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SILENUS, TRIUMPH OF, Rubens, Blenheim Palace; canvas, H. 7 ft. 8 in. × 9 ft. 6 in. Silenus, staggering between a negro and a satyr, with three boys with fruit and a tiger at his feet, is preceded by a faun playing a pipe, and followed by two nymphs, a young satyr, and a nude boy; background, a woody landscape. Engraved by Hodges. Sketch in Louvre.—Waagen, Treasures, iii. 131; Smith, ii. 244.
By Rubens, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft. 5-1/2 in. The drunken demi-god is led along, supported and accompanied by satyrs, fauns, nymphs, and children bearing grapes. Nine life-size figures, three-quarters length. In Rubens's possession till his death; in 1640-42 to Cardinal Richelieu; then to Regent Duc d'Orléans; afterwards in Collection of M. De Tartre, Collection of Lucien Bonaparte (1816); Collection of Chevalier Bonnemaison (1827); purchased by Sir R. Peel, £1,100; to National Gallery in 1871. Engraved by N. Delaunay.—Cat. Nat. Gal; Art Journal (1871), 121; Smith, ii. 161; ix. 305; Klas. der Malerei, Pl. 3; Réveil, i. 8.
SILLAX, painter, of Rhegium, about 500
B.C. He decorated the Stoa at Phlius with
paintings.—Sillig, 419.
SILO, ADAM, born at Amsterdam in
1670, died there in or after 1760. Dutch
school; marine painter, pupil of Theodoras
van Pee, having first been a ship builder
and sea captain. His naval battles and
storms were especially prized by Peter the
Great. Works: Calm Sea with Vessels,
Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Agitated Sea
with do., Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna.—Immerzeel,
iii. 88; Kramm, v. 1520.
SILVA, FRANCIS A., born in New York
in 1835, died there, March 31, 1886. Marine
painter, self-taught. After serving through
the Civil War he settled in 1866 in New
York, where he exhibited first at the National
Academy in 1867. Works: Sunrise in
Boston Harbour; Gray Day at Cape Ann;
Bass Rocks; Sunset on the Coast; Moonrise—Hudson
River; Twilight Hour; Hudson
River; Yacht Magic; Moonlight on the
Chesapeake; On the Hudson, Dr. Judson,
St. Petersburg; Moonrise, E. Van Renssellaer,
New York; New London Light, Courtland
Palmer, ib.; Along the Jersey Coast,
T. B. Clarke, ib.; September Day on the
Coast (1879); Old Town by the Sea (1880);
Midsummer Twilight (1881); Old Connecticut
Port (1882); By the Sea-Side (1883);
Monmouth Beach—New Jersey (1884); Passing
Showers, Midsummer Twilight (1885);
Sunrise, Near Atlantic City (1886).
SILVEIRA, BENTO COELHO DA, flourished
in the second half of the 17th century,
died in 1708. Portuguese school; history
painter of great renown in Portugal. His
principal work, a Judith and Holofernes,
was compared to the works of Van Dyck;
others are to be seen in the Sacristy da
Penha, in S. Jorge, S. Bento, Madre de
Deo, the Franciscans, etc., Lisbon. His
last work was the Finding of the Cross
(1702), Sacristy of S. Pedro.—Nagler, xvi.
407.
SILVESTRE, LOUIS DE, born in Paris,
June 23, 1675, died there, April 12, 1760.
History and portrait painter, brother of
Louis Silvestre, the elder (1669-1740),
painter, son of Israel Silvestre (1621-1691),
engraver to the king, and grandson of
Gilles Silvestre (born 1590), painter, who
was of a Scottish family named Silvester,
settled in Lorraine since the beginning of
the 16th century. Louis was the pupil of
his father, of Charles Le Brun, and of Bon
Boullonge. He became a member of the
Academy in 1702, adjunct professor in 1704,
and professor in 1706. In 1716 he was
called to the court of Saxony by Augustus
II., who made him his first painter; in 1726
he became director of the Dresden Academy,
and in 1742 he was ennobled by Augustus
III. of Poland. Having returned to France,
he was chosen rector of the French Academy
in 1748 and director in 1752. Works:
Formation of Man by Prometheus, Minerva
giving life to Man, Montpellier Museum;
Interview of Empress Amélie with Augustus