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New York; burned in 18—. Scene from Mrs. Radcliffe's novel, "The Italian." Schedoni, a monk, who has engaged the fisherman Spalatro to murder Ellena, the heroine of the story, is conducting him with a lamp through the vaults, when Spalatro is seized with terror at the vision of a bloody hand. Considered by Allston his best picture. Painted in 1832 for H. S. Ball, of Charleston, S. C.; passed to John Taylor Johnston, of New York, at whose sale (1876) sold for $3,900 to H. R. Bishop; burned at his country-seat on the Hudson.
SPANGENBERG, FRIEDRICH, born at
Göttingen, Dec. 3, 1843, died on Mount
Vesuvius, June 25, 1874. History painter,
pupil in Munich of Ramberg, then (1861)
in Venice of Pauwels; returned to Munich,
where he received marks of distinction from
the Union for Historical Art, and, provided
with the great stipend, was about to complete
his studies in Italy, when he was struck
down by paralysis of the heart while ascending
Mount Vesuvius. Works: Triumph of
the American Union, Capitol, Washington;
Vandals Plundering; Geiserich's Departure
from Rome.—Kunst-Chronik, ix. 627.
SPANGENBERG, GUSTAV (ADOLF),
born in Hamburg,
Feb. 1, 1828. History
and genre painter,
pupil in Hamburg of
Hermann Kauffmann,
in Hanau of Pellissier,
then of Antwerp
Academy (1848-50),
and in Paris (1851-57)
of Couture and
the sculptor Triqueti;
copied in the Louvre, visited England and
Holland, and in 1857-58 Italy, and settled
in Berlin. Professor; member of Berlin,
Vienna, and Hanau Academies. Medals:
Cologne, 1861; Berlin, 1868, 1876; Vienna,
1873. Works: Amsterdam Orphan Girls
(1851), Donkey Driver's Siesta (1855), Walpurgis
Night (1862), Hamburg Gallery; Rat
Charmer of Hameln; St. John's Eve in Cologne;
Luther as Squire George; Luther
making Music at Home (1866), Leipsic Museum;
Luther and Melanchthon (1867), Mr.
Probasco, Cincinnati; Luther translating the
Bible (1870), Procession of Death (1876),
National Gallery, Berlin; Luther's Entry
into Worms (1875), Königsberg Museum;
Allegory of Labour and Vice (1878); Will o'
the Wisp (1879); Three Marys at Christ's
Tomb (1880). In fresco: The Four Faculties
(1885), University, Halle.—Jordan
(1885), ii. 219; Leixner, Mod. K., ii. 82;
Müller, 499; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch.,
225; Illustr. Zeitg. (1883), ii. 345; D. Rundschau,
ix. 324; xvii. 301; xxi. 147; Zeitschr.
f. b. K., vi. 144; xii. 292.
SPANGENBERG, LOUIS, born in Hamburg
in 1824. Landscape and architecture
painter, pupil in Munich of Emil Kirchner,
then studied in Brussels; travelled in
France, England, Italy, and Greece, and
settled in Berlin in 1857. Member of Berlin
Academy. Works: Citadel of Corinth;
Acropolis of Athens (several times); Uglei
Lake in Holstein; Village in Burgundy;
Farmyard in Oldenburg (1862); The Regenstein
in the Hartz Mountains; Fishermen's
Hut on the Baltic (1866); Theatre of Herodes
Atticus at Athens (Jubilee Exhibition,
Berlin, 1886).
SPANISH MARRIAGE. See Marriage.
SPASIMO DI SICILIA, Raphael, Madrid
Museum; wood transferred to canvas, H. 9
ft. 10 in. × 7 ft. 6 in. Christ, on the way to
Calvary, has sunk under the weight of the
cross, which Simon of Cyrene offers to carry;
an executioner, at left, endeavours to drag
him along by a rope, while another raises
his spear to strike him; but, regardless of
his own sufferings, he turns consolingly to
the Virgin, who, kneeling with outstretched
arms, is supported by St. John and Mary
Magdalen; behind them follow other women
and a procession of Roman soldiers and
citizens from the city gates; in the background,
a mounted standard-bearer is turning
towards Calvary, seen in distance. The
word Spasimo (spasm) is in allusion to the