AGRICOLA, EDUARD, born in Stuttgart, in 1800. Landscape painter, pupil of Berlin Academy; studied afterwards in Italy, where, at different times he spent eighteen years. Finally settled in Carlsruhe. Works: Waterfalls of Tivoli, Sicilian Landscapes, Amalfi, Castel di Portici.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 141.
AGRICOLA, FILIPPO, born at Urbino
in 1776, died in Rome in 1857. Subject
painter, pupil of Academy S. Luca, Rome,
of which he was director in 1843. His
Marius contemplating Ruins of Carthage,
for which he was awarded the first prize in
1812, is in the Academy S. Luca, where is
also his last work, Assumption, a commission
from Gregory XVI. Other works: Holy
Family (1819), Dante and Beatrice, Petrarch
and Laura, Tasso and Eleonora, Herodias,
Pygmalion, Madonna, Venus and Cupid,
portraits of Crown Princess of Denmark
(1822), of Countess Perticari, of the Poet
Monti and his Daughter.—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., i. 139; Kunstblatt (1823), 87; (1843)
140.
AGRICOLA, KARL (Joseph Aloys), born
at Seckingen, Baden, Oct. 18, 1779, died
in Vienna in 1852. Miniature painter, made
his first studies in Carlsruhe, then from
about 1798 at the Vienna Academy under
Füger, in whose mannered style he painted
to the last. His water colour miniatures,
which are more generally known than his oil
paintings, found great favour in Vienna.
Works: Madonna, Vienna Museum; Cupid
and Psyche, The Hours, Vienna Academy;
St. Catharine, Cupid Hunting Butterflies,
Cupid Asleep.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 139;
Andresen, iv. 1.
AGRIPPINA, LANDING OF, Joseph M.
W. Turner, National Gallery, London; canvas,
H. 2 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft. 11 in. Agrippina,
mother of Caligula and widow of Germanicus,
brought home in an urn the ashes of
her husband, who had died of poison at
Antioch. She landed at Brundusium (Tac.
An. iii. 1), but the picture represents Rome,
with the Triumphal Bridge and Palace of the
Cæsars in the background. Royal Academy,
1839; Turner Collection. Engraved by A.
Willmore. Etched by A. Brunet-Debaines
in Portfolio, 1878.—Hamerton, Life; Catalogue
National Gallery.
AGUADOR DE SEVILLA. See Water
Carrier.
AHLBORN, AUGUST WILHELM JULIUS,
born in Hanover, Oct. 11, 1796, died
in Rome, Aug. 24, 1857. Landscape painter,
pupil of Berlin Academy, and of Wach; after
1827 resided in Italy and painted Italian
views in the classic style, though he occasionally
treated scenery in the Tyrol and
Northern Germany, as well as religious
subjects and portraits. Works: View of
Tiber, St. Peter's seen from the Vatican,
Grotta Ferrata on the Alban Hill, portraits
of Prince Leopold of Dessau and of Blücher,
Castle at Potsdam; Villa Mondragone,
Bellevue Castle, near Berlin; others in the
Castle of Charlottenburg; View of Amalfi,
Royal Palace, Berlin.—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., i. 148; Rosenberg, Berlin Malersch.,
56.
AIGEN, KARL, born in Olmütz, Moravia,
in 1684, died in Vienna, Oct. 22, 1762.
Painter of altarpieces, genre, and landscapes;
studied probably in Vienna under P. von
Strudl; member of Academy in 1754, and
superintended school of painting in 1750-59.
Works: Fair outside a City Gate,
Kirmess, Vienna Museum; two winter landscapes,
Harrach Gallery, Vienna.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., i. 150.
AIGNER, JOSEF MATTHÄUS, born in
Vienna, Jan. 18, 1818. Portrait painter,
pupil of Amerling, and early acquired reputation.
Being concerned in the revolutionary
movement of 1848, and sentenced
to death, he was pardoned at the intercession
of influential persons. His portraits of
Lenau, Grillparzer, F. Halm, Feuchtersleben,
Betty Paoli, Rubinstein, Emperor Francis
Joseph, and Empress Elizabeth, are characteristic,
broadly treated and good in colour.—Brockhaus,
i. 274; Meyer, Künst. Lex.,
i. 151; Müller, 7.
