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STACK, JOSEF MAGNUS, born at Sund in 1812. Landscape painter, pupil of Stockholm Academy, and studied later in Munich. Visited the Tyrol and Italy. Works: Elf Valley in Dalecarlia, Stockholm Gallery; View of Genzano; Munich and Bavarian Highlands, Royal Palace, Stockholm.
STADEMANN, ADOLF, born at Munich
in 1824. Landscape painter, pupil of
Munich Academy; paints chiefly winter
scenes, often by moonlight or rainy weather.
Works: Winter Landscape (1837), New Pinakothek,
Munich; do., Schack Gallery, ib.;
View on Ammer Lake (1857); Winter Scene
(1860); Rain and Sunshine (1860); Village
in Winter.—Cotta's Kunstbl., 1840; D.
Kunstbl., 1856-58; Dioskuren, 1860-62.
STADING, EVELINE, born at Stockholm
in 1803, died in 1829. Landscape painter,
pupil of Fahlcrantz, then copied from 1824
in Dresden after Ruisdael and studied from
nature, and went in 1827 through Salzburg
and Tyrol to Rome. Works: View from
Villa Chigis Park near Ariccia, Park and
Castle of Rosersberg, Christiania Gallery;
View of the Hockstein near Dresden; Castle,
Lohmen; Loch Mill; View of Dresden.
STADIŒUS, Greek painter, pupil of Nicosthenes,
mentioned by Pliny (xxxv. 40
[146]) as a worthy artist. Possibly identical
with the sculptor of the same name,
master of Polycles.
STAELBENT. See Stalbemt.
STAG AT BAY, Sir Edwin Landseer,
Lord Godolphin. Stands in the shallow of
a lake, near the shore, with head erect; one
of the two dogs that have followed him lies
on his back howling, while the other gives
tongue to announce the whereabouts of the
game. Royal Academy, 1846. Engraved
by C. Mottram.—Art Journal (1870), 144.
STAG FIGHT (Combat de Cerfs), Gustave
Courbet, Louvre, Paris. Two noble
stags, with locked horns, are contending for
supremacy in a wood. Salon, 1861. Purchased
at Lepel-Cointet sale for 49,100 fr.
STAG HUNT, Velasquez, Lord Ashburton,
London; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 8 ft. Philip
IV. and his courtiers hunting stags in an
arena enclosed by canvas walls, in the Prado,
a royal hunting-seat two leagues from
Madrid; among the personages are the
King, Queen Isabel, Olivárez, Velasquez
standing uncovered in foreground, and
Alonso de Espinar, aide to Don Baltasar
Cárlos. Painted before 1629; purchased
by Mr. Baring from ex-King Joseph Bonaparte,
who took it from the Royal Palace,
Madrid.—Curtis, 24; Waagen, iii. 347.
By Philips Wouwerman, Munich Gallery; canvas, H. 2 ft. 5 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. An open country divided by a river, with huntsmen in distance driving a stag into the water, on which are people in boats; on left bank of river, a terrace and gardens; opposite, a clump of trees with a picnic party, horses, and musicians.—Smith, ix. 182.
STAIGG, RICHARD M., born in Leeds,
England, about 1820; died at Newport,
R. I., Oct. 11, 1881. Portrait and genre
painter; came to America in youth, after
studying drawing in an architect's office in
Leeds, and settled in Newport, R. I., where
he began to paint miniatures on ivory, under
the advice and assistance of Washington
Allston. In 1861 he was elected a member
of the National Academy, New York; was
in Paris in 1867-69, and again in Europe in
1872-74. After his return he painted portraits,
and occasionally landscapes and genre
pictures, some of the last of which were
much admired. His miniatures, when exhibited
at the Royal Academy, London, and
the Salon, Paris, received favourable notice.
Works: First Steps, The Lesson, St. Jerome,
(1870); Italian Chestnut Gatherer (1875);
Empty Nest, Cornice Road—Italy, Italian
Peasant Knitting (1876); Italian Girl's
Head (1877); Margaret, Boy's Head (1878);
Pet Squirrel (1880).
STALBEMT (Staelbent), ADRIAEN
VAN, born in Antwerp, June 12, 1580, died
there, Sept. 21, 1662. Flemish school;
landscape painter, if not pupil of, certainly
influenced by Jan Brueghel. Master of the
guild in 1609, its dean in 1618, called to