2d class, 1882; Philadelphia, 1876. Works: Women washing (1874); The Pyramids, Oaks of Grand Moulin, Street at Foucherolles (1875); In the Bay of Poult-Gouin, Farm of Brohonnière (1876); Souvenir of Cernay-la-Ville, Winter (1877); The Aven in Finistèrre (1878); The Beadle's Path (1879); Farm at Kerlaven in the Evening, A Quarry (1880); Woodman's Cabin in the Autumn (1881), Luxembourg Museum; Fagots (1882); Valley of the Mantega (1883); Lake of Vaux-de-Cernay (1884); Approaching Storm (1885).
DAMIANI, FELICE, born at Gubbio;
flourished 1584-1616. Lombardo-Venetian
school; history painter, pupil of Ben.
Nucci (?). Works: Circumcision, S. Domenico,
Gubbio; Decollation of St. Paul
(1584), Castel Nuovo, Recanati; Baptism of
St. Augustine (1594), S. Agostino, Gubbio.
He decorated, about 1596, two chapels in La
Madonna de' Lumi, San Severino, with illustrations
of life of the Virgin and Infancy of
Christ.
DAMINI, PIETRO, born at Castelfranco
in 1592, died in Venice in 1631. Venetian
school; history painter, pupil of Gio. Bat.
Novelli; had won great reputation when he
died of the plague. Executed many works
at Castelfranco, Vincenza, Venice, Crema,
and Padua. Works: Christ giving Keys to
St. Peter, S. Clemente, Padua; Crucifixion,
Il Santo, Padua; Life of St. Philip, cloister
of the Serviti, Vicenza. His brother Giorgio,
a good portrait painter, died also of plague,
in Venice, in 1631.—Baldinucci, iv. 689.
DAMOPHILUS, painter and modeller in
clay. One of the earliest Greek painters
heard of in Italy. Decorated, with his companion
Gorgasus, Temple of Ceres, Liber,
and Libera at Rome (dedicated 494 B. C.).—Pliny,
xxxv. 45 [154].
DAMOYE, PIERRE EMMANUEL, born
in Paris; contemporary. Landscape painter,
pupil of Corot, Daubigny, and Bonnat.
Medals: 3d class, 1879; 2d class, 1884.
Works: The Old Road at Auvers, The
Fields (1875); Prairies of Mortefontaine
(1876, 1877); Pastures, The Downs at Cucq
(1878); Mill of Merlimont (1879), Luxembourg
Museum; Fields at Auvers (1879);
Crossway in Forest of Fontainebleau, Inundated
Prairies (1880); Mill of Gouillandeur,
In the Landes of Carnac (1881); Isle
of St. Denis (1882); After the Inundation
(1883); Lake in Sologne, Plain of Gennevilliers
(1884); Road of the Dunes—Normandy,
Swamp of Arleux (1885).
DANA, WILLIAM P. W., born in Boston,
Mass., in 1833. Marine and figure painter;
visited Paris in 1852 and became a pupil of
Picot, Le Poitevin, and of the École des
Beaux Arts. Returned to America in 1862,
elected N.A. in 1863. Medal, Paris, 3d
class, 1878. Studio in Paris (1885). Works:
Cliffs at Sunset; Waiting for the Fishing-*Boats;
Marine (J. P. Morgan, New York),
Chase of the Frigate Constitution (William
Astor, ib.); Low Tide at Yport; Foggy
Morning—Coast of Normandy; French
Peasant Girl; Heart's-Ease; English Greyhound;
Moonlight at Sea; On the Beach at
Dinard—Brittany (1879); Breakers, Channel
Islands (1881); Bleak Day, Coast of Brittany
(1882); Sea-Weed Gatherers, Brittany
(1883); Near St. Malo, Brittany (Mrs. Isaac
Bell), Seaside Harvest, Halt and the Blind,
French Boats off for the Fishing-Grounds,
End of a Storm (1884); Rough Weather, A
Calm Night (1885).
DANAË, Correggio, Palazzo Borghese,
Rome; canvas. Danaë, nude, leaning against
the cushions of a couch; on the lower end
sits Hymen, with outstretched wings, lifting
her drapery to catch the golden rain-drops;
in front, two Cupids sharpening their arrows
on a whetstone. Same history as the Leda
of Correggio. Fetched 650 guineas at Orleans
sale; in 1816 bought by Henry Hope
for £183; afterwards sold in Paris for £285.
One of the most beautiful of Correggio's
mythological pictures. Engraved by Duchange;
Desrochers; Trière; Cunigo; Surrugue.—Meyer,
Correggio, 352, 490; Künst.
Lex., i. 441; Lermolieff, 195; Landon, (Euvres,
viii. Pl. 57; Mengs, Opere, ii. 148.
