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phira, who has fallen; a woman hastens to

her aid, and a man, who sustains her arm, appears to intercede for her; in background, buildings. Painted for M. de Vennes. Collection of Louis XIV. Engraved by J. Pesne; Bovinet; R. U. Massard in Musée royal.—Cat. Louvre; Filhol, x. Pl. 685; Landon, Musée, xi. Pl. 49; Smith, viii. 80.

SAPPHO, Alma-Tadema, W. T. Walters, Baltimore; canvas, H. 2 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 11 in. Scene: The orchestra of a white marble theatre on a height overlooking the sea, the blue expanse of which is seen through a grove of olive trees. Sappho, seated on one of the lower seats, with her attendants grouped around her, leans forward and gazes intently at Alcæus, who is seated on a chair in front of her, striking the chords of his lyre. Royal Academy, 1881. Photogravure by Goupil.—Art Journal (1883), 67; Academy, May 7, 1881; Athenæum, April 30, 1881; Saturday Rev., 1881.

Death of Sapphira, Nicolas Poussin, Louvre.

SARDANAPALUS, DEATH OF, Eugène Delacroix; canvas, H. 13 ft. × 16 ft. 3 in. The monarch, surrounded by his weeping women, slaves, horses, and treasures, is seated high upon the funeral pyre as upon a throne, around the base of which the flames and smoke are beginning to rise. Exhibited first at the Salon of 1827, when the strife between the classic and the romantic schools was at its height, this picture met with such severe criticism that the artist called it his Waterloo. Offered to the government for 2,000 francs, but declined; Wilson sale (Paris, 1873), to M. Durand Ruel, 96,000 francs. The original study belongs to Mme. la baronne Rivet. Replica, in small, M. Bellino. Engraved by F. Régamey; Greux. Lithographed by Achille Sirony.—Chesneau, Œuvre de Delacroix, 58; Larousse, xiv. 224.

SARGENT, HENRY, born in Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 25, 1770, died in Boston, Feb. 21, 1845. Portrait and subject painter, pupil in London of Copley and Benjamin West. The Massachusetts Historical Society owns three portraits by him; Fanueil Hall, one of Peter Fanueil; and the Roman Catholic Society in Boston, a Crucifixion. His landing of the Pilgrims was destroyed by being rolled on fresh pine, which caused the canvas to decay. Other works: Starved Apothecary; Tailor's News; Dinner Party; Christ's Entry into Jerusalem.

SARGENT, JOHN S., born in Florence, of American parents, in 1856. Portrait and genre painter, pupil of Carolus-Duran. Has lived and painted many years in Europe. Honourable mention, Salon, 1879; medal, 2d class, 1881. Studio in Paris. Works: Fishing for Oysters at Cancale, En route pour la pêche (1878); Portrait of Carolus-Duran, Neapolitan Children Bath-