and ladies in Sedan-chairs borne by slaves and preceded by naked Africans in silver collars and badges, who beat off the beggar boys; in foreground, right, flower girls seated. Photogravure in Art Treasures of America.
APPIANI, ANDREA, born in Milan,
March 23, 1754, died there, Nov. 8, 1817.
Pupil of De Giorgi, and of Giudici; then
studied in Bologna, Parma, Modena, and
Florence. Afterward went repeatedly to
Rome, studied Raphael's frescos, and became
the first fresco painter of his time.
After a brilliant career, during which he
produced many meritorious decorative works
for churches and palaces in Milan, he
painted remarkable portraits of prominent
men, repeatedly that of Napoleon, who
greatly favoured him. He was struck by
paralysis in 1813, and losing his pension
afterward, through the Emperor's deposition,
fell into penury, and died of a second
paralytic stroke. The paintings he executed
in 1808-12 in the Royal Palace, Milan, the
best specimens of his art, show good composition,
correct forms and grace of motion,
bright colouring and a masterly freedom of
treatment. Works; Napoleon on the Danube,
Versailles Gallery; Napoleon surrounded
by allegorical figures,
Leuchtenberg Gallery, St.
Petersburg; Parnassus, in fresco,
Royal Palace, Milan.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., ii. 100; G. Beretta, Opere
di A. Appiani (Milan, 1848).
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APPIANI, ANDREA, born in Milan about 1812, died there, Dec. 18, 1867. Historical genre painter; pupil of François Hayez, obtained several medals from the Accad. S. Luca in Rome, and in 1838 the great prize of the Milan Academy. Works: Petrarch at Avignon, Italian Emigrant Girl Caressing the National Colours (1855).—Vapereau (1865), 53.
APPIANI, FRANCESCO, born at Ancona
in 1704, died at Perugia, March 2, 1792.
Pupil of Domenico Magatta, then influenced
by Francesco Trevisani, and later by Francesco
Mancini. Grief over his wife's death
induced him to leave his native town for
Perugia, of which city he received the freedom,
Dec. 2, 1773, and where his principal
works may be seen in different churches.
He was one of the most remarkable fresco
painters of that time.—Meyer, Künst. Lex.,
II. 188.
APSHOVEN, THOMAS VAN, born in
Antwerp, baptized Nov. 30, 1622, died in
1664 or 1665. Flemish school; genre and
still-life painter, pupil of Teniers, the
younger, whom he imitated, and many of
whose works he copied successfully; master
of the guild in 1645-46. Works: Rustic
Scene (1656), Darmstadt Museum; Still-*life,
Dresden Gallery; Guard-room, Prague
Gallery. His brother, Ferdinand, the
younger (baptized March 1, 1630, buried
April 3, 1694), was also a pupil and even
more successful imitator of Teniers, to
whom several of his pictures are probably
attributed. Works: Rustic Interior, Rotterdam
Museum; Interior with two Figures,
Dunkirk Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii.
197.
ARAGO, ALFRED, born in Paris, died
in 1883. Historical genre painter, pupil
of Delaroche. Medals: 3d class, 1846; L.
of Honour, 1854; Officer, 1869. Works:
Charles V. at San Yuste (1841); Recreation
of Louis XI. (1846); Petrarch at Virgil's
Tomb (1847); Abraham viewing Sodom
and Gomorrah (1852).—Vapereau (1880),
64.
ARALDI, ALESSANDRO, born in Parma
about 1465, died there in 1528-30. Lombard
school; pupil of Cristoforo Caselli;
first public work an altar-piece painted
in 1500 for S. Quirino, Parma. Among
his existing works are a Madonna (fresco),
Duomo, Parma, dated 1509; Annunciation
(1514), Parma Gallery, and frescos in S.
Paolo and S. Sepolcro, Parma. He had no
originality, and shows a decided leaning
to the Umbrian models of Francia.—C. & C.,
N. Italy, i. 589; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii.
209.
