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Children of Clotilda; and in Amsterdam, 1862, Venantius Fortunatus at Radagonde, which was awarded a gold medal. In 1865 he sent to London his Egyptian Games, which was followed by several others, among them Roman Dance (1866), and Phidias and the Elgin Marbles (1868). In 1869 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, A Roman Amateur (1868), and Pyrrhic Dance (1869), and in 1870 The Convalescent, Un Jongleur, and a second Roman Amateur. In this latter year he married Miss Laura Epps, an English lady, and removed from Brussels to London, which he has since made his home. He has won many honours, is a knight of many orders, and is a member of the Royal Academies of Amsterdam (1862), Munich (1871), Berlin (1874), London (A. R. A., 1876; R. A., 1879), Stockholm (1878), Vienna (1878), and Madrid (1879). Medals: Paris, 1864; 2d class, 1867; 1st class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1873; officer, 1878. Other works: How they Amused Themselves in Egypt 3000 Years ago (1863); Fredegonda and Pretextatus (1864); Egyptian Game, Catullus at Lesbia's, Soldier of Marathon (1865); Entrance to a Roman Theatre, Agrippina visiting the Ashes of Germanicus, Roman Dance (1866); The Mummy, Tarquinius Superbus (1867); The Siesta, Flowers, Flower Market (1868); A Negro, Wine Shop (1869); Vintage Festival (1870); A Roman Emperor, Une Fête Intime, Greek Pottery (1871); Reproaches, Mummy in Roman Period, Improvisatore, A Halt, Death of the First Born, Greek Wine (1872); The Dinner, The Siesta, The Cherries, Fishing (1873); Joseph Overseer of Pharaoh's Granaries, Sculpture Gallery, Picture Gallery, Autumn, Good Friends, On the Steps of the Capitol, Water Pets (1874); After the Dance, Hide and Seek, Audience at Agrippa's, Cleopatra (1876); Four Seasons, Between Hope and Fear, The Sculptor (1877); Sculptor's Model, Love Missile, Bacchante, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting (1877); Cherries (1878); Hearty Welcome, Down to the River, Pomona Festival, On the Way to the Temple (1879); Fredegonda, Spring Festival, Question, Garden God, Pastoral (1880); Sappho, In the Tepidarium, Ave Cæsar, Io Saturnalia (1881); Torch Dance, An Audience, Early Affections, Barnay as Marc Antony (1882); Venus and Mars, An Oleander, Antony and Cleopatra, Xanthe and Phaon, 'Twixt Venus and Bacchus (1883).—Portfolio (1874), 109; (1878), 145; Art Journal (1875), 9; (1883), 33, 65; Univ. Mag. (1879), 706; Blackwood (March, 1883), 401; Illustr. Zeitg. (1878), ii. 113.


ALMA-TADEMA, Mrs. LAURA, wife of Laurenz Alma-Tadema. Figure painter; exhibits at Royal Academy, and at Grosvenor Gallery, London. Works: Blue Stocking (1877); Daffodowndilly (1878); Hunt the Slipper, A Good Book (1880); Winter, Sisters (1881); Asleep, Granny's Needle (1882); May I come In (1881).—Art Journal (1883), 345.


ALMEH, DANCE OF THE, Jean Léon Gérôme, John Hoey, New York. The dancer, her garments slipping off from her body, is posturing before a group of soldiers, seated at left in a Cairo tavern; at right, three musicians. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America, ii. 80.


ALOISI, BALDASSARE, called Il Galanino, born at Bologna in 1578, died at Rome in 1638. Bolognese school; history and portrait painter; pupil of the Carracci. Went to Rome in time of Urban VIII. and painted many portraits of illustrious persons. Works: Visitation, La Carità, Bologna; Madonna with SS. John Baptist and Francis, S. Paolo in Monte, ib.; Coronation of Virgin, Gesù e Maria, Rome.


ALOPHE, ALEXANDRE, born in Paris, June 6, 1812, died there in August, 1883. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Roqueplan and of Delaroche. Medals: 3d class, 1844; 2d class, 1847. Works: A Page, Evening Lull (1869); In the Woods (1870); In the Open Fields (1877); Reading of Faublas, Discouragement (1879).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 521.


ALOVIGI, ANDREA, See Ingegno.