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ENFANT À L'EPÉE, Édouard Manet, Erwin Davis, New York; Canvas, H. 4 ft. 3 in. × 3 ft.; dated 1861. A child walking to left, dragging a large sword after him. Hôtel Drouot Sale (Paris, 1881).


ENGELBRECHTSEN, CORNELIS, born in Leyden in 1468, died there in 1533. Dutch school; son of the wood-engraver Engelbert, and himself the earliest known painter at Leyden. Two altarpieces in the Town Hall there are attributed to him by Van Mander. The stiff and formal figures, painted dryly in a prevailing brown tone, are treated without any attempt at aerial perspective. Many of Engelbrechtsen's works were destroyed by the Iconoclasts during the Reformation. Authentic Works: Altarpiece with Crucifixion, do. with Pietà, Town Hall, Leyden. Doubtful works: St. Leonard, Antwerp Museum; Crucifixion, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Deposition, Moritz Chapel, Nuremberg; Madonna and Child, National Gallery, London; 2 pictures, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Crucifixion, Venice Academy.—Allgem. d. Biogr., vi. 136; Dohme, 1i.; Michiels, iv. 339; W. & W., ii. 530.


ENGELHARDT, GEORG, born at Mühlhausen, Thuringia, in 1823. Landscape painter, pupil in Berlin of Eduard Biermann; travelled repeatedly in the Alpine countries, whence he draws most of his subjects. Works: Meiring Valley, View in Ötz Valley, Tyrol; View in South Tyrol; Forest with tall Trees (1867); Charcoal-Burner on the Brocken; The Jungfrau; Autumn Landscape (1872); Mills in Ötz Valley.—Müller, 160.



ENGERTH, EDUARD VON, Ritter, born at Pless, Silesia, May 13, 1818. History and portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Academy, where in 1845 he obtained the gold medal; went in 1847 to Rome, and then travelled until 1853 in Italy, France, England, and the East. After his return in 1854 he became director of the Prague Academy, and there painted chiefly portraits, and in 1865 professor at the Vienna Academy; was made director of the Belvedere Gallery in 1871, and rector of the Academy in 1874. Commander Order of Francis Joseph in 1867. Works: Haman and Esther, Ladislaus and Akus (1844); Coronation of Rudolf I.; Joseph explaining the Dream (1845); Seizure of King Manfred's Family (1853), Vienna Museum; Victory of Prince Eugene at Zenta (1865); Marriage of Figaro, Fable of Orpheus (1868); Coronation of Francis Joseph as King of Hungary (1870); Death of Eurydice (1877); Group of Prague Ladies; Portraits of Emperor and Empress of Austria.—Brockhaus, vi. 141; Kunst-Chronik, i. 84; iv. 174; v. 172; Wurzbach, iv. 49; xiv. 440; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iii. 5.



ENHUBER, KARL VON, born at Hof, Bavaria, Dec. 16, 1811, died in Munich, July 6, 1867. Genre and animal painter, pupil of Munich Academy in 1832. His pictures of Suabian life are characteristic, humourous, and both well drawn and coloured. Honorary member of Munich Academy in 1858. Order of St. Michael. Works: Poachers sought by Forester (1835); Tyrolese in Mountain Pass, Dying Constable (1836); Shoemaker studying, Watercure (1837); Image Carver (1839); Smoking Boy (1841); Peering into Cooking Pot (1843); Shoemaker's Apprentice, Civic Guardsman (1844), National Gallery, Berlin; Village Painter's Apprentice (1852); Interrupted Game of Cards (1858);