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(1862), Madrid Museum; Market Square in Gerona, Fortune, Chance and Folly distributing their Gifts, Friend's Visit (1871); Mercury leading the Histrionic Arts; Apollo chasing Night; General Prim and the Catalonian Volunteers at Tetuan; Death of Churruca at Trafalgar; Portraits of Isabella II., Charles V., Alfonso V., Alfonso XII., Barcelona University. In fresco: Entry of Charles V. into Rome, Conquest of Fort of Goletta, Battle of Mühlberg, Visit of Francis I. to Charles V., Alcázar, Toledo.—La Ilustracion (1881), i. 298; Meyer, Conv. Lex., xx. 852.
SANT, JAMES, born in London in 1820.
Figure and portrait painter, pupil of John
Varley, and student in 1840 of Royal Academy.
Very successful as a painter of portraits,
especially of children; elected an A.R.A.
in 1861, and R.A. in 1871. In 1872
he was appointed principal painter in ordinary
to the Queen. Among his sitters have
been the Queen, Prince Albert, children of
the Prince of Wales, and other members of
the royal family, and many of the nobility.
Other works: Children in the Wood (1854);
Fortune Teller (1855); Infancy (1857); Little
Red Riding Hood (1860); First Source
of Sorrow (1862); Taking Notes (1863); Turn
again Whittington (1864); Light in Dark
Places (1866); Mentonese Children (1869);
Alone (1870); Schoolmaster's Daughter
(1871); Peaches (1874); Early Post (1875);
Gleanings (1877); Little Zàra (1878); Adversity
(1879); Maidenhood (1882); Love-Birds
(1883); Sylvia (1884); Forget-me-not
(1885); Portrait of Adelina Patti
(1886).
SANTA CONVERSAZIONE, Palma Vecchio,
Naples Museum; wood, H. 2 ft. 10 in.
× 6 ft. 6 in. The Virgin seated on a knoll,
with farm in distance; Jesus gives his blessing
to a couple whose heads and arms are
seen at edge of picture as they approach the
knoll and are introduced by St. Jerome; to
the left, St. John Baptist on one knee; St.
Catherine near the trunk of a tree. One of
Palma's best; shows Titianesque vigour and
richness. Formerly in Casa Barberigo, San
Polo.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 470.
By Palma Vecchio, Vienna Museum; wood, H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 6 ft. 3 in. The Virgin, resting at foot of a tree, presents Jesus to SS. Catherine, Celestin, John Baptist, and a female Saint. Probably picture formerly belonging to Galia di Fano, Venice.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 471.
SANTA CROCE. See Francesco and Girolamo
da Santa Croce.
SANTA FAZ. See Ecce Homo, Murillo.
SANTAFEDE, FABRIZIO, born in Naples
about 1560, died there in 1635. Neapolitan
school; son and pupil of Francesco
Santafede; afterwards pupil of Francesco
Curia, and then visited Rome, Bologna,
Venice, and Florence to study the great
masters. Employed in considerable works
on return to Naples. It is said that when
Naples was sacked by the insurgents under
Masaniello (1647), two halls which Santafede
had painted were spared, out of respect
for the artist. Works: Madonna with Saints
(1595), Naples Museum; Holy Family, Hague
Museum, and pictures in churches. Fabrizio
was the master of Massimo Stanzioni.—Ch.
Blanc, École napolitaine; Siret, 829.
SANTAFEDE, FRANCESCO, flourished
about 1555. Neapolitan school; pupil of
Andrea da Salerno. Works in churches in
Naples, among the best being the Coronation
of the Virgin, in S. M. la Nuova (though
some ascribe this to Fabrizio, his son); and
Resurrection, Chapel of the Monte di Pietà.—Ch.
Blanc, École napolitaine.
SANTERRE, JEAN BAPTISTE, born at
Magny (Seine-et-Oise), Jan. 1, 1658, died
in Paris, Nov. 21, 1717. French school;
genre and portrait painter, pupil of François
Lemaire and of Boullogne the elder. Painted
his St. Theresa for Louis XIV. and
obtained a pension, and for his Susanna
was made Member of the Academy, 1704.
Works: Susanna Bathing (1704), Louvre;
Marie Adelaide of Savoy, Louise Adelaide
d'Orléans (2), The Regent and Madame de
Parabère, Versailles Museum; St. Theresa