserpine by his side, and Cerberus lying at his feet; on opposite side, Orpheus with his lyre, followed by Eurydice, nearly undraped; before them is the open portal of Hades, and beyond it the Styx.—Smith, ii. 136; Madrazo.

By George Frederick Watts, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. 4 in. Orpheus, too impatient to wait until Eurydice is out of the portals of Hades, turns back to look at her, when, though he drops his lyre and encircles her with his arm, she is snatched back into the gloom of the nether world. Painted in 1879. Grosvenor Gallery, 1882; then much repainted and exhibited in New York in 1884.

ORRENTE, PEDRO, born at Montealegre, Murcia, about 1570, died in Toledo in 1644. Spanish school; animal and landscape painter, probably pupil of El Greco; called the Spanish Bassano because he imitated the manner of Bassano, painting chiefly scriptural subjects in which animals could be introduced. Worked in Toledo, Murcia, Valencia, Cuença, Madrid, and Seville. Was much patronized by the Duke of Olivárez. Works: Sacrifice of Isaac, Lot and Family, Calvary, Adoration of Shepherds, and four others, Madrid Museum; Jacob lifting the Stone from the Well, Dresden Museum; Multiplication of the Fishes, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Christ healing the Sick, St. John the Baptist, Herds and Shepherds (?), Vienna Museum.—Stirling, i. 503; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Madrazo, 492; Viardot, Notices, 166.

ORSEL, VICTOR, born at Oullins, near Lyons, May 25, 1795, died there, Oct. 31, 1850. History painter, pupil at Lyons of Pierre Revoil, and in Paris of Guérin; studied in Rome, where, under the influence of Veit and Overbeck, he strove to imitate the spirit of the Pre-Raphaelite painters in his religious pictures. Medals: 2d class, 1822; 1st class, 1831. Works: Hagar presented to Abraham by Sarah (1820), Adam and Eve finding Body of Abel (1824), Lyons Museum; Magdalen (1827); Moses presented to Pharaoh (1831), Lyons Museum; Good and Evil (1833, bought by State); Prodigal Son; Abraham and Hagar; Charity; Portrait of Francis I.; Rich and Poor (1844); Votive Picture, Church of Fourvières, Lyons; David and Bathsheba; Bathsheba coming from Bath; Decorations in Virgin's Chapel in Notre Dame de Lorette, begun in 1836, and finished after his death by Perin.—Bellier, ii. 177; Ch. Blanc, École française.

ORSI, LELIO, called Lelio da Novellara, born at Reggio (?) in 1511, died at Novellara, May 3, 1587. Lombard school; supposed disciple of Correggio, and by tradition of Giulio Romano; was a great painter and architect. Executed frescos in S. Domenico, S. Bartolommeo, S. Giovanni, and the Carmine, Reggio, and in the fortress of Novellara. A Nativity by him is in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, and other works in the Darmstadt, Munich, Modena, and Parma Galleries. In the Vienna Museum is an Allegory on Gentleness.—Lanzi, ii. 356; Ch. Blanc, École lombarde; Burckhardt, 701; Lavice, 65, 253.

ORTLIEB, FRIEDRICH, born in Stuttgart in 1839. Genre painter, pupil of Stuttgart Art School, then in Berlin of Steffeck, and settled in Munich in 1869; paints mostly humorous scenes. Works: Undesired Visit; Under Pious Protection; Sunday-School; Bad Quarters; Critical News; Return from Fair; Soldiers are Coming! At a Sick Friend's; On Furlough; Sunday Afternoon in Suabia.—Müller, 401.

ORTOLANO, L', born at Ferrara about 1467 (?), died there in 1525. Lombardo-Ferrarese school; real name Giovanni Battista Benvenuti, but called Ortolano (Gardener) from his father's occupation. Studied at Ferrara and afterwards at Bologna under