- formed by mannerism, and show affinity
with Liberale and Pisano. The last of his life was devoted to architecture, chiefly at Pavia.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 469; Burckhardt, 606.
FALENS, KAREL VAN, born in Antwerp,
baptized Nov. 24, 1683, died in Paris,
May 26, 1733. Flemish school; painter of
hunts and landscapes, pupil of Constantyn
Francken; imitated Wouwermans with
great success. Went in 1703 to Paris; made
member of the Academy in 1726. Works:
Rendezvous of Huntsmen, Halt of Hunters,
Louvre; Departure of Falconers, Dresden
Gallery; Landscape with Horsemen, Stockholm
Museum; Winter Landscapes (2),
Darmstadt Museum.—Biog.
nat. de Belgique,
vi. 862;
Michiels, ix.
346; Van den Branden, 1209; Ch. Blanc,
École flamande; Jal, 561.
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FALGUIÈRE, JEAN ALEXANDRE JOSEPH, born in Toulouse, Sept. 7, 1831. Genre painter, pupil of Jouffroy; began as a sculptor, won the grand prix de Rome in 1859 as such, and modelled many fine works. Medal, 2d class, 1875; Mem. of Institute, 1882. Works: The Wrestlers (1874); Cain carrying away Abel's Body (1876); Susanna (1879); Slaughter of a Bull (1881); Fan and Poignard (1882), Luxembourg Museum; The Sphinx (1883); Hylas, Offering to Diana (1884); Acis and Galatea (1885).
FALIERO, MARINO, DEATH OF, Eugène
Delacroix, Sir Richard Wallace, London;
canvas, H. 4 ft. 9 in. × 3 ft. 9 in. The
body of the Doge Marino Faliero, condemned
to death for having conspired against the
Republic of Venice, lies decapitated at the
foot of the Staircase of the Giants, in the
Palazzo Ducale, Venice; beside it stands
the executioner and others, and at the top
of the staircase are many spectators. Painted
in 1826; Salon of 1827; Exposition Universelle,
1855. Sold originally for 1,800 francs;
bought for £4,000 at Pereire sale. Etched
by Flameng.—Gaz. des B. Arts (1864), xvi.
198; L'œuvre de Delacroix (Paris, 1885),
48.
FALL OF BABEL, Wilhelm von Kaulbach,
New Museum, Berlin; mural painting,
staircase hall. The dispersal of the nations
at the fall of Babel. Nimrod, seated on a
golden throne in front of the Tower of Babel,
which is falling in ruins, with his wife and
children and overthrown idols at his feet,
defies Jehovah, who is seen above in clouds,
surrounded by angels, hurling thunderbolts;
at right, his servants and priests deride the
Almighty; below, the children of Shem,
Ham, and Japhet dispersing.
FALL OF THE DAMNED, Rubens, Munich
Gallery; wood, H. 8 ft. 11 in. × 6 ft. 11
in. St. Michael, armed with lightning, accompanied
by angels, hurling the damned
into the bottomless abyss. Engraved by
Snyderhoef, 1642.—Smith, ii. 65; Eastlake,
Notes, 183.
FALL OF MAN, Tintoretto, Scuola di S.
Rocco, Venice; oval, on ceiling of upper
room. The vegetation is rich, but faces
coarse, and composition uninteresting.—Ruskin,
Stones of Venice, iii. 348; Ridolfi,
Marav., ii. 197.
FALLEN ANGELS, Tintoretto, Dresden
Gallery; canvas, H. 10 ft. 5 in. × 7 ft. 3 in.
Sometimes called Overthrow of Babel. Restored
and relined in 1838.
FAME, Guido Reni, Turin Gallery; wood,
H. 1 ft. 2 in. × 1 ft. A winged female figure,
draped, standing on one foot on the globe of
the world, blowing a trumpet. Engraved
by Lasinio.—Gal. di Torino, i. Pl. 15.
FAMULUS, painter. See Fabullus.
FANTIN-LATOUR, HENRI, born at
Grenoble, Jan. 14, 1836. Genre and portrait
painter, pupil of Lecoq de Boisbaudran;
famous for his portraits. Medal, 1870; 2d
class, 1875; L. of Honour, 1879. Works:
Three Studies from Nature (1861); Reading,
Fairy (1863); Delacroix and his Friends
(1864); The Toast (1865); Dead Nature
(1866); The Levée (1869); A Studio (1870);