KOACK Geiome, and Meissonier ; painted chiefly city views, the result of travels in France, England, and Italy. Medals : Paris, 3d class, 1876 ; 1st class, 1878 ; L. of Honour, 1878. Works : Visit at Antiquary's, Cross- ing the Railway (1869); Intimate Reception, Lady with Parrot (1870); Road from Naples to Brindisi (1872) ; Descending Vesuvius (1873) ; Place de la Concorde in Paris, At Bougival on the Seine (1875) ; Place dcs Pyramides in Paris (1876), Luxembourg Museum ; View of Paris from Palais Royal, Boulevard Haussmann, Place St. Augustin (1877) ; Corner of Boulevard, Triumphal Arch, In the Bois de Boulogne, Twelve Views in Paris and London (1878) ; Place du Carrousel (1883), Luxembourg Museum ; The Breakfast, Goose-Keeper (1884); Quar- rel, R. L. Cutting, New York ; Railway Train alarming Horses, D. O. Mills, ib. ; Chinese Shop, Confidences, J. H. Stebbiiis, ib. ; Let- ter of Condolence, C. H. Wolff, Philadelphia. L'Art (1876), iii. 132 ; (1878), iii. 246 ; Gaz. des B. Arts (1884), xxx. 110, 395 ; Kunst-Chronik, xii. 800 ; xix. 709 ; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xxi. 662. NOACK, AUGUST, born at Bessungcn, near Darmstadt, Sept. 27, 1822. History painter, pupil in Darmstadt of the land- scape painter Lucas, then of Diisseldorf and Antwerp Academies, travelled in France, Italy, and the Netherlands. Professor at Polytechnic Institute at Darmstadt ; court painter. Works : Religious Conversation at Mai-burg (1867), Darmstadt Gallery ; Visit of Landgrave Philipp the Generous to Luther (1871), Last Judgment ; Paul before the High Council in Jerusalem ; Tak- ing of Christ. Fresco : Christ and the Marys, Cemetery, Darmstadt. Miiller, 395 ; Kunst- Chronik, xix. 157. NOAH AND HIS FAMILY, Benozzo Gozzoli, Campo Santo, Pisa ; fresco. At left, Noah, under a trellis covered with vines, superintends the vintage ; in centre, surrounded by the women of his household, he is about to drink the new wine from a chalice ; at right, asleep on the ground, he is mocked by Ham while Shem tries to cover his nakedness. C. & C., Italy, ii. 510 ; La- rousse, xi. 1040. NOAH, HISTORY OF, llaphael. See Itaphaer* Bible. NOAH, INTOXICATION OF, Mi.-hel- ancjdo, Sistiue Chapel, Rome ; fresco on ceiling. NOAH, SACRIFICE OF, Micheloiujclo, Sistiue Chapel, Rome ; fresco on ceiling. NOCRET (Naucret), JEAN, born at Nancy in 1617, died in Paris, Nov. 12, 1672. French school ; history and portrait painter ; passed several years in Rome, where Poussin knew him in 1643-44, and after his return to France at once made a reputation as a por- trait painter ; in 1657 he accompanied the French ambassador to Portugal, where he painted the portraits of the royal family. On his return to Paris ho was intrusted with important works for Saint Cloud and the Tuileries. Member of the Academy, 1663 ; professor, 1664 ; adjunct rector, 1667. Works : Anna of Austria, Family of Louis XIV., Versailles Museum ; Philip I. of Or- li'ans-Bourbon son of Louis XIII., Louis XTV. (2), Madrid Museum. Bellier, ii. 161 ; Memoires iiu'dits, i. 312. NOEL, PAUL JOSEPH, born at Waul- sort, on the Mouse, near Diuant, April 20, 1789, died at Sosoyc, near Dinant, Nov. 27, 1822. Genre and landscape painter, pupil in Antwerp of Herreyns and in Ghent of Regemorter ; won several prizes in both cities, as well as in Brussels, and completed his studies under Swebach in Paris. Works : View on the Meuse (1813); Halt of Bavarian Cavalry ; Postilion before Tavern ; Peasant upsetting Fruit-Stall (1821), In the Vine- yard, Museum, Amsterdam ; Merry Com- pany at Table, Museum Fodor, ib. Immer- zeel, ii. 264 ; Kramm, iv. 1202. NOGARI, GIUSEPPE, born at Venice in 1699, died there in 1763. Venetian school ; figure and portrait painter, pupil of J. B. Pittoni and of Antonio Balestra, but devoted himself, in imitation of the Flemish style, to painting half-figures with great delicacy. 34!)
