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OTTESEN graved by C. G. Lewis. Harper's Mag. (1885), Ixxi. 812. OTTESEN, OTTO DIDRIK, born at Broager, Sondeijylland, April 3, 181G. Flower and fruit painter, pupil of Copen- hagen Academy of which he became a mem- ber in 18G6 ; visited Holland, France, Swit- zerland, and Italy. Professor since 1874. Works: Fruits and Flow- ers (1842) ; Grapes on Silver Tray (1843) ; Roses and Strawberries (1844), Fruit- pieces (1851, 1852, 1855), Springtime in the Woods (18(52), Rose-tree (1864), Vase with Flowers (1809), Gallery, Copenhagen ; Still-Life (1844), Thorvaldsen Museum, ib. Sig. Midler, 272 ; Weilbach, 525. OTTO, HEINRICH, born in Vienna in 1832. Landscape painter, pupil of Vienna Academy under Steinfeld, then of Rahl ; visited Tyrol and North Italy, and in 18G3-G4 Rome and Naples. Works : Tasso reading his Poem at Villa d'Este (18G5); Battle-field of Aspern (18GG) ; Grove of Diana ; View on Isle of Capri ; Triumph of Bacchus ; Four Landscapes in fresco (1867), Kursalon, Vienna. Wurzbach, xxi. 135. OTTO, JOHANNES SAMUEL, born at Unruhstadt, Posen, Jan. 17, 1798, died in Berlin, Feb. 21, 1878. Portrait and land- scape painter, pupil of Berlin Academy. Professor in 1844. Works : Portrait of Sculptor Kiss (1875), National Gallery, Ber- lin ; King Frederic William IV. (several) ; Winter Landscapes. Cotta's Kunstbl. (1844), 436; D. Kunstbl. (1850), 351; (1852), 206 ; (1853), 55 ; (1854), 258 ; Jor- dan (1885), ii. 164. OTTO, KARL, born at Osterode, Hartz Mountains, in 1830. History painter, pupil of Munich Academy under Piloty ; visited afterwards Holland, Belgium, and France. Works : Huss in Prison ; Last Way of Mary Stuart ; Hans Sachs ; First Christians in Rome ; At the Grave of the Fallen Soldier ; Homage to Marie Antoinette at Versailles (1877), Darmstadt Museum ; Procession of Bacchus ; The Hermits ; Belshazzar's Ban- quet, Maximilianeum, Munich ; Death of Elector Max, Taking of General Horn, Na- tional Museum, ib. Miiller, 403. OUDENROGGE, JOHANNES DIRCKSZ, born at Leyden, died at Haar- lem in 1653. Dutch school ; genre painter in the manner of the Ostades, to whom probably some of his works are attributed in public galleries ; visited France in 1651. Works : Weaver's Workshop (1652), Am- sterdam Museum ; Tavern Interior (? attrib- uted to A. van Ostade), Brunswick Muse- um ; Winter Landscape with Skaters (attrib- uted to Isaak van Ostade), Old Piuakothek, Munich. Kramm, iv. 1237 ; Kunst-Chro- nik, xix. 337. OUDRY, JEAN BAPTISTE, born in Paris, March 17, 1686, died at Beauvais, April 30,1755. French school ; history, portrait, flower, and animal paint- er, pupil of his father Jacques and o f Michel Serre and Largilliere. At first painted his- torical subjects, and portraits, then devot- ed himself to painting animals, especially dogs ; became court painter to Louis XV., superintendent of the Beauvais factory, later of the Gobelins. Member of Academy, 1717 ; professor, 1743. Works : Mitte and Turlu (greyhounds of Louis XV., 1725), Mignonne and Sylvia (1728), Blanche, Wolf Hunt (1746), Dog guarding Game (1747), Cock Fight (1749), A Farm (1750), Dog and Bowl (1751), Musical Instruments and Sword (1734), Louvre ; Hunting Piece, Marly ; Gredinet, Petite-Fille and Charlotte, Lise, Landscape, Fontainebleau Gallery ; Abun- 376