are the most important of his larger works in his native city. Many other pictures in European galleries. His skill as a miniaturist is shown in an Antiphonary, a Breviary, and a Psaltery in the so-called Library of the Cathedral at Siena.—Vasari, ed. Le Mon., vi. 183; Rio, i. 114; Milanesi, Siena, 170.
ANSCHÜTZ, HERMANN, born in Coblentz,
Oct. 12, 1802, died in Munich, Aug.
30, 1880. History painter; pupil of the
Dresden Academy, in 1820, under Hartmann
and Mathäi, and from 1822 in Düsseldorf
of Cornelius, who called him to Munich
in 1826, with Eberle and Kaulbach, to paint
the ceiling-frescos in the Odeon. In 1830-31
he studied antique wall-painting in Pompeii,
executed decorative works in Munich,
and then devoted himself to painting religious
subjects in oil. In 1874 he was appointed
professor at the Munich Academy.
Works: Fresco paintings in the Odeon, Munich
(1827); Large altarpiece (1857), Coblentz;
Resurrection, Assumption (1861).—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., ii. 82; Kunst-Chronik,
xvi. 8.
ANSCHÜTZ, THOMAS P., born in Kentucky,
in 1851. Subject painter; pupil of
Thomas Eakins and of Pennsylvania Academy.
At present assistant professor of
painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania
Academy in Philadelphia. Works: Iron-*worker's
Noon-time (T. B. Clarke, New
York); The Way they Live, Farmer's Wife
(1880).
ANSDELL, RICHARD, born in Liverpool
in 1815, died in April, 1885. Genre
and animal painter; self-taught, exhibited
first at Royal Academy in 1840; removed
to London in 1847; visited Spain in 1856
and 1857; elected an A. R. A. in 1861 and
R. A. in 1870. Pictures of animals painted
between 1843 and 1850 show Landseer's influence;
in 1850-60 painted chiefly domestic
animals in association with Creswick, who
added the landscape backgrounds. Medal,
Paris, 3d class, 1855. Works: Death of Sir
W. Lambton at Marston Moor (1842); The
Death (1843); Mary Queen of Scots returning
from the Chase (1844); Fight for the
Standard (1848); Mules Drinking—Seville,
Ploughing—Seville, The Water Carrier
(1857); Spanish Shepherd (1858); Sheep-*Washing
in Glen Lyon (1859); Lost Shepherd,
Buy a Dog Ma'am (1860); Hunted Slave
(1861); Going to the Festa at Granada
(1863); Highland Spate (1864); Poacher at
Bay, Treading out the Corn (1865); Feeding
the Goats in the Alhambra (1871); West
Highlands (1872); Gathering the Herd, The
Tethered Yowe (1873); Anxious Mother
(1875); Wandering Minstrel (1876); Home
of the Red Deer (1877); Stray Lamb, On
Guard (1879); Farm of the Alhambra, Lucky
Dogs, Morning Rehearsal (1881); Returning
from Fair at Seville, Vega of Granada
(1882); Water Carriers of the Alhambra,
Hunting the Boar (1883).—Meynell, 218;
Art Journal (1860), 233; Sandby, ii. 346;
Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 82.
ANSELMI, MICHELANGELO, born in
Lucca in 1491, died in Parma after 1554.
Lombard school; called sometimes Michelangelo
"da Lucca," and oftener "da Siena."
Pupil in Lucca of Il Sodoma, and afterwards
at Parma a disciple and imitator of Correggio.
In 1522, when Correggio was engaged
to paint the cupola and the tribune
of the Cathedral of Parma, Anselmi was selected,
with Rondani and Parmigianino, to
decorate the chapels, but the work was not
begun until 1548. He painted at Parma frescos
still extant, in the church and cloister of
S. Gio. Evangelista, before 1522. Also two
altarpieces in the Duomo, Parma, one dated
1526; March to Calvary and Holy Family
in Academy,
Parma; Madonna
and
Saints, Louvre;
Coronation
of the Virgin (fresco), in Madonna della
Steccata, Parma.—Lanzi, ii. 399; Ch. Blanc,
École lombarde; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 86.
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ANSIAUX, JEAN JOSEPH ELÉONORE ANTOINE, born in Liège, in 1764, died