Gal. de Versailles, No. 655; Norvins, Hist. de Napoleon, i. 486.
JÄGER, GUSTAV, born in Leipsic, July
12, 1808, died there, April 19, 1871. History
painter, studied at first in Leipsic and
at the Dresden Academy, and from 1830 in
Munich under Julius Schnorr, whom, after
visiting Rome in 1836-37, he assisted in
painting frescos in the new palace. In
1846-48 he decorated the Herder room at
the castle in Weimar with frescos, and in
1850 painted one of the frescos in the Niebelungen
Hall at Munich. He was made
director of the Leipsic Academy in 1847.
Works: Entombment, Burial of Moses,
Leipsic Museum (Cartoon in Weimar Museum);
Job (1833); Prayer of Moses during
the Battle (1835); Balaam with the Angel
(1836); Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine
(1855), Dresden Museum. Frescos: Charlemagne
driving the Longobards from Germany,
Conquest of Saragossa, Battle with
the Huns, Death of Charlemagne in Aachen,
Charlemagne taking Pavia, Council at Frankfort,
Coronation of Charlemagne in Rome,
Frederic Barbarossa proclaimed Emperor,
Barbarossa's Entry into Milan, Peace Treaty
with Alexander III. in Venice, Death of Barbarossa
at Seleucia (1837-45), all in the
Königsbau, Munich; Allegories illustrating
Herder's Works (1846-48), Herder room,
Weimar; Entombment, Leipsic Museum;
Dream of Sophronius, Magdalen at the Feet
of the Saviour (1859); Circumcision of St.
John.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xiii. 649; Allgem.
Zeitg., April 27, 1871, Beilage, 117; Cotta's
Kunstbl. (1836), 54; D. Kunstbl. (1850),
328; (1851), 19; (1858), 291; Förster, v.
101; Kunst-Chronik, vi. 423.
JÄGER, KARL, born at Nuremberg in
1838. History painter, pupil of Reindel,
Kreling, and Munich Academy. Professor
at Nuremberg Art School. Works: Golden
Age of Nuremberg; Birth of Dürer; Fair
Rothtraut (1877); twelve portraits of German
Kings; Portrait of Director Essenwein,
Nuremberg Museum.—Müller, 279.
JAHN, JOHANN QUIRIN, born in
Prague, June 4, 1739, died there, July 20,
1802. History painter and writer on art;
son and pupil of Jacob Jahn (died in 1767),
and for several years assistant of Palko in
fresco and oil painting. Visited Holland,
France, and Germany, and was made associate
of the Academy at Vienna. After his
return to Prague in 1796 he painted altarpieces
for Bohemian and Schleswig churches.
Works: S. Felippo Neri (1772), Church of
St. Veit, Prague; St. Stephen (1775), St. Stephen's,
ib.; masterly copy of Correggio's La
Notte, Church at Liebesnitz.—Allgem. d.
Biogr., xiii. 686; Wurzbach, x. 47.
JAIRUS, DAUGHTER OF (Mark, ch. v.),
Gustav Richter, National Gallery, Berlin;
canvas, H. 11 ft. 10 in. × 9 ft. 5 in.; signed,
dated 1856. Christ, accompanied by three
apostles, stands beside the bed of the maiden,
who raises her head and looks up to him,
while the mother bends listening over her;
the father, standing behind the couch, has
laid his hand on his child's pillow and looks
in mute astonishment at the miracle.—Jordan
(1885), i. 102.
JALABERT, CHARLES FRANÇOIS,
born at Nîmes, Jan. 1, 1819. Genre and
portrait painter, pupil of Paul Delaroche.
After competing for the prix de Rome three
times without success, he spent three years
in Italy, and returned with a picture which
was bought by the State. His figures are
well grouped, but not free from affectation.
This is especially applicable to his religious
pictures. Medals: 3d class, 1847; 2d class,
1851, 1867; 1st class, 1853, 1855; L.
of Honor, 1855; Officer, 1867. Works:
Virgil, Horace, and Varius at the House of
Mæcenas (1847), Luxembourg Museum;
St. Luke, Villanello (1852); Annunciation,
Nymphs listening to Orpheus (1853); Christ
on Mount of Olives (1855); Farewell of Romeo
and Juliet, Raphael at work on the Madonna
San Sisto (1857); A Widow (1861);
Christ walking on the Sea, Maria Abruzze
(1863); The Awakening (1872); Œdipus and
Antigone, Nîmes Museum; Christian Martyr,
Italian Girl, Orpheus (1853); The Morn-
