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SIRANI, GIOVANNI ANDREA, born in
Bologna, Sept. 4, 1610, died there, May 21,
1670. Bolognese
school; pupil of Cavedone,
then of Guido,
with whom he
remained until his
master's death
(1642). Sirani's success
in finishing
some of Guido's
works brought him
numerous commissions.
His early pictures are in Guido's second
manner, but he afterwards adopted a
stronger style, somewhat like that of Caravaggio.
Works chiefly in Bologna, in the
Gallery and in churches. Among them are:
Crucifixion, S. Benedetto, Bologna; Conception
of Virgin, Bologna Gallery; Magdalen,
Supper at the House of the Pharisee (1652),
Church of the Cemetery, Bologna. His
three daughters, Anna, Barbara, and Elisabetta,
were all painters, but only Elisabetta
acquired reputation.—Malvasia, ii. 386, 408;
Lanzi, iii. 99; Ch. Blanc, École bolonaise.
SKARBINA, FRANZ; contemporary. Genre painter. Settled in Berlin, where he is instructor at the Academy. Adherent of naturalism, which is too often marked by a lack of artistic feeling. Works: Ceremonial Visit; Citizen Card-Players; Before the Hotel; Studies in Strategy; Frederick the Great taking a Walk (1878); Awakening in a Dissecting-Room (1878); Exchange of Soul; Sunset.—Müller, 493; Leixner, Mod. K., ii. 2; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 282; D. Rundschau, ix. 476; xiii. 337; xvii. 312.
SKOVGAARD, PETER KRISTIAN, born
at Hammerhus, near Ringsted, Zealand,
April 4, 1817, died in Copenhagen, April 13,
1875. Landscape painter, pupil of Copenhagen
Academy in 1831; was at first a house
painter, devoting his leisure to landscape.
Visited Rome and Naples in 1854 and in
1869. Member of Copenhagen Academy in
1864, and professor. Medals: Copenhagen,
1845 and 1846.
Works: Moonlight
(1836); Summer
Afternoon on Inland
Lake; Twilight in
a Wood; Forest
Lake; View of Frederiksvaerk
(1839),
Oak Tree near Jaegerspriis
(1843),
Creek near Dronningemollen
(1844), View of Skarrit Lake,
Sunny Day in Deer Park (1848), Highway
by Castle Vognserup (1849), Summer Day
in Deer Park (1875), Pond of Mölledammen,
Northern Coast of Zealand (1860), Female
Portrait (1860), Copenhagen Gallery. His
sons, Joachim (born Nov. 18, 1856) and
Niels (born Nov. 2, 1858), are promising
landscape and animal painters.—Weilbach,
637; Kunst-Chronik, x. 457; Sigurd Müller,
321.
SLAVE SHIP, Joseph M. W. Turner,
Thornton K. Lothrop, Boston, Mass.; canvas.
A slave ship driven ashore in a storm;
the slaves have been thrown overboard, and
some of them are struggling, with their
manacles on, in the surf. Long owned by
John Ruskin, from whom bought by J. Taylor
Johnston, New York, at whose sale
(1876) sold for $10,000 to Miss Alice
Hooper, who left it to the son of Thornton
Lothrop, Boston.—Ruskin, Mod. Painters.
SLEEP OF JESUS. See Madonna with
Diadem.
SLINGELANDT, PIETER CORNELISZ
VAN, born at Leyden, Oct. 20, 1640, died
there, Nov. 7, 1691. Dutch school; genre
painter, pupil of Gerard Dou, of whom he
was the most conscientious and patient imitator.
Works: Family Group, National
Gallery, London; Domestic Scene, Woman
Sewing and Child in Cradle, Buckingham
Palace, ib.; Kitchen with Man offering
Partridges to the Cook, Bridgewater
Gallery, ib.; Mother reproving Girl, Mr.