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Rhône Valley near Geneva, Lake of Geneva, National Gallery, Berlin.

FRÉMINET (Fréminel), MARTIN, born in Paris, Sept. 24, 1567, died there, June 18, 1619. French school; first instructed by his father, a mediocre painter, then by Jean Cousin. Went to Rome (1591), was influenced by the Cavaliere d'Arpino, and studied the works of Parmigianino and Michelangelo. After spending sixteen years in Italy he returned to France, by way of Savoy, where he executed several large paintings for the duke's palace, and in 1602 became court-painter to Henry IV., who intrusted him with the decoration of the chapel at Fontainebleau, which he had nearly completed at the time of his death. Was surnamed the French Michelangelo. Works: Several paintings in the Royal Palace, Turin; Mercury commanding Æneas to abandon Dido, Louvre; SS. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Augustine, Jerome, Gregory, and Ambrose, Orleans Museum.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 589; Ch. Blanc, École française; Jal., 615; Lejeune, i. 121; iii, 302; Villot, Cat. Louvre.

FRÈRE, CHARLES (EDOUARD), born in Paris, July 10, 1837. Genre, landscape, and portrait painter, son and pupil of Edouard Frère, and pupil of Couture. Medal, 2d class, 1848; medal, 1865. Works: Muleteer in the Alps (1865); Chariot Race (1867); Stable Interior (1868); Basket-Sellers, Studio Interior (1870); Horses unlading Trees (1872); Before the Rain (1875); Snow (1876); A Corner of Paris (1877); Gramigna Lavatory at Naples (1879); Donkey Tavern at Tréport, Wood-cutting at Ecouen (1880); Hôtel de Heaume in Paris, Chestnut-Trees at Blémur (1881); Truck at Ecouen, Studio (1882); Plaster Quarry at St. Brice, Isle of St. Denis (1883); Surgical Operation (1884); Press-house at Châtel-Guyon, Farriery in Paris (1885).

FRÈRE, (CHARLES) THÉODORE, born in Paris, June 24, 1815. Genre and landscape painter, pupil of J. Cogniet and Roqueplan. Exhibited first picture in 1834. In 1836 he took part in the Algerian Expedition, and afterwards spent some time in Egypt. Chiefly paints Eastern scenes. Medals: 2d class, 1848 and 1865. Works: Stable of Loiret (1835); Street of the Jews in Constantine (1842); Caravan at a Ford (1844); Market of Constantine (1848); Arabs Halting (1850), Ministry of the Interior; Mosque at Beyrout, Bazaar in Damascus (1855); Bazaar in Beyrout, Halt at Ghizeh (1857); Harem in Cairo, Donkeys and Donkey-Drivers in Cairo, Café Mohammed (1859); Evening Halt at Minieh, Arab drinking at a Fountain in Cairo, Arabian Restaurant at the Gates of Choubrah, Festival at Ulema's in Constantinople (1861); Ruins of Karnac at Thebes, Bazaar in Girgeh, Potter at Esné (1863); Okale in the Morning (1864); Café of Galata, Island of Philæ (1865); Arab Wedding in Cairo, The Evening Prayer (1866); Caravan of Mecca, Ruins of Palmyra (1868); Simoom, Theatre of Karaguez (1869); Evening Halt on Banks of Nile (1870), Caravan for Mecca, Twilight in Cairo (1875); Tomb of the Caliphs in Cairo (1876); Evening in Upper Egypt (1877); The Nile, Evening, Desert at Noon-*day (1878); Beni Souef, In Cairo (1879); Copt Street in Cairo (1880); Jerusalem from the Valley of Jehoshaphat (1881); Simoom near the Sphinx, Morning near Cairo (1882); Cairo from the North (1883); The Nile at Nagadi (1884); The Pyramids and Plain of Gizeh, Street in Cairo (1885); View of Karnac, Ruins of Luxor, Laval Museum; Arabs resting in Caravansary, Nancy Museum;