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  • fant Jesus standing, nude, upon a richly

draped altar, on which are burning candles, lilies, and an open book, is embraced by St. Anthony, who kneels on a stool before it; above, cherubs' heads in clouds, and, at right, an angel, with wings extended and hands raised. Formerly in S. Leonardo, Bologna. Engraved by G. Mitelli; G. Rosaspina.—Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 37.

St. Anthony of Padua, and Infant Jesus, Elisabetta Sirani, Bologna Gallery.


ANTIDOTUS, pupil of Euphranor and master of Nicias, about 350-330 B.C. Belonged to the Theban-Attic school, so called because it originated in Thebes and was transferred, after the decadence of that city, first to Corinth and then to Athens, always preserving its original traditions. His works, among which were a Warrior, a Wrestler, and a Trumpeter, were severe in style and elaborate in treatment. Pliny is the only ancient writer who mentions him.—Pliny, xxxv. 40 [130]; Brunn, ii. 193.


ANTIGNA, JEAN PIERRE ALEXANDRE, born in Orléans, France, March 7, 1818, died March 8, 1878. Religious and genre painter; pupil of Paul Delaroche. Medals in 1847-48-51-55; Legion of Honour, 1861. Works: Birth of Christ (1841); Vision of Jacob (1842); Temptation of St. Anthony (1843); Women Bathing (1845); Storm (1846), Avignon Museum; Conflagration (1850); Inundation of the Loire (1852), Luxembourg Museum; Children Dancing (1853); The Emperor visiting the Slate-Workers of Angers during the Inundation of 1856 (1857), Angers Museum; Scene of the Civil War, Steep Decline, Noon-day Sleep (1859); The Mirror in the Woods, Episode of War in La Vendée (1864), Bordeaux Museum; Rising Sea, After the Tempest (1874); Yvonne and Marc, Two Voices (1875); Women and the Secret (1876); Game of Strength, Fire of the Fête of St. John (1877); L'Enfer (1878).—Larousse; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 103.


ANTIOCHUS, GABINIUS, pupil of Sopolis, who is referred to by Cicero (Ad. Att., iv. 16) in connection with a lawsuit of 53 B.C.—Brunn, ii. 305.


ANTIOPE, Correggio, Louvre; wood, transferred to canvas, H. 6 ft. 1 in. × 4 ft. A nymph, nude, asleep on blue drapery spread on the ground in a thicket, with Cupid sleeping on a lion's skin at her feet; near her head a satyr (Jupiter?) holding up the garment he has lifted from her form. Formerly called "Venus, a sleeping Cupid, and a Satyr." A masterpiece. Painted about 1521 (?); in Gonzaga Collection, Mantua, in 1627; Collection of Charles I. of England in 1630, when valued at £1,000; sold to Jabach, and passed to Cardinal Mazarin and Louis XIV. Engraved by Godefroy, Basan, Queverdo, Chataigner, Massard, Blanchard.—Meyer, Correggio, 337, 491; Künst. Lex., i. 437; Musée français, i.; Landon, Œuvres, viii. Pl. 61; Musée, iv. Pl. 1; Filhol, vi. Pl. 415.


ANTIPHILUS, pupil of Ctesidemus, latter half of fourth century B.C. Born in Egypt,