men; but some think that this should be referred to the later Dionysius, the contemporary of Sopolis.
DIONYSIUS, portrait painter, country unknown,
lived in Rome 1st century B.C. Pliny
says (xxxv. 40 [147]) that he and Sopolis
were the most celebrated portrait painters
of their time and that their works filled the
galleries. See Iaia.
DIONYSODORUS, painter, of Colophon
(Pliny, xxxv. 40 [146]). Probably identical
with Dionysius of Colophon.
DIONYSUS or Bacchus, pictures. See
Aristides, Ctesilochus; Liber, see Echion, Nicias.
DIORES, painter, country unknown. Mentioned
by Varro (de Ling. Lat., ix. 6, 12) in
a way to lead one to suppose that he was
contemporary with Micon.
DIRK VAN HAARLEM. See Bouts,
Dierick.
DISCEPOLI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA,
born at Lugnano in 1590, died in 1660.
Milanese school; history painter, pupil of
C. Procaccini. Works: Adoration of Magi,
Brera, Milan; Purgatory, S. Carlo, Milan;
St. Theresa, Sta. Teresa, Como.—Lanzi.
DISCOVERER, THE, William M. Hunt,
Capitol, Albany, N. Y.; mural painting, demi-*lune,
H. 15 ft. × 45 ft. The Discoverer, full-length,
draped, standing, gazing on the setting
sun, in a boat which is rising to a sea
against a sunset sky; behind him, Fortune,
full-length, nude and winged, holding the
tiller with her left hand and trimming the
sail with her right; at the prow is Hope,
with one hand on the boat, the other pointing
forward; in front of her blind Faith,
her face buried in her arms, floats with the
tide, while Science unrolls a chart at the side.
Painted in 1878.—Scribner's Mag., xix. 175.
DISCUSSION OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,
Guido Reni, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
To right, St. Jerome, with a book,
looks at the Virgin, who, dressed in white,
appears in glory with two angels; SS. Ambrose,
Chrysostom, Basil, Augustine, and
Gregory are also represented. Sold by the
Marchese degli Angeli to Lord Walpole.
Engraved by W. Sharp and I. Sanders.—Descr.
of the Hermitage, 22.
DISGUST, Paolo Veronese, Cobham Hall,
England; canvas, 5 ft. 10 in. square. A man,
nude, recumbent, is chastised by Cupid with
his bow, while two women, one holding an
ermine, are hastening away. From Collection
of Queen Christina of Sweden to Orleans
Collection; valued at sale in 1793 at £150,
sold for 44 guineas. Engraved by B. Audran.—Waagen,
Treasures, ii. 499; iii. 20; Cab.
Crozat, ii. Pl. 27.
DISPUTE OF THE SACRAMENT,
Raphael, Camera della Segnatura, Vatican,
Rome; fresco, arched top, H. 16 ft. × 26 ft.
8 in. The Triumph of Religion. God the
Father, in a glory of angels and cherubim,
holds the globe in one hand and raises the
other in benediction; beneath, Christ seated
between the Virgin and John Baptist, with
six saints, patriarchs, and prophets on each
side, seated upon clouds upheld by cherubim
(left—Peter, Adam, John Evangelist,
David, Stephen, Jeremiah (?); right—Judas
Maccabæus, George, Lawrence, Moses, James,
Abraham, Paul); below Christ, the Holy
Ghost and four angels bearing the Gospels;
in lower part, the Eucharist on an altar,
round which are grouped forty-three figures,
popes, bishops, doctors of the church, and
learned men, many of them portraits—among
others Dante, Savonarola, and Fra Angelico.
Painted in 1508. Called also Theology.
Original studies in Windsor Castle Collection;
Städel Museum, Frankfort; Collection
Duc d'Aumale, Chantilly; and Louvre. Engraved
by G. Mocetto, Keller, Volpato, G.
Ghisi, Aquila, Gantrel, and Mochetti.—Vasari,
ed. Mil., iv. 330; Müntz, 320; Passavant,
ii. 73; Springer, 159; Kugler (Eastlake), ii.
427; Gruyer; Perkins, 115.
DISTRAINING FOR RENT, Sir David
Wilkie, William Wells, Esq., Redleaf; canvas.
The sheriff taking an inventory of the
household goods of a cottager, to be seized
for rent. Sixteen figures. Painted in 1814;
bought by British Institution for 600 guin-
