DEIG (Taig), SEBASTIAN, German school, 16th century, 1516-1544. A crude imitator of Dürer and Schäufelin, whose pictures may be seen in Nuremberg, Schleissheim, and the Town Hall of Nördlingen.—Nagler, Mon., v. 69; W. & W., ii. 403.
DEIKER, JOHANNES CHRISTIAN,
born at Wetzlar, Rhenish Prussia, May 27,
1822. Painter of animals and hunts; pupil
of his father Friedrich, a portrait painter,
then of the Hanau Academy, and at the
Städel Institute in Frankfort under Jakob
Becker; entered the service of Prince
Salms, on whose estates he made the forest
and its animal life his special study, and
then went for a year to Antwerp. In 1868
he settled in Düsseldorf. Works: Stags in
Calving Time, Dog with Hares, Dog at the
Chase, Pointer and Partridges.—Müller,
129.
DEIKER, KARL FRIEDRICH, born at
Wetzlar, April 3, 1836. Painter of animals
and hunts, brother of Johannes; pupil of
the Hanau Academy, and from 1858 in Carlsruhe
of Schirmer; settled in 1864 in Düsseldorf.
Works: Wounded Stag (1858); Two
Boar-Hunts (1859); Fighting Stags (1861);
Stag-Hunt, Boar-Hunt (1870), Cologne Museum;
Deer in the Mountains (1876); Contest
for the Herd (1879).—Illustr. Zeitg.
(1872), i. 67; (1873), i. 99; (1877), ii. 267;
(1880), ii. 481; Müller, 129; Land und Meer
(1873), ii. 751.
DEITERS, HEINRICH, born at Münster,
Westphalia, Sept. 5, 1840. Landscape
painter, pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy
under Alex. Michelis, and much influenced
by Andreas Achenbach; studied from nature
in Belgium, Holland, France, and
Southern Germany, but especially in Westphalia.
Works: After the Rain (1865);
Westphalian Village, Dordrecht, Wood Interior,
River Plain; View in Amsterdam,
Gravelotte, April Weather, Before the
Storm (1868); Mill, Evening Landscape.—Müller,
130.
DEJANIRA, RAPE OF, Guido Reni,
Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 8 ft.7 in. × 6 ft. 6 in.
Hercules having entrusted Dejanira to the
Centaur Nessus to be carried across the River
Evenus, slays him with a poisoned arrow
when he perceives that he is about to carry
her off. Same history as Hercules and Achelous
of Guido. Engraved by G. Rousselet;
Bervic.—Landon, Musée, i. Pl. 35; Villot,
Cat. Louvre.
DEJUINNE, FRANÇOIS LOUIS, born
in Paris in 1786, died there in 1844. History
painter, pupil of Girodet; won grand
prix de Rome in 1817, and then studied at
the French Academy in Rome. L. of Honour,
1824. Works: Death of Hector; Assumption,
St. Geneviève, Notre Dame de Lorette;
Christ healing the Blind, St. Vincent
de Paul; St. Fiacre declining the Crown,
St. Sulpice; Four Seasons, Trianon Palace;
Baptism of Clovis, Versailles Museum;
St. Aignan invoking Heaven for besieged
Orleans; Michelangelo's House, Tasso's
House, Girodet painting Galatea, Inez at
the Feet of Childe Harold.
DEKKER. See Decker.
DELABORDE, HENRI, Vicomte, born
at Rennes, May 2, 1811. History painter,
pupil of Delaroche; in 1855 was made conservator
of the Imperial Cabinet of Engravings,
afterwards its vice-director; member
of Academy, 1868, perpetual secretary since
1874; distinguished as a writer upon art.
Medals: 2d class, 1837; 1st class, 1847; L.
of Honour, 1860; Officer, 1870. Works: Hagar
in the Desert (1836), Dijon Museum;
Conversion of St. Augustine (1837); Death of
St. Monica (1838); Conquest of Damietta
(1841), Knights of St. John of Jerusalem
(1845), Versailles Museum; Passion of
Christ (1848), Amiens Cathedral.—Meyer,
Con. Lex., xviii. 229; Müller, 130.
DELACROIX, AUGUSTE, born at Boulogne-sur-Mer,
Jan. 27, 1809, died there, Nov.,
1868. Genre and marine painter. Paralyzed
during several years before his death, he
painted his last works with his left hand.
Medals: 3d class, 1839; 2d class, 1841; 1st
class, 1846. Works: Coast of Boulogne,
Interior of Boulogne Harbour (1835), De-
