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Christ and the Doctors (1662), Abraham casting off Hagar, Isaac blessing Jacob, Old Pinakothek, Munich; David and Abigail, Schleissheim Gallery; Presentation in the Temple, Mercury killing Argus (1666), Raising of Jairus' Daughter, Berlin Museum; Triumph of Mordeçai, Guard House, Lord Bute, London; Portrait of the Historian Dapper (1669), Städel Institute, Frankfort.—Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Allgem. d. Biogr., v. 653; Immerzeel, i. 216; Kramm, ii. 415; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 273.

EECKHOUT, JACOB JOSEPH VAN DEN, born in Antwerp, Feb. 6, 1793, died in Paris in 1861. History, genre, and portrait painter, pupil of Antwerp Academy; then practised sculpture, in which he obtained a prize in 1821; took up painting without a master, and in 1823 obtained the first prize in Ghent, and soon after a medal at Douai. In 1831 settled at The Hague, where in 1839 he became director of the Academy; moved to Mechlin in 1844, then to Brussels, and in 1859 to Paris. Member of Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Rotterdam Academies. Works: St. Nicholas Festival, Checkmate (1823); Peasant ploughing in a Storm (1829); Battle of Bautersum, Conquest of Tirlemont (1831); Doctor's Visit, Savoyard with Dog and Monkey, Nuptials of Jacqueline of Bavaria with Duke Jan of Brabant (1839), National Museum, Amsterdam; Abdication of Jacqueline of Bavaria, Peter the Great at Zaandam (1840); Death of William the Silent, Death of Van Spuyk (together with Wappers), Hambroek on Isle of Formosa (1841); Orphans coming from Church, Departure of Scheveningen Recruits, Domestic Scene at Scheveningen, Paternal Admonition, Old Woman reading aloud, The Poor Blind, Rabbit on the Wall, Pay-Day, Return from the Chase, Return from Fishing; Collection of portraits of modern artists born in the Netherlands (1822).—Immerzeel, i. 217; Kramm, ii. 414.

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EFFIE DEANS, Sir John Everett Millais, Robert Loder, Esq., M.P.; canvas, H. 4 ft. 9 in. × 3 ft. 6 in. Scene from Sir Walter Scott's "Heart of Midlothian;" one of the clandestine meetings between Effie Deans and Geordie Staunton or Robertson. The outlaw, in a slate-coloured coat with the deep cuffs of the period and wearing a Lowland broad bonnet, is on the further side of a wall in a wood; Effie, on the side toward the spectator, attired in a loose pink costume and holding her blue snood in her hand, turns her eyes upward with a hopeless expression as she listens to her betrayer's words; at her feet sits a faithful collie, looking wistfully up into her face. Painted in 1877; Arbuthnot sale (1882), £892.

EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD, born in London, May 2, 1816, died in Algiers, March 25, 1863. History and genre painter, pupil in drawing of Henry Sass, and student at Royal Academy in 1836; became an A.R.A. in 1848, and R.A. in 1860. Won a well-deserved reputation as a painter of social history subjects. Works: Spanish Girl (1838); Laugh when you Can (1839); Scene from Henry IV. (1840); Scene from Le Diable Boiteux (1844), National Gallery; Buckingham Rebuffed (1846); Wooing of Katherine, Lucentio and Bianca (1847); Peter the Great and Catherine (1850); Pepys's Introduction to Nell Gwynne (1851); Life of Buckingham, Death of Buckingham (1855); Knighting of Esmond (1857); Night before Naseby, Madame de Maintenon and Scarron (1859); Katherine and Petruchio (1860), his last picture.—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Redgrave; Sandby, ii. 310.

EGGERS, JOHANN KARL, born at Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg, in 1790, died there in 1863. History and portrait painter, pupil in Dresden of Matthäi. At Rome he aided in the revival of fresco painting, and at Berlin assisted Cornelius in decorating the portico of the new Museum with frescos. Works: Mater Dolorosa, Sleeping Venus (1819); Cupid (1823), Bellevue Castle near Berlin;