NIEMEYER bach. "Works : Going to School ; Reception of the Parson at a Wedding ; Toast to Bri- dal Pair ; Peasant Wedding in Upper Aus- tria ; St. Nicholas' Eve ; Parson's Anniver- sary ; Saying Grace ; Grandfather's Room ; A Modern Helen ; Blind-Man's-Buff ; Morn- ing ou Norwegian Coast(1885) ; Poacher (Ju- bilee Exhibition, Berlin, 188G). Miiller, 394. NIEMEYER, JOHN H., born in Bremen, Germany, in 1839. Portrait and genre paint- er, pupil in Paris of the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Geronie and Yvon, and of Jac- quesson de la Chevreuse ; studied also un- der Coruu four years. Two medals, Imperial School of Design, Paris. Painted in New York until appointed professor of draw- ing in School of Fine Arts, Yale College. Works : Guttenberg inventing Movable Type (1869) ; Where, Why? (1880) ; Sancta Sim- plicitas (1882) ; Lilith tempting Eve(188G). NIEPER, LTJDWIG, born at Brunswick, July 12, 1820. History painter, pupil of Dresden Academy under Bendemann, spent considerable time in Rome, and in 1871 be- came director of Leipsic Academy. Works : Paul's Departure from Ephesus (181)4) ; Christ Crucified ; Peter and Paul ; Wisdom and Justice. Kunst-Chronik, ix. 715 ; Mflller, 394 ; niustr. Zeitg. (187G), ii. 250. NIESSEN, JOHANNES, born iu Cologne in 1821. History painter, pupil of Diissel- dorf Academy ; went in 1847 to Paris, vis- ited Florence and Rome, and in 1850 re- turned to Diisseldorf, whence he went to Weimar in 1859 as professor ill the Art School. Iu 1866 he settled iu Cologne, where he is professor and conservator of the Museum. Member of Vienna Academy. Works : Irene going to meet her Death ; Christ in Agony ; Christ the Good Shep- herd ; John Baptist before Herod ; King Lear and his Daughters ; Portrait of the Painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1854), Diisseldorf Gallery. D. Kunstbl. (1857), 10 ; Merlo, 304 ; Mtiller, 394 ; Wolfg. Miil- ler, Diisseldf. K, 43 ; Wiegmann, 202. NIEULANDT, ADRIAEN VAN, the younger, boru in Amsterdam in 1590, died after 1(557. Dutch school ; pupil in Amster- dam of Pieter Isacx and Frans Badens. i Painted biblical and mythological scenes, and landscapes with small figures. Works : Procession of Lepers (1033), City Hall, Am- sterdam ; From the Carnival in Antwerp, I Brussels Museum ; Replica, Madrid Muse- . um ; Toilet of Diana (1041), Diana and Cal- I listo (1054), Landscape with Hunters (1040), Kitchen Scene (1010), Brunswick Gallery ; Jacob's Dream (1050), Darmstadt Gallery ; Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1055), Prophet Elijah, Triumph of Bacchus, Co- ' penhagen Gallery ; Rape of Proserpine, do. of Europa (1649), Kunsthalle, Hamburg ; , Birds' Concert in a Landscape, Oldenburg i Gallery. Kramm, iv. 1197 ; vii. 113 ; Rooses ! (Reber), 408 ; Riegel, Beitrage, ii. 209. NIEULANT (Nieuwelandt), WILLEM VAN, boru in Antwerp iu 1584, died iu Am- sterdam in 10155. Flemish school ; first taught in 1599 by Jacob Savery in Amster- dam, where he had come when four years of age ; went in 1602 to Rome, where he worked three years under Paul Bril. En- tered guild of Antwerp in 1006 ; returned to Amsterdam after Sept. 8, 1028. Natural and agreeable colouring, though somewhat too grey in tone. Also an engraver and dramatic poet. Works : Campo Vaccino (1011), Antwerp Museum ; do. (1012), Vi- enna Museum ; Roman Cattle Market (1609), Copenhagen Gallery. Kramm, iv. 1198 ; Rooses (Reber), 407 ; Michiels, vi. 181 ; Van den Branden, 636. NIGHT, FLIGHT OF, William M. Hunt, Capitol, Albany, N. Y. ; mural painting, demilune, H. 15 ft. x 45 ft. The Queen of Night, seated in her chariot the crescent moon is drawn by three plunging horses, one white, one red, one black, the head of the outermost one held by a swarthy guide, floating at left ; below the goddess, right, is the sleeping recumbent figure of a moth- er with her child upon her breast, with a 347
