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Gaul beheads Flaminius at Thrasymene (1882); Trencavel (1884); Christ (1886).—Bellier, ii. 537; Larousse, Supplement.
SYMPATHY, Briton Riviere, Holloway
Institute, Egham, near London; canvas, H.
3 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft. 2 in. A little girl with a
sad face, seated on the stairs, with a dog
beside her, rubbing his face against hers in
sympathy. Royal Academy, 1878; bought
by Thomas Taylor, Wigan, for 800 guineas;
Taylor sale (1883), £2,725.
Syndics of the Arquebusiers, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Amsterdam Museum.
SYMPHORIEN, ST., MARTYRDOM OF,
Dominique Ingres, Cathedral of Autun. The
martyrdom at Augustodunum of a young
Gaul who had refused to adore the old
gods and whom the edict of Diocletian condemned
to death. Salon, 1834. Studies:
Isaac Pereire, and Messrs. Haro, Stürler,
and Gatteaux.—Ch. Blanc, Life, 101.
SYNDICS OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS,
Bartholomeus van der Helst, Amsterdam
Museum; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. × 8 ft. 8 in.;
signed, dated 1657. The four syndics of
the archery guild of St. Sebastian of Amsterdam,
dressed in black, are seated round
a table covered with a rich cloth. Three of
them hold prizes; the fourth addresses his
colleagues. In middle distance, a woman
bearing a silver-mounted drinking-horn; in
background, young men armed with bows;
at left, foreground, a hunting-dog. Study
(1 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 2 in., dated 1653), Louvre,
Paris. Engraved by Hulmer.—Réveil, xii.
808; Filhol.
SYNDICS OF THE CLOTH HALL,
Rembrandt, Amsterdam Museum; canvas,
H. 6 ft. × 9 ft.; signed, dated 1661. Five
syndics of the Staalhof (Cloth Hall) of Amsterdam,
dressed in black, gathered around
a table, with their servant waiting upon
them; four are seated and one is standing
with a little book in his hand. Taken to
Paris; returned in 1815. Engraved by
Houston; J. W. Kaiser.
Etched by De Frey; Unger
(1876). Lithographed
by Zimmerman.—Kugler
(Crowe), ii. 369; Cat. Amsterdam
Mus.; Mollett,
Rembrandt, 72; Vosmaer,
309, 495; Smith, vii. 61;
Mag. of Art (1886), ix. 257.
SZÉKELY DE ADAMAS,
BERTALAN, born at
Klausenburg, Transylvania,
in 1835. History
painter, pupil of Vienna
Academy under Führich,
Rahl, and Waldmüller, later
in Munich of Piloty,
and studied in Brussels,
Antwerp, and Paris. Order
of Francis Joseph, 1867. Works: Flight
of Charles VII., National Museum, Munich;
Doboczy killing his Wife, Ladislaus V. and
his Tutor, Pesth Museum; Finding of Body
of Louis II. of Hungary (1860); Battle of
Mohács (1866); Portrait of Francis Deák;
Women of Erlau defending City against the
Turks (1867); The Orphan, Leda, The Nun
(1871); Storm, The Widow (1872); Flight
of Emmerich Tököly, Rendezvous, Sisters
of Charity at Sick-Bed (1873); The Dancer,
Zriny at Szigetvár (National Exhibition,
Buda-Pesth, 1885).—Wurzbach, xlii. 16;
Allgem. K. Chr., ix. 623.