Montmartre in 1814 (1840); Baden Cavalry in Battle on the Beresina (1842); the Four Hundred of Pforzheim in Battle of Wimpffen (1843); Before the Gates of Leipsic (1846), Carlsruhe Art-Union; Explosion of Danish Man-of-War Christian VIII. (1849), Night Review of Napoleon I. (1853), Destruction of Heidelberg under Mela (1856), Carlsruhe Gallery; Eleanor of Sweden beside Coffin of Gustavus Adolphus (1857), Carlsruhe Gallery; Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria in Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, Bavarian Cavalry in Battle of Brienne, Attack of Bavarians on Turks at the Siege of Vienna (1862), National Museum, Munich; Blücher crossing Rhine near Caub (1863); March to Paris in 1814, National Gallery, Berlin; Flight of American Family over the Susquehanna (1867); Episode from Battle of Langensalza (1867); Parade of Baden Division before King William; Afterpiece to Battle of Rossbach; Meeting of German Cavalry after Battle of Hochstädt.—Allgem. d. Biogr., v. 209; Brockhaus, v. 339; Illustr. Zeitg. (1871), i. 275; Kunst-Chronik, vi. 75; Regnet, i. 64.
DIEUDONNÉ, EMMANUEL DE, born
in Geneva, Switzerland, naturalized in
France; contemporary. Figure and portrait
painter, pupil of Cabanel. Medal:
3d class, 1881. Works: Fatma (1879);
Spectre of the Rose (1880); Tamerlane and
Bajazet (1881); Bazaar at Cairo, Carmen
(1882); Jupiter and Juno (1883); Madame
Angot (1884); Guitar, Reve du Kief
(1885).
DIEZ, SAMUEL FRIEDRICH, born at
Neuhaus, Meiningen, Dec. 19, 1803, died at
Meiningen, March 11, 1873. Portrait, genre,
and landscape painter, pupil in 1822-25 of
the Munich Academy; made court painter
in Meiningen in 1832. During his visits to
the German courts, St. Petersburg, (1839),
Stockholm (1842), London (1841 and 1845),
Paris (1842), Brussels (1845), he collected
his album of European celebrities, comprising
300 portraits. During the last ten years
of his life he painted also genre pictures and
landscapes, the latter very successfully.—Allgem.
d. Biogr., v. 218.
DIEZ, WILHELM, born at Baireuth,
Jan. 17, 1839. Genre and battle painter,
pupil of the Munich Academy for a short
time under Piloty; attracted attention first
by his illustrations to Schiller's Thirty Years'
War. His genre pictures are on a small scale
in the manner of Meissonier. In 1872 he
became professor at the Munich Academy.
Works: Marauders, Ambuscade (1873);
Travellers in 17th Century (1874); At the
Sutler's (1876); Two Horsemen by an Inn,
Horse-Market (1878); His Excellency travelling
(1879); From the 16th Century, Picnic,
National Gallery, Berlin.—Brockhaus,
v. 341; Müller, 137; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xix.
130.
DIGBY, Sir KENELM, portrait, Anton
van Dyck, Windsor Castle. Another, half-length,
National Portrait Gallery, London.
By Anton van Dyck, Wingfield Digby, Esq., Sherborne. Sir K. D. and family, half-length, figures seated.
DIGBY, Lady VENETIA, portrait, Anton
van Dyck, Earl Spencer, Althorp House.
Death-bed picture; half-length, lying, as if
in sleep; by her side a withered rose.
Painted in 1633, after Lady Digby's death
(May 1, 1633). Replica, Dulwich Gallery.—Head,
46.
DIGBY, Lady VENETIA, portrait, Anton
van Dyck, Windsor Castle.
DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE, Sir Edwin
Landseer, National Gallery, London;
canvas, H. 2 ft. 11 in. × 2 ft. 3 in. An old
bloodhound, of the Duke of Grafton's breed,
and a little Scotch terrier looking out of the
same kennel. British Institute, 1839; bequeathed
by Jacob Bell in 1859.—Cat. Nat.
Gal.
DILLENS, ADOLF, born at Ghent, Jan.
2, 1821, died there in January, 1877. History
and genre painter, brother and pupil
of Hendrik D.; first works were historical,
but later exhibited pictures illustrative of
Zealand peasant life. Medals: Brussels,
1848, 1850, 1854; Paris, 3d class, 1855;