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and Vienna and went in 1789 to Rome; was called to Schwerin as court painter in 1794. Works: Portrait of a Musician (1784), do. of Joseph Haydn (1785), Grotto of Egeria near Rome by Moonlight (1789), Antique Roman Vault (1789), The Colosseum (1789), Schwerin Gallery.—Schlie, 579.

SEEKATZ, JOHANN KONRAD, born at Grünstadt, Palatinate, in 1719, died at Darmstadt in 1768. German school; genre painter, pupil of an elder brother and of Brinkmann. Became court painter in Darmstadt in 1753. Works: Tinker's Family, Suermondt Museum, Aix-la-Chapelle; The Rat-Catcher, Basle Museum; Landscape with Peasants at Meal, Christiania Gallery; Flight into Egypt, Four Scenes in Life of Christ, Calling of St. Peter, Allegory in Glorification of Landgrave Ludwig VIII. of Hesse, Peasant Boys as the Three Magi, Beggar Children at a Well, Musicians resting before Tavern, Children in Chicken Yard, Bachanal, Dead Fowl and Implements of the Chase, Market Scene, Landgrave Ludwig VIII. Hunting, Artist's Portrait, Darmstadt Museum; Peter's Denial (1765), Fortune-Teller, Weimar Museum; others in Amalienstift, Dessau; Städel Gallery, Frankfort (3), Leipsic Museum (2), etc.; Boy teasing Dog; Maiden with Lighted Taper; Boy with Chopping-Board; Flight into Egypt by Torch-Light.—Nagler, xvi. 200.

SEEL, ADOLF, born at Wiesbaden, Mar. 1, 1829. Architecture painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Karl Sohn in 1844-50. Studied a year in Paris; visited Italy in 1864-65, Spain, Portugal, and Northern Africa in 1870-71; and travelled in the Orient in 1873-74. Works: Interior of Byzantine Church (1862); St. Mark's in Venice; Font in St. Mark's; Cathedral of Halberstadt in Winter; Lions' Court of Alhambra; Arab Court in Cairo (1876), National Gallery, Berlin; Interior of St. Mark's (1869), Egyptian Harem (1878), Düsseldorf Gallery; The Monks at Convent Gate, Provinzial Museum, Hanover; Church Interior, Wiesbaden Gallery.—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xix. 858.

SEELE, JOHANN BAPTIST, born at Wolfach, Fürstenberg, in 1772, died at Stuttgart in 1814. Military, genre, and portrait painter, pupil of the Karlsschule at Stuttgart; represented his subjects with spirit and great truthfulness. Court painter and director of Stuttgart Gallery in 1804. Resumed study in Munich and in Vienna in 1808. Works: French Hussars Resting, French Infantry at Camp Fire (1796), Austrian Soldiers joking with Peasant Girls (1800), Austrian Cavalry Resting (1801), French Grenadiers foraging surprised by Austrian Hussars (1808), Cavalry Skirmish (1810), Battle Scene, ten other similar subjects, Portrait of the Artist (3), do. of his Father, do. of his Mother, Fürstenberg Gallery, Donaueschingen; Series representing the Deeds of Würtemberg Troops in 1806 and 1809, Royal Palace, Stuttgart; Portraits of Archduke Charles (1800), King Frederick of Würtemberg, Grand Duke of Baden, etc.—Nagler, xvi. 202.

SEELOS, GOTTFRIED, born at Bozen, Tyrol, in 1832. Landscape painter, pupil of Vienna Academy and of Selleny. Travelled in Tyrol and Italy. Works: Mountain Lake, and many other Views in Tyrol (1852-66); Zenoburg near Meran (1867); Kolman in the Tyrol (1869), Vienna Academy; Still Water; Chestnut Trees; Pine Grove; Sigismundskron at Bozen; Riviera near Mentone; Palms near Monaco; Summer Afternoon, Vienna Museum; Vogel-