through the trampled grain are rising in their stirrups, waving their swords, and shouting in a frenzy of enthusiasm as the Emperor, on a white horse at left, surrounded by his État-major and Marshals Bessières, Duroc, and Berthier, salutes them by raising his cocked hat. Behind, at Napoleon's left, troops are waiting to fall into line, and further on are seen the bearskin caps of the Old Guard. In the foreground, at Napoleon's right, in yellow breeches and red dolmans, are the four troopers composing the avant-garde of the imperial escort. Meissonier's masterpiece. Finished in 1876 after fifteen years' labour. The costumes and trappings were made by tailors, boot-*makers, and saddlers; the horses were modelled in wax. Vienna Exposition, 1878. Mr. Stewart paid $60,000 for it.—L'Art (1876), i. 14; Art Treasures of America, i. 27.
EILERSEN, RASMUSSEN, born at Osterby,
Fünen, March 1, 1827. Landscape
painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy;
took part in the Schleswig-Holstein campaign
of 1848-50, and afterwards studied
under J. P. Moller; visited France, Switzerland,
and the Pyrenees in 1858-60, London
in 1862, Holland and Belgium in 1871, Vienna
and Salzburg in 1873, and Italy in
1876. Many of his pictures bought in Germany
and England. Member of Copenhagen
Academy, 1871; Order of Danebrog,
1876. Works: Mill near Heden; Landscape
in Southern Fünen (1855); View of
Himmelbjaerget (1857); Gloomy Weather
in the Landes, Two Views in the Pyrenees
(1861); Morning at Sorrento, October Afternoon
at Amalfi (1881); View in Frysenborg
Deer-Park (1864), Copenhagen Gallery.—Sigurd
Müller, 87; Weilbach, 152.
EINSLE, ANTON, born in Vienna in
1801, died there March 10, 1871. Portrait
painter, pupil of Vienna Academy; appointed
court-painter in 1867, and decorated
with the Order of Franz Josef. Works:
Count Zichy, The Letter (1842); Sculptor
Klieber (1844); Negro Slave (1846); Count
Chotek, Countess Wickenburg (1846); Emperor
Francis Joseph, Empress Elizabeth,
Field-Marshal Count Radetzky.—Wurzbach,
iv. 15.
EIRENE, painter. See Irene.
EISENMENGER, AUGUST, born in Vienna,
Feb. 11, 1830. Decorative painter,
pupil of Leopold Schultz, of the Vienna
Academy, in 1842-48, and in 1856 of Rahl,
whose indispensable assistant he soon became.
Professor at Vienna Academy since
1872. Works: Apollo and the Muses (1869),
Musikverein, Vienna; Ceiling Paintings,
Grand Hotel, ib.; Twelve Months, Palais
Guttmann, ib.; The Graces and Peace,
Tietz Mansion, ib.; Scenes from Lives of
Emperor Maximilian I. and Duke Leopold,
Castle Hörnstein; Fresco Paintings in the
Museum of Art and Industry.—Graph. K.,
vi. 77; Müller, 156.
EISMANN, JOHANN ANTON, born at
Salzburg in 1634, died in Venice in 1698.
German school; landscape, marine, and
battle painter, self-taught; went to Venice,
where he studied after the old masters, and
soon attained considerable success. His landscapes
and seaports embellished with architecture
were especially esteemed. Works:
Landscapes with Ruins (2), Dresden Gallery;
Landscape with Cavalry Skirmish, Vienna
Museum.
EISMANN-BRISEGHELLA, CARLO,
born in Venice in 1679. Landscape, marine,
and battle painter, adopted son and pupil
of preceding, who at Venice had formed a
friendship with his father, Mattia Briseghella.
After Eismann's death he seems to
have settled at Ferrara. Works: Skirmish
under the Walls of a Fortress, Cavalry Skirmishes
(2), A Battlefield, Dresden Gallery.
EKELS, JAN, the younger, born at Amsterdam
in 1759, died there June 4, 1793.
Dutch school; genre painter, son and pupil
of Jan E. the elder (1724-81); went to
Paris, and in 1783 up the Rhine to Düsseldorf
to visit the gallery. Imitated the old
masters, especially J. Molenaer. Works:
Young Man Drawing, Peasant lighting his
