- nounce to the Emperor, who is seated on
his horse surrounded by his staff and by officers of the enemy made prisoners, the defeat of the Russian Imperial Guard. Painted in 1808: Salon, 1810. Engraved by Blanchard.—Landon, Musée, Salon de 1810, Pl. 37-40; Gal. de Versailles, iv. No. 797.
AUTEROCHE, ALFRED, born in Paris
in 1831. Landscape and animal painter;
pupil of Brascassat and of L. Cogniet.
Works: Cattle (Wm. Astor, N. Y.), Large
Oak, Pasture on Coast of Normandy (1868);
Pasture near Trouville, Little Shepherdess
(1874); Ravine of Mandailles, The Prairie
(1879); Brood Mares (1880); Dogs and
Sheep in South Jersey (1882).
AUTISSIER, LOUIS MARIE, born in
Vannes, Brittany, Feb. 8, 1772, died in
Brussels, Sept. 4, 1830. Studied with
Vautrin, and at fourteen by himself from
nature. Served two years in the army,
then went to Paris and afterwards to Brussels,
where he painted miniatures, and to
Holland. In 1817 he painted William I.,
King of the Netherlands; exhibited at
Paris in 1820-22.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii.
449.
AUTOBOLUS, painter. See Olympias.
AUTOMEDON, Henri Regnault, S. A.
Coale, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; canvas, H. 10 ft.
4 in. × 10 ft. 9 in. Automedon, charioteer
of Achilles, nude, struggling with the horses
of Achilles, Xanthus (chestnut) and Balius
(piebald), when about to yoke them to the
chariot for the use of Patroclus (II. xvi.).
Painted in Rome, 1867; bought by L. P.
Morton, N. Y.; sold in 1882 to Mr. Coale
for $5,900. Placed in 1884 on exhibition in
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and will probably
remain there. Photogravure in Art
Treasures of America, iii. 121.
AUTUMN, N. Poussin. See Spies, Return
of the.
AUVRAY, JOSEPH FÉLIX HENRI,
born at Cambrai, March 31, 1800, died
there, Sept. 11, 1833. History painter;
pupil of Valenciennes Academy and, in
Paris, of Gros (1820); went to Rome in
1824, to Florence in 1826, but returned to
Rome, and thence to Paris. Was associate
of the Institute, officer of the Legion of
Honour, and knight of the Order of St.
Michael. Works: Jealousy of Œnone, St.
Louis Captive, Banquet of Damocles, St.
Paul in Athens (1827); Sacrifice of Gautier
de Châtillon (1827), Cambrai Museum;
Spartan Fugitive, Raising of Pepin the Short
to the Throne, Meleager's Death, Valenciennes
Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex.,
ii. 452; Lejeune, iii. 14.
AUZOU, PAULINE, born in Paris, March
24, 1775, died there, May 15, 1835. History
and portrait painter; pupil of Regnault, excelled
especially in female portraits; first
exhibited at Salon in 1793. Early subjects
taken from Greek history. Works: Arrival
of Marie Louise in Compiègne (1810), Marie
Louise Taking Leave of her Family, Versailles
Gallery; Agnes de Méranie (1808); Diana
of France and Montmorency (1814); Portraits
of Volney (1795), Regnault (1800),
Picard the Elder (1806).—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., ii. 454.
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Allegory of Alfonso D'Avalos, Titian, Louvre.
AVALOS, ALFONSO D', ALLEGORY OF, Titian, Louvre; canvas, H. 4 ft. × 3 ft. 6 in. The Marquis del Vasto, standing in
