× 5 ft. 6 in. The two poets in a landscape, at the entrance to Hades, and the three symbolic beasts: the panther, signifying Florence and worldly pleasure; the lion, France and ambition; the female wolf, Rome and avarice. Presented by Q. A. Shaw, 1875.
By Eugène Delacroix, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 5 ft. 11 in. × 7 ft. 10 in.; signed, dated 1822. Scene from Dante's Inferno (vii.). Dante and Virgil, conducted by Phlegeas, cross the lake which surrounds the infernal city of Dis. Among the spirits which clutch at the boat as it passes, Dante recognizes some Florentines. Salon, 1822. Formerly in Luxembourg.
DANTE, VISION OF, Dante Gabriel
Rossetti, Liverpool Gallery; canvas. Scene
from Vita Nuova: Dante's dream on the
day of Beatrice's death, June 9, 1290. Love
(the pilgrim of Love of the Vita Nuova)
leads by the hand Dante, who walks conscious,
but absorbed as in sleep, into a
chamber of dreams, strewn with poppies,
where Beatrice lies on a couch as if just
fallen back in death; Love bends over her
with a kiss, while two dream-ladies hold
suspended for an instant the pall full of
May blooms. Original sketch exhibited at
Liverpool Academy, 1858; painted in 1870;
acquired by Liverpool Gallery in 1881.—Athenæum,
Aug., 1881, 250; Jan., 1883,
94; Blackwood, March, 1883, 399.
DANTE, GIROLAMO, called Girolamo
di Tiziano, flourished in Venice in 1547-80.
Venetian school; history painter, pupil of
Titian, and his assistant in some of his
minor works. The altarpiece, SS. Cosmo
and Damian, in S. Giovanni Nuovo, is attributed
to him.—Vasari, ed. Le Mon., xiii.
194.
DAPHNE. See Apollo and Daphne.
DAPHNEPHORIA, Sir Frederick Leighton,
J. Stewart Hodgson; canvas, H. 7 ft. 8
in. × 17 ft. Triumphal procession held
every ninth year at Thebes, in honour of
Apollo, to commemorate a victory of the
Thebans over the Æolians of Arne. Name
derived from laurel branches carried by
those who took part. The procession, headed
by a priest called the Daphnephoros,
moves through a wood; city of Thebes in
distance, in a valley at left. A decorative
picture, painted for the country house of the
present owner. Royal Academy, 1876. Facsimile
of original sketch in Art Journal
(1881), 152.—Art Journal (1881), 136.
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE, Paris Bordone,
National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 4 ft.
5 in. × 3 ft. 11 in. The two seated on a
bank among trees; Cupid crowns Chloe
with a wreath of myrtle.—Cat. Nat. Gal.;
Richter, 87.
By François Gérard, Louvre; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 7 ft. 6 in. At left, on the bank of a stream which pours as a cascade out of a grotto, Daphnis is seated upon the trunk of a tree, plaiting a crown of flowers; Chloe sleeps at his feet, her head resting against his knees. Salon, 1824. Acquired in 1825 for 25,000 fr. Engraved by Richomme.
DAPPER. See Tamm.
DARDOIZE, ÉMILE, born in Paris; contemporary.
Landscape painter. Medal:
3d class, 1882. Works: At Maintenon, Pond
of Cernay, Valley of Cernay (1875); Moonrise,
Sunset (1876); Washer-women at Pond
of Cernay, Greenfinch Nest (1877); From
Royat to Fontanas, Road in Fontainebleau
Forest (1878); At Maintenon, Autumn
(1879); Sunset, Forest-brook (1880); Evening,
Morning on the Creuse (1881); Twilight,
A Corner of Cernay (1882); Notch
near Falaise, Val du Sud (1883); The
Source, To the Moon (1884); Brittany
Road at Pont d'Ouilly, Seine at Coudray
(1885).
DARGELAS, HENRI, born at Bordeaux,
October 11, 1828. Genre painter, pupil
of Picot; lives at Écouen (Seine-et-Oise).
Medal in 1864. Works: Challenge, T. A.
Havemeyer, New York; Apple-Stealers, A.
E. Borie Collection, Philadelphia; Kept In,
E. B. Warren, Philadelphia; In the Woods,
J. Hoey, New York; Fagot Gatherers, G.
Hoadly, Cincinnati; Gardener's Child; In-
