Submission of Mahi-ed-Din in 1835, Algiers Museum; Bull Ring at Seville (1853), Duc de Montpensier; Towing the Daumont (1855); Death of General Desaix at Marengo (1857), Versailles Museum; Zouaves in the Battle of Afroun, Camp of Chalons (1857); Military Exercises (1859); Return of the Army of Italy to Paris in 1859 (1861), Versailles Museum; Journey of the Emperor to Algiers (1863); Fantasia (1864); Tow-Horses, Arab Horseman (1865); The Grand Sherif Adi-Ali-Ben-Brahim (1866); El Halib (1868); Column returning from a Raid (1869); Horse of Gaada (1870); Algerian Campaign of 1840 (1872); Review of June 29, 1871 (1873), bought by State; Assembly of a Goum by the Caid (1874); On the Road, Entrance to the Stable, A Hurdle (1875); The Sherif, The Retreat (1876); Artillery on the March (1878); The Horse Follette (1879).—Müller, 207.
GINGELEN, JACQUES VAN, born at
Borgenhout, near Antwerp, July 24, 1810.
Landscape painter, pupil of Moerenhout,
then in Paris of Le Poittevin. Works: View
of Antwerp (1838); View of Boulogne
(1839); View in Normandy (1840); De Verwachting;
Return of Fishermen.—Immerzeel,
i. 279.
GIOCONDO, MADONNA LISA DEL.
See Monna Lisa.
GIOLFINO, NICCOLÒ, born at Verona
about 1465, died after 1518. Venetian
school; history painter. Works: Portraits
of the Giusti Family (2), National Gallery,
London; Madonna and Saints, Berlin Museum;
do. (2), Museo Civico, Verona; Frescos
in Santa Maria in Organo, ib.
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GIORDANO, LUCA, called Fa-Presto,
born in Naples in 1632, died there, Jan. 12,
1705. Neapolitan school; son of Antonio
Giordano, a poor painter, who taught him
design; studied nine years with Spagnoletto,
then went to Rome and became pupil and
assistant of Pietro da Cortona for three
years. Visited Bologna, Parma, Venice, and
other cities, making many copies of the pictures
of the great masters, which his father
sold. He acquired at this time the surname
of Fa-Presto, because he painted with such
extreme rapidity.
In 1679 Luca was
called to Florence
by the Grand Duke,
who gave him large
commissions,
through which he
acquired a great
reputation. In
1692 he was invited
to Spain by Charles
II., who gave him titles, honour, and wealth.
Giordano painted many frescos in the Escorial,
in the palace of Buen Retiro, the Cathedral
of Toledo, and other churches, and
numerous portraits. He returned to Italy
in 1702, was splendidly received by Clement
XI., and settled in his native city. Giordano
was the last of the great Italian painters.
Some of his works show marks of genius,
and with more conscientious labour he
might have equalled the greatest masters,
but owing to his fatal facility of execution
he violated all the rules of good taste.
Works: Christ driving out the Money-Changers,
S. Filippo, Naples; Ceiling frescos,
S. Martino, ib.; Judgment of Paris,
Berlin Museum; St. Francis Xavier baptizing,
Madonna del Rosario, Naples Museum;
ceiling fresco, Palazzo Riccardi, Florence;
Galatea, Portrait of himself, Uffizi, ib.;
Rape of the Sabines, Palazzo Adorno, Genoa;
Clorinda, Palazzo Brignole Sale, ib.; Perseus,
Palazzo Reale, ib.; Madonna with
Saints, Brera, Milan; Descent from the
Cross, Venice Academy; Fall of the Angels
(1666), twelve others, Vienna Museum; Lucretia
and Tarquin, Perseus and Phineus,
Hercules and Omphale, Rape of the Sabines,
Lot and his Daughters, Susanna, Jacob and
Rachel, Ariadne, and others, Dresden Gallery;
Massacre of the Innocents, Artist's
Portrait, five others, Old Pinakothek, Munich;
Judgment of Paris, three others, Copenhagen
Gallery; Glorification of St. Catharine,
An Astronomer, Portrait of a Priest,
