ISABEY Museum ; View of a Creek, Perpignan Mu- seum ; Marine (1825), Storm, Montpellicr Museum ; Marine, Neuchatel Museum ; Ships at Anchor (1830), Konigsberg Museum ; Entrance to Cathedral, Stettin Museum ; Laden Boat boarding Coaster, Coast of En- tretat Normandy (1851), Kunsthalle, Ham- burg ; French Hospitality, W. H. Vandcr- bilt, New York ; Marines (2, 1S3C>, 18(12), After the Storm (1842), W. T. Walters, Bal- timore. Bcllier, i. 805 ; L'Art (1875), i. 39, .59 ; Larousse ; Meyer, Gesch., 271. ISABEY, JEAN BAPTISTE, born at Nancy, April 11, 17(!7, died in Par- is, April 18, 1855. Miniature paint- er, pupil at Nancy of Girardet and Claudot, then in Paris of Dumont and David; paint- er to the Kmpress Josephine, 1S05 ; L. of Honour, 1817 ; Officer ; Commander, 1853. Also painter to Charles X. Apart from their intrinsic merit, his works are of great value from their historical interest. His portraits of Napoleon I. are among the best in existence. Works : General Bona- parte in Gardens at Malmaison, Napoleon visiting Factory at Rouen (1804), do. at Jouy (180(!), Versailles Museum ; Review before First Consul in Courtyard of Tuileries (1801), Staircase of the Musec du Louvre (1817), Louvre, Paris ; Congress of Vienna (1815), Windsor Castle ; Portrait of Napo- leon (in oil), do. of King of Rome, Nancy Museum ; do. of Grand-duke of Baden, Ba- 1 den-Baden Gallery ; King Jerome, Dresden rj "*| - / Museum. J. JSd UMf / 8// Holier, i H04 ; J Biog. univ.,xx. 382 ; Ch. Blanc, tfeole franchise, iii. ; Mey- er, Gesch., 104 ; Larousse, ix. 801 ; Lenor- mant, B. A et Voy., i. 218 ; Jal, (!98. ISAIAH, Michelangelo, Sistine Chajx;!, Rome ; fresco on ceiling. ISENMANN, CASPAR, died in 14CO. German school. Became citizen of Colmar in 1430. His pictures, influenced by the Flemish school, are realistic in feeling, with expressive heads and powerful though sober colouring. In 1402 he contracted to paint an altarpiece for the church of St. Martin at Colmar. Works : Seven Scenes from Life of Christ (14l>5), Colmar Museum. Wolt- mann, Deutsche Kunst im Elsass, 21.'!. ISIDORO, ST., Min-ill,,, Seville Cathedral ; canvas, H. (! ft. 2 in. 5 ft. (! in. Seated, robed in white, with a mitre, with a crook in right hand and an open folio in left ; on right, other books and a column ; behind, a curtain. Painted in 1(>55 for I). Juan Fe- derigui, Archdeacon of Carniona, who pre- sented it, with its companion, St. Lmtitlro, to the Cathedral Curtis, 243. ISMEMAS, painter, of Chalcis, 5th cen- turv i;.c. Plutarch, in his life of the Athe- nian orator Lyctirgua ( Vit. x., Orat. 37), says Ismcnias painted, for the Erechthieum, a picture in which were represented the priests of Poseidon of the family of Lycurgus. ISRAELS, JO/EF, born at Groningcn in 1824. Genre painter, pupil in Amsterdam of Cornells Kriiseman, 4fcs. then in Paris of Picot. (T " . His genre scenes from Dutch maritime life are superior to his ear- Her historical pieces. At present resides at rm T r - T 1 1 The Hague. Medals : Paris, 3d class, 1S(!7 ; 1st class, 1878 ; L. of Honour, 18(17 ; Ofllcer, 1878; Order of Leopold. Works: William of Orange defying Decrees of King of Spain (1855) ; Village Scene ; Preparation for the Future (1855), Walk along Cemetery (185C), Amsterdam Museum ; Children of the Sea; Peaceful House ; Fishing Boats shipwrecked oft'Scheveningen (18(i2); Sick Mother, Moth- er in Health, Orphan Asylum at Katwyk, Last Breath, True Support, Madonna in the Hut, Age and Infancy (1872) ; First Sail. 341
