during St. Bartholomew's Night (1850); Jane Shore, The Dauphin in Prison of the Temple (1852); Portraits of Duke of Orléans and Princess Clementine (1831), Palazzo Royal; King and Queen of Belgium (1834); Mlle. de Montpensier (1834), Palazzo Royal; Lamartine (1839).—Biog. nat. de Belgique, iv. 860; Immerzeel, i. 169; Kramm, ii. 324; Larousse, vi. 209.
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DECAMPS, ALEXANDRE GABRIEL,
born in Paris,
March 3, 1803,
died at Fontainebleau,
Aug. 22, 1860.
History, landscape,
and
genre painter;
pupil of Abel
de Pujol, David,
and Ingres. He
freed himself
early from classical principles of style and
imitation of the antique, and formed himself
through the study of Nature, and his
name was soon counted with those of Ingres,
Delacroix, and Delaroche as a leader of the
modern romantic French school. In 1827 he
accompanied the marine painter Garneray
to Greece, Constantinople, and Asia Minor,
and conceived a lasting predilection for
Oriental subjects, which he treated with
consummate skill and power. Works: Soldier
of the Vizier's Guard (1827); Turkish
Patrol in Smyrna (1831), Turkish Execution
(1839), Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1855),
and others, Sir R. Wallace, London; Turkish
Children near a Fountain (1833); Body
Guard on Road from Smyrna to Magnesia
(1834, Maison sale, 1868, 80,000 fr.), Rebecca
at Well (1848), Bertrand and Raton,
Duc d'Aumale, Chantilly; Defeat of the
Cimbri by Marius (1834), Fowls and Ducks,
Cottier Collection; Reading Firman at
House of Village Agha, Women Bathing
(1834), M. Formé; Samson, Joseph sold by
his Brethren (1839), Child playing with
Lizard, The Ford, Dr. L. Véron; Finding
of Moses (1837), Joseph Face; Punishment
of the Hooks, Village Street in Papal States
(1839); Turkish Children coming out of
School (1841, Lehon sale, Paris, 1861,
34,000 fr.); Towing Horses (1842), The
Caravan, Louvre, Paris; Siege of Clermont
(1842); Life of Samson (9 designs, 1845);
Turkish School, Shepherd's Return, Souvenir
of Turkey in Asia (1846), Huntsman
and Dogs at Fault, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam;
Heron, The Desert (1849); Turkish
Cavalry crossing Ford, Flight into Egypt,
Greek Pirates (1850); Rebecca and Eliezer
(1851), Baron Royer; Monkey Painter,
Hunting with Falcon, Hunters at the Meet,
late Duc de Morny; Don Quixote and
Sancho Panza, Baron G. de Rothschild;
Turkish Coffee-House, Comte Lariboissière;
Spaniards playing Cards, M. Jules Delon;
Children playing with Turtle, Donkeys, M.
Paturle; Interior of Farm-House, Comte T.
du Châtel; Farmyard, Baron Corvisart;
Turkish Children playing with Turtles, M.
Cuvillier-Fleury; Tow-Horses, M. Ravenaz;
Village in Italy, Tiger and Elephant, M.
Gaillard père; Donkey and Learned Dogs,
Beggar counting Receipts, M. Albert; Turkish
Butcher, Italian Peasant, The Grandmother,
Ball Players, M. Gaillard fils; Kennel,
Interior of a Yard, Baron Michel; Souvenir
of Turkey in Asia, Albanians, Gypsies,
Turkish Coffee-House, Improviser, M. Henri
Didier-Goédon; Hunter in the Marsh,
M. Bonnet; Halt of Arab Cavalry, Dogs,
Marquis of Harcourt; Monkeys, Large
Turkish Bazaar, Lord Henry Seymour;
Monkey Bakers, Monkey Pork-Butchers, M.
Joseph Fau; Interior of a Courtyard in
Italy (Pillet sale, 1881, 36,800 fr.); Sunset at
Fécamp (Everard sale, 1872, 18,000 fr.); Village
Street (Dagnan sale, 1881, 16,300 fr.);
Suburbs of Smyrna (Narischkine sale, 1883,
36,100 fr.); Street of Italian Village (do.,
48,000 fr.). Works in United States: Night-
