Page:Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, 1887, vol 2.djvu/194

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GOBAUT and under Steinfeld at the Vienna Academy, and after his return to Cracow became pro- fessor at the university. Visited Munich, and having spent two years in Home, re- turned in 1835. His landscapes, views in the Carpathian mountains and in Galicia, were in great demand, and are mostly in private collections at Cracow. Wurzbach, v. 220. GOBAl'T, GASPARD, born in Paris, December 27, 1814. Landscape and battle painter, pupil of his father and of Simeon Fort. Medal, 3d class, 1847 ; L. of Hon- our, 1871. Works: Eleven water-colour views in Algiers, nine views near Paris (1847); Siege of Home in 1849 (1852); Bat- tles and Skirmishes in Italian Campaign of 185',) (10, 1801); Views in Jura Mountains, Pyrenees, etc. (18(14-70) ; Kittles of Magenta and Solferino (1870); Ann of the Seine, Skirmish at Villersexel in 1871 (1877). .1 Jollier de la Chavignerie, i. (i(i7. GOBBO, ANDREA DEL. Sec Snhri,,, Andrea. GOBBO DA MILANO. See Su/ano, An- drea. GOBEL, KAHL, born in Vienna in 1824. Portrait, genre, and landscape painter in water-colours, son of Karl Peter, pupil of Vienna Academy ; travelled extensively in France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, and Russia. Works: Fisherman's Family returning Home ; Camp of Army-Train ; Gibraltar ; Cathedral of Valencia ; Escorial ; Painters in Gypsy Camp ; Pilgrimage to Mariazell ; Coal Sledge ; Pifl'erari. Miiller, 02 ; Wurz- bach, v. 2:34. GOBEL, KAHL PETEll, born at Wiirz- burg in 1701, died in Vienna in 1823. Portrait and history painter, pupil of Vienna Academy, where he won several prizes. Works : Jacob blessing Sons of Joseph (1820), Vienna Museum ; Moses (1821); Death of Dido (1822). Wurzbach, v. 234. GOD THE FATHER, WITH SAINTS, Fra Bartolommco, Lucca Gallery ; wood, figures under life-size ; dated 1509. The Eternal, enthroned on the clouds, attended by cherubim and seraphim, with right hand raised in benediction ; below, St. Catherine of Siena on the left, and Mary Magdalen on right, both kneeling in ecstacy and raised from the ground by a band of cherubim. Painted for Convent of S. Pietro Martire, Murano ; but it remained in the hands of Fra Bartolommeo, who is supposed to have presented it to the Prior Santi Pagnini, of the Convent of S. Homano, Lucca ; removed lately to the gallery. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 102 ; Marchese, ii. 52, 240, 303 ; C. & C., Italy, iii. 448. GOD APPEARING TO NOAH, Raphael, Stanza d' Eliodoro, Vatican ; fresco on ceil- ing. God the Father, accompanied by two angels, descending from heaven, and about to address Noah, who kneels in adoration ; one of Noah's sons is near him, the two others with their mother, who, holding one in her arms, looks out from the door of her house. Vasari calls this the Covenant with Abraham. Painted in 1513-14. Engraved by Fr. Aquila; Michel Corneille; S. Rouille- mont. Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 34G ; Miintz, 370 : Passavant, ii. 128. GODDESS OF DISCORD, Joseph M. W. Turni-r, National Gallery, London ; can- vas, H. 4 ft. 11 in. x 1 ft. The Goddess of Discord choosing the apple of contention in the Garden of the Hesperides. The three daughters of Hesperus, ^Egle, Hespere, and Erytheis, dwelt in the garden, where they had charge of the tree of the golden apples, the gift of Earth to Juno on her wedding- day. The Hesperides and the garden were guarded by the dragon Ladon, destroyed by Hercules in his eleventh labour. The God- dess of Discord, not having been invited to the marriage feast of Peleus and Thetis, procured one of these apples, and writing upon it, "For the most beautiful," threw it among the guests at the feast. It was claimed by Juno, Minerva, and Venus. Jupiter, to end the strife, ordered that the dispute should be settled by Paris, the shepherd of Mt. Ida. The Judgment of 154