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with subjects from Ovid, and from history, sacred and profane. In 1682-83 he did much towards the revival of the Academy of Design at The Hague, and in 1690 was called as court painter to Berlin, where he decorated the electoral palaces, helped to found the Academy, and became professor. In the Royal Palace at Berlin is his Death of Adonis. His brothers and pupils, Elias (1651-1729) and Matheus (1670-1757), painted—the former, flowers and animals at The Hague and in Rome, where he died; the latter, history and portraits, studied also under Doudyns and Daniel Mytens, then assisted his brother in Berlin, and completed his studies in Rome and Venice.—Immerzeel, iii. 134; Kramm, vi. 1615; Nagler, xviii. 251.
TESCHENDORFF, EMIL, born in Stettin
in 1823. History, genre and portrait
painter, pupil in Munich of Piloty; at first
painted realistic scenes from life of Luther,
then in Berlin portraits; executes especially
single figures in picturesque attitudes.
Assistant secretary at Berlin Academy since
1877. Works: Conradin's Farewell of his
Mother (1868); Husband's Bequest; Juliet
with the Potion; Cleopatra; Ariadne;
Œdipus and Antigone (1879); Pastime
(1880).—Müller, 516; Illustr. Zeitg. (1881),
ii. 257; Land und Meer (1883), ii. 700.
TESCHNER, ALEXANDER, born in
Berlin in 1816, died there, Aug. 9, 1878.
History painter, pupil of Berlin Academy
under Herbig, with Wach, after whose death
he devoted himself to religious art in the
style and under the influence of Cornelius;
visited Rome in 1857. Great gold medal of
Hohenzollern, 1865. Works: Ecce Homo
(1853), church at Perleberg; Pietà (1878),
Emperor William, Berlin; cartoons for
stained-glass windows in Cathedrals of Magdeburg,
Stralsund, Aix-la-Chapelle, etc.—Rosenberg,
Berl. Malersch., 247.
TESTA, PIETRO, born in Lucca in 1611,
died in Rome in 1650. Florentine school;
supposed pupil at Lucca of Pietro Paolini.
Went to Rome when young, and studied under
Domenichino and afterwards under Pietro
da Cortona. He was of a morose and
melancholy disposition,
and made
many enemies by
his adverse criticism
of the works
of other painters.
His body was
found floating in
the Tiber, but
whether he was
murdered or committed suicide
is unknown. Among his works
are: Joseph sold by his Brethren,
Capitol Museum, Rome;
Death of Dido, Uffizi.—Lanzi, i. 236; Ch.
Blanc, École florentine.
TESTAMENT, OLD AND NEW, or Triumph of Religion, Garofalo, Ferrara Gallery; fresco transferred to canvas, H. 21 ft. 4 in. × 26 ft. 11 in. A quaint allegorical composition, illustrating the victory of Christianity over the Mosaic dispensation. In the middle is Christ on the cross; at his right hand is the New Testament, at his left the Old, the latter placed on an ass; from the cross proceed arms, which place a crown on the New Testament, hold the keys of Paradise, deliver the patriarchs from hell, and slay the Old Testament. Through the hands of a figure representing religion flow streams of blood, which fall on the sacraments, and opposite to these are seen the sacrifices of the Old Testament. Solomon's temple has also a place in the composition, and opposite to it is the preaching of St. Paul. Over the whole is the Almighty seated on a rock. Painted in 1524 on the wall of the refectory of S. Andrea, Ferrara; transferred to canvas in 1841 by the painter Pellegrino Succi, by order of Gregory XVI.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 466; Baruffaldi, i. 332.
TESTELIN (Tettelin), HENRI, born in
Paris in 1616, died at The Hague, April 17,
1695. French school; history and portrait
painter, brother of Louis Testelin, and
pupil of Vouet. He became one of the