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Death of Adonis, Moretto, Uffizi.
to Orleans Gallery; bought by Duke of Bridgewater for 150 guineas.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 498; Stafford Gallery, ii. Pl. 29.
ADORATION OF JESUS. See Madonna
in Adoration.
ADORATION OF KINGS. See Magi.
ADORATION OF THE LAMB. See
Eyck, Hubert van.
ADORATION OF MAGI. See Magi.
ADORATION OF SHEPHERDS. See
Shepherds.
ADORATION OF TRINITY. See Trinity.
ADRIAENSSEN, ALEXANDER, born in
Antwerp, Jan. 17, 1587, died there, Oct.
30, 1661. Fish and still life painter, Flemish
school; pupil of Artus Van Laeck;
travelled and came under influence of Rubens,
and was intimate with Van Dyck, who
painted his portrait, engraved by Van der
Does. Works: Three pictures in Berlin
Museum, one dated 1647. Among his best
are four pictures in the Madrid Museum,
and one representing fish, lobsters, a cat,
and dead bird on a table, in Antwerp Museum.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., i. 86; Rooses
(Reber), 422.
ADULTERESS. See Woman taken in
Adultery.
AEKEN, HIERONYMUS VAN. See
Bosch.
AELST, EVERT VAN, born at Delft
in 1602, died there in 1658. Dutch school;
painted dead game and weapons of the
chase. Works: Two in Berlin Museum;
Game, Dresden Gallery; others in Augsburg,
Schwerin, and Potsdam Galleries.—Kugler
(Crowe), ii. 520; Meyer, Künst. Lex.,
i. 100.
AELST, WILLEM VAN, born at Delft
in 1620, died in Amsterdam in 1679. Dutch
school; like his uncle and master, Evert
van Aelst, whom he far excelled, he painted
dead birds and weapons of the chase, but
his favourite subjects were fruit and other
eatables with drinking glasses, etc. In 1643
he became a member of the Guild of St.
Luke at Delft. He visited France and Italy,
