covered with crimson drapery, extends her hands to catch the golden shower; behind, an old woman with her apron extended; at feet of Danaë, Cupid, kneeling.—Cat. Dresden Mus.
DANBY, FRANCIS, born in County
Wexford, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1793, died
at Exmouth, Devonshire, Feb. 10, 1861.
Landscape painter, pupil in Dublin of
O'Connor; taught water-colour drawing in
Bristol in 1813; went in 1825 to London,
where the exhibition of his Delivery of Israel
out of Egypt (Stafford House) procured him
an election as A.R.A. From 1830 to 1842
he lived on the continent, principally in
Switzerland. He is chiefly noted for his
calm evening scenes at sea, combined with
some poetic sentiment or incident. Works:
Upas Tree of Java (1820), S. Kensington
Museum; Disappointed Love (1821); Sunset
at Sea (1824); Opening of Sixth Seal
(1828); Golden Age (1831); Fisherman's
Home (1846), National Gallery, London;
Evening Gun (1848). His son James Francis
(1816-1875) was a landscape and marine
painter, who exhibited at the R. Academy
and Society of British Artists. Thomas
Danby, a younger son, is a contemporary
landscape painter, residing in London.
Member of Society of Water Colour
Painters.—Art Journal, April, 1861; Cat.
R. Acad.; Redgrave; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise;
Sandby, ii. 68.
DANCE, NATHANIEL. See Holland.
DANCKERTS DE RY, PIETER, born in
Amsterdam in 1605, died in Stockholm in
1659. Dutch school; portrait and genre
painter, supposed son of Cornelis Danckerts
de Ry, engraver (born 1561, died
after 1634); went to Stockholm, where he
became court painter. Works: Portrait
of Wladislas IV. of Poland; C. Danckerts
de Ry (1634), and wife, Brussels Museum.—Fètis,
Cat. du Mus. royal, 302.
DANDINI, PIETRO, born in Florence in
1646, died in 1712. Florentine school;
history painter, nephew and pupil of Vincenzo
D.; travelled through Italy and studied
the Venetian and Lombard masters. On
his return to Florence painted in oil and
fresco for Grand Duke Cosmo III., and executed
works in S. M. Maddalena and S. M.
Maggiore. His son Ottaviano (died about
1750) painted in his style. Works in S.
Spirito and S. Lorenzo, and in Church of
Magdalen, Pescia.—Wornum, Epochs, 357;
Lanzi.
DANDINI, VINCENZO, born in Florence
in 1607, died there in 1675. Florentine
school; history painter, brother and
pupil of Cesare D.; afterward studied in
Rome under Pietro da Cortona, whose style
he followed. Became principal of the Academy
in Rome, returned to Florence, and
executed public works in churches and palaces.
His brother Cesare (1595-1658) was
also a history painter of some repute.—Wornum,
Epochs, 357.
DANDRÉ-BARDON, MICHEL FRANÇOIS,
born at Aix (Provence), May 22,
1700, died in Paris, April 13, 1783. French
school; history painter, pupil of J. B. van
Loo and of J. F. de Troy; afterwards
studied six years in Rome. Member of
Academy in 1735, professor in 1752, rector
in 1778; was one of founders of Marseilles
Academy. He was an excellent designer
and etcher, of considerable repute as a
painter of the nude, and a poet and writer
on history and taste. He left a biography
of Van Loo. Works: Augustus ordering
the Punishment of Defaulters (1729), Aix
Museum; Tullia driving over her Father's
Body (1735), Montpellier Museum; Christ
on Cross, Marseilles Museum. Some of his
drawings are in the Louvre, the Montpellier
Museum, and the Copenhagen Museum.—Bellier
de la Chavignerie, i. 333; Lejeune,
Guide, iii. 70; Gaz. des B. Arts (1860), v.
142; Larousse.
DANEDI, GIUSEPPE, called Montalto,
born at Treviglio in 1618, died at Milan in
1688. Bolognese school; history painter,
pupil in Bologna of Guido Reni; settled in
Turin, where he executed public works;
afterwards aided his brother in Milan.
