ALFARO Y GAMEZ, Don JUAN, born in 1640 in Cordova, died in Madrid in 1680. Spanish school; pupil of Antonio del Castillo and of Velasquez, whose portraits he learned to imitate. Also an engraver and writer, both of poetry and prose. Works: Assumption (1668), Museo Nacional; Antonio da Solis, portrait, D. Valentin Carderera, Madrid.—Curtis, 328; Stirling, 809; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 295.
ALGERIAN FALCONER, Eugène Fromentin,
Albert Spencer, New York. In the
foreground, an Arab horseman, riding at full
gallop, holds a falcon perched upon his
wrist, as high above his head as his arm will
stretch. His whole action is full of intense
energy, and the speed of his horse is shown
by the sand whirling around him. In the
background are indications of other mounted
figures. Salon, 1863. Etched by Flameng;
Lionel. Several replicas.
ALIBERTI, GIANCARLO, born at Asti,
Piedmont, in 1680, died about 1740. One
of the many skilful masters of the 18th
century, who excelled in the execution
of those extensive, quickly-painted frescoes,
termed macchinose by the Italians.
His style was a mixture of Roman and
Bolognese art, showing the influences of
Maratta and the school of the Carracci,
with a leaning towards Correggio.
He frescoed churches in Asti, Pavia, and
other Italian cities.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i.
312.
ALIBRANDI, GIROLAMO, of Messina, born about 1470, died in 1524; but De Marzo thinks him the painter of an Epiphany in the church of Venetico, Sicily, dated 1532. Neapolitan school; studied several years in Venice and afterward in Milan with Leonardo da Vinci. Returned to Sicily in 1514, and painted in Messina; called sometimes the Raphael of Messina. Most important of his works is a Presentation in the Temple, dated 1519, in San Niccolò, Messina. Style a mixture of the Leonardesque and Ferrarese.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 312; C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 116.
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ALIENSE, born in Greek island of Milo
in 1556 (?), died in Venice in 1629. Real
name Antonio
Vassilacchi.
Venetian
school; pupil
of Paolo Veronese,
who
dismissed
him, Ridolfi
says, on account
of jealousy
at his
wonderful progress. Aliense then applied
himself to the study of the works of Tintoretto,
and soon acquired a style which,
for strength and boldness of design, and
vigor of colouring approached the best productions
of that master. He won a great
reputation, was patronized by the doge
and nobility of Venice, and was invited
to their respective courts by Philip II. of
Spain, and by Sigismund III. of Poland.
But he preferred to remain in Venice, where
he lived in great state, and executed many
works for public buildings and churches.
In the Palazzo Ducale are his Adoration of
the Magi, Coronation of Baldwin Emperor
of Constantinople, the Doge Ordelasso Faliero
at the Capture of Zara, and other large
pictures; and in S. Apostoli are his Sacrifices
of Abraham and Cain and Abel. Examples
of his work are also in S. Giovanni
del Rialto, S. Giovanni del Tempio, S. Leonardo,
S. Giovanni Evangelista, S. Zaccheria,
S. Domenico a Castello, S. Paterniano, S.
Chiara S. Procolo, S. Vitale,
and the Frari, Venice,
and in S. Pietro de' Casinensi, Perugia.—Ch.
Blanc, École vénitienne; Burckhardt,
745, 750, 753, 754; Sansovino, Venetia illustrata,
271.
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ALIGNY, CLAUDE FRANÇOIS THÉODORE CARUELLE D', born at Chaumes, Nièvre, Feb. 6, 1798, died in Lyons, Feb. 25, 1871. Landscape painter, pupil of Regnault and Watelet; treated landscapes in the historical style, and attained great distinction
