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1782 (about 1840), National Gallery, London; Battle of La Hogue (1847); Rescue of a Spanish Man-of-War, United Service Club.

SCHEUCHZER, WILHELM, born in Zurich in 1803, died in Munich, March 29, 1866. Landscape and architecture painter, pupil of Heinrich Maurer; visited Switzerland, and in 1826-29 the Black Forest; went in 1829 to Munich, and executed in 1836 six fresco paintings for Castle Hohenschwangau. Made admirable copies in water-colours of Rottmann's frescos. Works: Melting Furnace in Ferrara Valley, Entrance into Vilsalp Valley—Tyrol, St. Gall Museum; View in Fulscher Valley—Tyrol, Zürich Gallery; Chapel of Ariola (1832), Hamburg Gallery; Old Chapel near Taufers (1858); Upper Inn Valley (1859); Smithy in the Allgäu (1860), Ufenau Island in Lake of Zürich (1861), New Pinakothek, Munich.—Kunst-Chronik, i. 52.

SCHEUREN, KASPAR, born at Aix-la-Chapelle, Aug. 2, 1810. Landscape painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy in 1829-35 under Lessing and Schirmer; visited Holland, Munich, Tyrol, and North Italy; adopted a peculiarly romantic style and excels in effects of colouring; acquired great reputation through his arabesque drawings for title-pages, dedications, etc. Became professor at Düsseldorf Academy in 1855. Swedish medal for Art and Science; Order of Red Eagle, do. of Falcon. Works: Castle by the Water (1829), Hamburg Gallery; Castle in Evening Light (1830), Schwerin Gallery; Dutch Landscape (1832); Gypsies under Oak Trees (1831); View of Aix-la-Chapelle (1834), Raczynski Gallery, Berlin; Storm Landscape, Ravené Gallery, ib.; Landscape with Monks (1834); Monk Praying in Convent Yard, Provinzial Museum, Hanover; Castle on the Lake (1837), Burg in Aar Valley (1838), Leipsic Museum; Winter Landscape at Sunset (1839), New Pinakothek, Munich; Old Castle on a Lake, Stettin Museum; Pictures (24 water-colours) from Legends and History of the Rhine, Cologne Museum.—Kugler, Kl. Schr., iii.; Müller, 464; W. Müller, Düsseldf. K., 363.

SCHEURENBERG, JOSEF, born in Düsseldorf, Sept. 7, 1846. Genre painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Carl Sohn, then of Wilhelm Sohn; visited Belgium (1868), Holland (1870 and 1878), Berlin (1871-74), Dresden, Weimar, North Italy (1875 and 1877), and Paris. Professor at Cassel Academy in 1879-81, then settled in Berlin. Works: Song of Olden Times (1868); Farewell (1869); Travelling Minstrel (1872); Interesting Reading (1873); The Lord's Day (1879), National Gallery, Berlin; Two Playing Children (1883); Rustic Love Couple (1884).—Jordan (1885), ii. 196; Müller, 465; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 647; xix. 383; xx. 701; xxi. 289; Kunst f. Alle, i. 99; D. Rundschau, xvii. 302; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xx. 40.

SCHIAVA, LA (The Slave), Palma Vecchio, but attributed to Titian, Palazzo Barberini, Rome; canvas, life-size. A girl in the bloom of youth, her throat covered with a light white stuff striped in red, her skirt and sleeves red, with slashes showing a white lining, her undersleeves yellow.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 477; Burckhardt, 714, 722.

SCHIAVONE, ANDREA, born at Sebenico, Dalmatia, in 1522 (?), died in Venice in 1582. Venetian school; proper name Medula or Medola, but commonly called Lo Schiavone (the Slav). Went when young to Venice and studied the works of Giorgione and Titian, but had little special instruction. Obliged through poverty to work as a house decorator; attracted attention of Titian, who procured him more suitable employment; but, although he led a laborious life, died in poverty. Though a poor designer, he was remarkable as a colourist. He was more successful in cabinet pictures, some of which are charming, than