IRENE (Eirene), painter, daughter and pupil of Cratinus. Among her works were a Calypso, an Aged Man, and Alcisthenes the Dancer.—Pliny, xxxv. 40 [147]; Clem. Alex., and Strom., iv. 124, 620, Pott.
IRIARTE, IGNACIO, born at Azcoitia,
Guipuzcoa, in 1620, died in Seville in 1685.
Spanish school; landscape painter, pupil of
Herrera el Viejo; frequently worked in conjunction
with Murillo, who painted the figures
while Iriarte executed the backgrounds.
Was an original member and first secretary
of the Academy of Seville. Works: Landscapes
(4), Madrid Museum; Landscape,
Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Stirling, ii. 931;
Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Madrazo; Curtis,
344; Washburn, 164.
IRMER, KARL, born at Babitz, Brandenburg,
Aug. 28, 1834. Landscape painter,
pupil in Dessau of August Becker, then of
Düsseldorf Academy under Gude; after travelling
through Germany, and visiting Vienna,
Paris, and Brussels, he settled in Düsseldorf.
Court-painter to the Duke of Anhalt. Medal
in Vienna (1873). Works: Moonrise; Landscape
with Cows; Dicksee in Holstein
(1876), National Gallery, Berlin; View in
Rügen (1876).—Müller, 275.
IRMINGER, VALDEMAR, born in Copenhagen,
Dec. 29, 1850. Animal and military
genre painter, pupil of Copenhagen
Academy, where he won a prize in 1879;
visited Paris in 1880, and Germany, Switzerland
and Italy in 1882. Works: Geese
Driven Home (1874); Brown Mare with Foal,
Proclamation in War Time (1879); Dragoons
returning from Reconnoitring, Dragoon
making Inquiry of Old Woman, Dragoon
Trumpeter (1880); Foot-Guards Resting in
the Woods (1881); Battery Changing Position
(1882); Infantry at Manœuvre, Puppies,
Wounded Lioness (1883).—Sigurd Müller,
164.
IRVING, J. BEAUFAIN, born in Charleston,
S.C., in 1826, died in 1877. Genre
painter; in 1851 studied with Leutze in
Düsseldorf, and after painting there several
years, lived in Charleston until he finally settled
in New York about 1865. Elected an
A.N.A. in 1869 and N.A. in 1872. Works:
Disclosure, L. W. Jerome, New York; The
Splinter (1867); Wine-Tasters (1869), August
Belmont, New York; Portrait of Mrs. August
Belmont (1871); End of the game
(1872), J. H. Sherwood; Book-Worm, Musketeer
of the Seventeenth Century (1874);
Connoisseurs; Cardinal Wolsey and his
Friends (1875); Off the Track (1876); After
the Siege, Banquet at Hampton Court
in the Sixteenth Century (1877), J. J. Astor,
New York; Waiting an Audience, R. L.
Stuart Collection, ib.
ISAAC, HISTORY OF, Raphael. See
Raphael's Bible.
ISAAC BLESSING JACOB (Gen. xxvii.),
Murillo, Duke of Wellington, London; canvas,
H. 3 ft. 6 in. × 5 ft. Isaac, seated in
bed under a canopy, blesses Jacob, who
kneels; on left, Rebekah; near centre, a girl
carrying a basket of linen with pigeons
around her; background, a valley and ruined
castle.—Curtis, 118.
By Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 8 ft. × 11 ft. 9 in. Isaac, seated in bed before an archway nearly filled by a red curtain, blesses Jacob, who kneels and is presented by Rebekah as Esau; beside the bed, a table with bread, game, and a bowl; opposite, a landscape and well; a servant-maid enters with a water-jar; in background, Esau is seen with a dog returning from the chase. Companion to Jacob's Dream, in Hermitage; the two belonged to Marqués de Santiago, Madrid; purchased in Paris in 1811 for Hermitage.—Curtis, 118.
ISAAC AND REBEKAH, MARRIAGE
OF (Gen. xxiv.), Claude Lorrain, Palazzo
Doria, Rome; canvas, H. 4 ft. 1 in. × 6 ft.
6 in. In centre, a river with its waters arrested
by the dam of a mill situated at left,
whence the picture is commonly called Il
Molino (Le Moulin, The Mill). In fore-*ground,
the marriage festival of Isaac and
Rebekah. Liber Veritatis, No. 113. Engraved
by Gmelin (1804), Vivarès (1766).
Sketch, dated 1647, Seymour Haden, Lon-
