SERF SERF EMANCIPATION, Edward Armi- lage, London ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. X 10 ft. An Anglo-Saxon noble on his death-bed, surrounded by his family and friends, at right, giving freedom to his slaves, who are grouped at left. In foreground a scribe writes down the names of the liberated. Eoyal Academy, 1877. SERMON ON THE MOUNT, Claude Lor- rain. See Tabor, Mount. SERRE (Serra), MICHEL GASPARD JACQUES, born at Tarragona, Spain, Jan. 10, 1658, died at Marseilles, Oct. 9, 1733. He fled from home when only eight years old, went to Marseilles, was received into the Chartreuse Convent and taught to paint ; in time he made his way to Rome, and after hard study returned to Marseilles in 1676 ; became a citizen in 1690, and a member of the Academy in 1704. During the plague at Marseilles in 1720 Serre performed in- valuable services and won the gratitude of everybody. The Museum of Marseilles pos- sesses two large pictures by him illustrative of the city during the plague, and many re- ligious paintings. Chennevieres, Artistes provinciaux, ii. 201. SERRES, DOMINIC, born at Auch, Gas- cony, in 1722, died in London, Nov. 6, 1793. Designed for the church, but ran away to sea, and became master of a vessel which was captured in 1752 by a British frigate. Released on parole in England, he turned his attention to art and became a successful marine painter. He was one of the founda- tion members of the Royal Academy (1768), of which he was appointed librarian in 1792, and was marine painter to George IH. Works : George HI. reviewing the Fleet at Portsmouth (4 pieces), and Sea-Piece (1789), Hampton Court. His son, John Thomas Serres (1759-1825), was also a marine painter. Redgrave ; Law, Hist. Cat. Hamp- ton Court ; Sandby, i. 104. SERVEST, AMfiDfiE E"LIE, born in Paris ; contemporary. Landscape and ani- mal painter, pupil of Drolling. Lives in VUliers-sur-Morin. Medals : 1867, 1869 ; 2d class, 1872. Works : Picking Stones in a Field (1867); Locksmith (1868); Fright- ened Donkeys (1869); The Mill (1872), Marseilles Museum ; Chestnut Seller, Under the Willows (1874); Making Sausages ; My Neighbour ; Wine Taster ; Crossing the Brook, Cutting in the Woods of Penthievre (1879); Crotoy in the Evening, Little Baths of St. Valery (1880); Picardy (1881); A Mill, Saltmakers and Salters (1882); Stable in Villiers, High Tide at Crotoy (1883); Ma cour, Chemin du bac (1884). SESTO, CESARE DA. See Cesare da Sesto. SETTEGAST, JOSEF, born at Coblentz, Feb. 8, 1813. History painter, pupil of Dusseldorf Academy, and of Veit in Frank- fort. Visited Italy in 1838-43. Works: Madonna and Child (1833); Finding of the Cross, Church of the Cross, Ehrenbreit- stein ; Crucifixion, St. Francis Church, Dus- seldorf. In fresco; subjects, Kastor Church, Coblentz ; Crucifixion, Max Church, Dtlssel- dorf ; cupola of Mentz Cathedral after de- signs by Veit (1861). Art Journal (1865), 133 ; Nagler, xvi. 304 ; Mailer, Dusseldorf. K, 54. SEUTER (Saiter, Syder), DANIEL, born in Vienna in 1642, 1647, or 1649, died in Rome or Turin in 1705, 1721, or 1725. Ital- ian school ; history painter, pupil of Carlo Loth in Venice and of Carlo Maratti in Rome. Sometimes called Avouster or Cavaliere Danielle. Works : Venus on Clouds, Augs- burg Gallery ; Apollo and Daphne ; Dieda- lus and Icarus ; Death of Abel ; St. Jerome, Brunswick Gallery. Nagler, xviii. 64. SEVEN SACRAMENTS. See Sacra- ments. SEVEN WORKS OF MERCY. See Mercy. SEVERDONCK, JOSEPH VAN ; contem- porary. History and genre painter, pupil of Wappera Excellences and defects in his work, so that opinions differ concerning it. Several medals. Leopold and Ernestine House Orders. Works : 14 Stations, Church of Notre Dame, Narnur ; Battle of Grave- 171
