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Family Festival (1862); Disagreeable Visit (1867); Distribution of Prizes (1872).—Wurzbach, xli. 61.

SVOBODA, KARL, born at Planic, Bohemia, in 1823, died in Vienna, Sept. 12, 1870. History painter, pupil of Prague Academy under Ruben; visited Croatia and Slavonia to study the life of the southern Slavs, and settled in Vienna in 1851. Works: Henry IV. at Canossa (1845); Wenceslaus II., Coronation of Albrecht II., Joseph II. in Prague, Death of King Wenceslaus the Saint, Belvedere, Prague; Foundation of Prague University (1855); Retreat of Charles V. (1859), Vienna Museum; Conquered Milanese before Barbarossa (1863); Cycle (10) from Iphigenia in Tauris (1869), Loggia, Opera House, Vienna.—Wurzbach, xli. 67.

SWANENBURGH, JACOB ISAAKSZ, born in Leyden, died in Utrecht in 1639. Dutch school; history painter, studied in Rome and lived in Naples; notable as the first teacher of Rembrandt. Work: Procession in St. Peter's Square (1628), Copenhagen Gallery.—Kramm, v. 1592; Vosmaer, Rembrandt, ses précurseurs, 50; do., Rembrandt, sa vie, etc., 379.

SWANEVELT, HERMAN, born at Woerden, near Utrecht, about 1600, died in Paris (?) in 1655. Dutch school; landscape painter, went early to Paris and thence to Rome, where he studied under Claude Lorrain. In 1653 made member of the Royal Academy; in 1654, with Patel, decorated a room in the Hotel Lambert at Paris. Works: Three Landscapes, Hampton Court; do., Madrid Museum; Wooded Landscape, Sunset, three others, Louvre; Italian Landscape (1650), Hague Museum; do., and Wooded Landscape with St. Anthony (1653), Städel Gallery, Frankfort; three do., Brunswick Gallery; Joseph relating his Dream, Basle Museum; others in Munich, Dresden, Hamburg, and Copenhagen Galleries.—Kramm, v. 1593; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 490; Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 360.

SWART, JAN, born at Groningen in 1469, died at Gouda in 1535. Dutch school; history and landscape painter; formed himself after Scorel, and in Italy, where he lived, especially at Venice. Works: Adoration of the Magi (attributed), Munich Gallery; do., Cologne Museum; do., Brussels Museum.—Kramm, v. 1594; Zeitschr. f. b. K., ii. 43.

SWEBACH, BERNARD ÉDOUARD, born in Paris, Aug. 21, 1800, died at Versailles, March 2, 1870. History and genre painter, son and pupil of Jacques François Joseph Swebach, and student of the École des Beaux Arts. Accompanied his father to Russia. Works: Hunting Scene, Cherbourg Museum; Capture of a Spy by Hussars, Besançon Museum; Horse Market at Moscow, Winter Travel in Russia (1822); Summer Travel in Russia (1823); Retreat from Russia (1838).—Bellier, ii. 537.

SWEBACH, JACQUES FRANÇOIS JOSEPH, called Fontaine, born at Metz, March 19, 1769, died in Paris, Dec. 10, 1823. History and genre painter, pupil of J. Silfrède-Duplessis. Usually painted battle scenes and landscapes with figures. In 1810 he was appointed chief painter at Sèvres; in 1815-20 held same position in porcelain manufactory in St. Petersburg. Crowned at the Exhibition of the Place Dauphine in 1784; 2d prize in 1791; grand medal, 1801, 1810. Works: Battle of Marengo, Battle of Zurich (1802); Napoleon