May 29, 1848. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy and of Oswald Achenbach, then of the Weimar art-school; visited Poland, Russia, and a great portion of Germany, Austria, and Italy. Works: Russian Horse-Herds in the Steppe; Roman Ghettos; View in Roman Campagna; Horse-Herd, Breslau Museum; In a Roman Park (1883), Munich Ex.—Müller, 170.
FEDE, LA (Faith), Titian, Palazzo Ducale,
Venice; canvas, figures life-size. Doge
Grimani, attended by a page and soldiers,
kneeling before Faith, who stands on a
cloud within a glory of angels, supporting
the cross with one hand, and bearing a
chalice in the other; to left, St. Mark; beneath
the cloud in distance the Venetian
fleet at anchor and the Ducal Palace and
Campanile. Begun in 1555, but did not
leave the studio until Titian's death, when
it was finished by his pupils. Deserves to
rank amongst the most magnificent and effective
decorative pieces of Titian's later
years (C. & C.).—C. & C., Titian, ii. 244;
Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 269; Vasari, ed. Mil.,
vii. 457; Landon, Musée, xi. Pl. 29.
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La Fede, Titian, Palazzo Ducale, Venice.
FEI, ALESSANDRO DI VICENZIO,
called Alessandro del Barbiere, born at
Florence in 1543, died there in 1592. Florentine
school; history painter, pupil of
Ghirlandajo, of Piero Francia, and of Maso
da San Frediano. He had a bold and fertile
genius, adapted to the large historical
frescos he executed, and in which he introduced
fine architecture and grotesque figures.
One of his best works is the Flagellation
in Santa Croce, Florence.
FEID, JOSEF, born in Vienna in 1807.
died at Weidling, near Vienna, in 1870,
Landscape painter, studied in Vienna, and
from nature in the Austrian Alps. Works:
Nymphs Bathing (1828), View near the
Schneeberg, Wood Landscape (1841), Approaching
Storm (1847),
Vienna Museum; Wood
Landscape (1853); Forest
Mill (1855); Atter Lake
(1856); Lake of Hallstadt,
Gosau Valley, Grinding
Mill, Wood Landscape
(1857).—Allgem. d. Biogr.,
vi. 599; Wurzbach, iv. 159.
FEISTENBERGER.
See Faistenberger.
FEKE, ROBERT, died
in Bermuda, latter half of
18th century, aged about
forty-four. Probably born
on Long Island; said to
have learned to paint in
Spain, whither he was
taken as a prisoner. Worked in Newport,
New York, and Philadelphia (1746). His
portraits are in Bowdoin Collection, Brunswick,
Me., and in the Rhode Island Historical
Society, Providence. One of the best is
the portrait of Lady Wanton, in the Redwood
Library, Newport, R. I.
FELIX OF CANTILICIO, ST., Murillo,
Seville, canvas, H. 9 ft. 8 in × 6 ft. 4 in.
The Saint kneeling, with infant Jesus in his
arms, beholds a vision of the Virgin, who,
on clouds, accompanied by three cherubs,
stretches out her arms to receive her Son.
Painted about 1676 for Capuchin Convent,
Seville.—Curtis, 230.
FELIX, EUGEN, born in Vienna, April
27, 1836. Portrait and genre painter, pu-
