his studies in 1830 at the Vienna Academy, and returned to Hamburg in 1831. Works: Hessian Cartmen (1826); Tavern in Hartz Mountains (1830); Cartmen before Inn, Tyrolese Smugglers, Tyrolese Village (1831); Klosterneuburg on the Danube; Fishing Expedition; Spinning Women of Blankenese; Coast on Baltic Sea; Cemetery of Elstorf (1837), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Blankenese Women at the Well; Sunday Morning; Hay-Harvest; Boys going to Rifle-match; Winter Scene on the Elbe; Fishermen on Baltic Sea; Dutch Coast by Moonlight; Arrival of Fishermen at Zandvoort; Fruit-Harvest.—Andresen, iii. 42.
GENSLER, MARTIN, born in Hamburg,
May 9, 1811, died there, Dec. 15, 1881.
Genre and architecture painter, pupil of Rachau
and of his brother Günther, studied in
1835-36 in Munich. Works: Hall in St.
John's Convent, Hamburg, Players of
Draughts in Tavern (1830); Silver Foundry
(1831); Sacristy (1835), Wanderer asking
for Shelter (1851), Kunsthalle, Hamburg;
Mediæval Scholar (1841), Cassel Gallery;
Praying Knight (1845); Hospitable Hearth
(1847); Well in Hospital (1849); Castle
Yard (1850); Refugees in Castle (1852);
Hospitallers at the Well (1854); Repose in
Egypt (1855); Fisherman's Dwelling in
Autumn (1856); Feeding the Poor at a Convent
(1861); Tinker (1862); Fisherman's
Hut on the Elbe (1866); Castle Sentinel,
Christiania Gallery.—Andresen, iii. 2; Kunst-Chronik,
xvii. 287.
GENTILE DA FABRIANO. See Fabriano.
GENTILESCHI, ARTEMISIA, born in
Rome in 1590, died in London in 1642.
Florentine school; daughter and pupil of
Orazio Gentileschi; also studied at Bologna
under Guido Reni. Lived in Naples in
1630-37; as famous for her amours as for
her painting. Finally joined her father in
England, where she was well received and
painted many of the royal family and nobility.
Walpole says she was not inferior to
her father in historical painting, and excelled
him in portraits. Among her works are.
Mary Magdalen, Judith, and Judith and
Holofernes, in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence;
Birth of St. John Baptist, Woman caressing
Pigeons, Madrid Museum; Her Portrait,
Hampton Court; Christ among the Doctors,
Historical Society, New York.—Lanzi, i. 232;
Ch. Blanc, École florentine; Walpole, Anecdotes,
186; Wessely, 17.
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GENTILESCHI, ORAZIO, born in Pisa,
July 9, 1562, died in
London in 1647.
Florentine school.
Real name Lomi,
brother and pupil of
Aurelio Lomi, but
took name of Gentileschi
from an uncle.
Having mastered the
elements of his art
under his brother
Aurelio and his uncle Baccio, he went to
Rome, where he formed his style by study
of the great masters, and was employed
upon important works for Clement VIII.,
Paul V., and Cardinals Borghese and Aldobrandini.
In 1621 went to Genoa, then for
two years to France, and in 1626 to England,
where he remained till his death, much
esteemed and employed by Charles I., who
gave him a yearly salary. Van Dyck painted
his portrait. Among his works are: Repose
of Holy Family (painted for Charles I.), and
a young man's portrait, Louvre; Joseph and
Potiphar's Wife, Sibyl, Hampton Court;
Madonna and Saints, Moses saved from the
Waters, Madrid Museum; Adoration of the
Magi, Annunciation, Turin Gallery; Magdalen
in a Grotto, Flight into Egypt, Vienna
Museum.—Lanzi, i. 232; Ch. Blanc, École
florentine.
