March 24, 1865. History and genre painter, pupil of Gros; won the second prize at the École des Beaux Arts in 1822, and the grand prize in 1824; went to Italy, and returned from Rome in 1830. Medals: 3d class, 1819; 1st class, 1831; L. of Honour, 1861. Works: Ægisthus recognizing the Body of Clytemnestra (1824); Lucretia in the Forum of Collatia (1831); Enlistment of Volunteers in 1792, Palais Royal, Paris; The King meeting a Wounded Soldier (1835), Interview on Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 (1837), Entry of Knights of St. John into Viterbe in 1527 (1842), General Joubert regaining Plateau of Rivoli, Versailles Museum; Episode in 1793 at Nantes (1851), Nantes Museum; Philoctetes on Isle of Lemnos, Angers Museum.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 366.
DEBELLE, ALEXANDRE (JOSEPH
MICHEL FRANÇOIS), born at Voreppe
(Isère), Dec. 21, 1805. History painter,
pupil of Gros. Appointed conservator of
the Grenoble Museum in 1853. Has also
made designs and lithographs for books.
L. of Honour, 1868. Works: The Emperor
at Grenoble, March 7, 1815 (1840), Grenoble;
The Emperor entering the Tuileries, March
23, 1815 (1841), Princess Mathilde; Christ
and Magdalen (1843), Church of Versoud;
Abdication of Humbert II. (1847), bought
by city of Grenoble; Moses and Elias (a
fresco), St. Louis en Ile, Paris, 1845.—Larousse.
DEBUCOURT, LOUIS PHILIBERT,
born in Paris, baptized Feb. 13, 1755, died
at Belleville, Sept. 22, 1832. French school;
genre painter, pupil of Vien; especially
attracted by the Flemish Petty Masters;
painted scenes from life of middle and lower
classes with a humorous touch and harmonious
colouring. Works: Charitable
Gentleman, Rural Instruction, Village Judge,
Dreaded Consultation (1781); Scene in the
Halle, Charlatan, Two Fêtes, Interior of
Flemish Household (1783); Feigned Caresses,
Human Trait of Louis XVI. (1785);
Consultation, The Travellers, Blind Man's
Buff, Hermit distributing Chaplets among
Young Girls (1810); Physician Consulted by
Young Woman, Village Fête (1814); Day
after Village Wedding (1824).—Gaz. des B.
Arts (1866), xx. 193; Goncourt, L'Art du,
xviii. Siècle, 235.
DECAISNE, HENRI, born in Brussels,
Jan. 27, 1799, died in Paris, Oct. 17, 1852.
History, genre, and portrait painter, pupil
in Brussels of P. J. C. François and of
David; studied then in Paris under Girodet
and Gros, obtained the great prize in
1827, and a medal in 1828; visited Holland
in 1830, studying the old masters, and settled
in Paris, where he won great reputation
as an excellent portrait painter in the
manner of Lawrence. Order of Leopold in
1839; L. of Honour, 1842. Works: Indian
Family in Exile, Pariah and Brahmin, Margaret
of Valois saving Life of a Protestant
(1827); Blind Milton dictating Paradise Lost
(1828); Sick Father, Sick Husband, Charles
I. taking Farewell of his Children (1829);
Cromwell and his Daughter (1830); Last Moments
of Louis XIII., Louis XIV. and de La
Vallière (1831); Fenella dancing before
Charles II. (1832); Anne Boleyn's Farewell
of her Daughter, Mlle. de Montpensier writing
her Memoirs, Queen Elizabeth and Amy
Robsart (1833); Henri de Lorraine at Château
d'Eu, Descent from Cross (1835); Hagar in
the Desert (1836), Brussels Museum; Mater
Dolorosa, Guardian Angel (1836); Francis
I. in Madrid, Henrietta of England received
at the Louvre by Louis XIV.
(1837); Entry of Charles VII. into Rouen
(1838), Versailles Museum; Belgium rewarding
her Great Men (1839), St. Augustine's,
Brussels; Charity (1839), Hamburg
Gallery; Giotto Guarding Sheep (1839);
Adoration of Shepherds (1841); Francesca
da Rimini; Institution of Order of St. John
(1842), Conquest of Marrah (1844), Versailles
Gallery; Four Evangelists, Education
of Christ (1844), St. Paul's, Paris; Maternal
Happiness (1846); Fortune-Teller (1847);
Boniface de Montferrat elected Leader of
Fourth Crusade, Last Visit of Raphael to
his Studio (1849); Chancellor of Hospital
