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By Rubens, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; wood, H. 4 ft. 1 in. × 6 ft. 6 in. A mountainous landscape, with the palace of Alcinoüs at left, and the city of Phæacia at right, near the sea; in the foreground, Ulysses, nude, partly concealed by a bush, imploring aid of Nausicaä, who is passing with several women and attendants, two of whom are taking clothing from a car; above, Minerva, protector of Ulysses, complaining to Jupiter of the persecutions of Neptune. Taken to Paris; returned in 1815. Engraved by Parboni.—Smith, ii. 144; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 86.
ULYSSES DERIDING POLYPHEMUS,
Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gallery,
London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 3 in. × 6 ft. 7 in.
Ulysses, whose galley is on the point of putting
off from the island where Polyphemus
dwelt, is deriding the monster, who is
sprawling his huge bulk on the top of the
cliff, tearing his hair with impotent rage.
Close in shore are the remains of the fire
where Ulysses and his companions heated the
staff with which they put out the one eye of
the cyclops. Royal Academy, 1829; Turner
Collection. Engraved by E. Goodall.—Hamerton,
Life; Cat. Nat. Gal.
ULYSSES, RETURN OF, Primaticcio,
Castle Howard, England. Penelope relating
to Ulysses what has happened to her
during his absence. One of the most important
works of the master; the characters
are noble, the drawing and modelling
correct and careful, but the colouring feeble.—Waagen,
Treasures, iii. 322.
UMBRICHT, HONORÉ, born at Obernai,
Alsace; contemporary. Genre and portrait
painter, pupil of Bonnat, Feyen-Perrin, and
Hector Leroux. Medal, 3d class, 1884.
Works: Portrait of the Artist, do. of his
Mother (1880); St. Sebastian (1881); In the
Vosges Mountains (1884); In the Woods in
Lorraine (1885); Old Wheelwright (1886).
UNCLE TOBY AND WIDOW WADMAN,
Charles Robert Leslie, National Gallery,
London; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. × 1 ft.
10 in. The two seated in the sentry-box;
Uncle Toby, said to be a portrait of Bannister
the comedian, examining the widow's
eye. Royal Academy, 1831; replica (1832),
South Kensington Museum. Engraved by
Danforth; L. Stocks.—Cat. Nat. Gal.;
Blackburn, Pictures at S. Kensington; Art
Journal (1853), 33.
UNGER, JOHANNA, born in Hanover,
March 6, 1837, died in Pisa, Feb. 11, 1871.
History and portrait painter, daughter of the
etcher William Unger, pupil in Düsseldorf
of Karl Sohn and of Rethel, then of Leutze;
went to Munich, where she followed the
school of Piloty and was also active as a
teacher. Works: Sleeping Beauty (1863);
Jephthah's Daughter; Two Marys at Christ's
Tomb (1864); Joan of Arc; Deborah; Cinderella's
Sisters.—Blanckarts, 18.
UNKER-HENNING-LUTZOW, KARL
HINDRICK D', born in Stockholm, May 5,
1829, died in Düsseldorf, March 24, 1866.
Genre painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy
under Karl Sohn, then studied in Paris and
Amsterdam. Honorary member of Stockholm
Academy; Swedish court painter; professor.
Gold medal, Amsterdam. Works:
Policeman's Report (1857), National Gallery,
Berlin; Female Prestidigitator astounding
Peasants, Provinzial Museum, Hanover;
The Toast; Custom House Office; Circus-Rider's
Wardrobe; Waiting Rooms of 1st,
2d, 3d, and 4th Class; Playroom.—Jordan
(1885), ii. 54.
UNTERBERGER, CHRISTOPH, born
at Cavalese, Tyrol, May 27, 1732, died in
Rome, Jan. 25, 1798. German school; history
and genre painter, nephew and pupil of
Franz (1706-76), and in Vienna of Michael
Angelo Unterberger; won first prize in 1753,
then studied in Venice and under Cignaroli
in Verona; went in 1758 to Rome, where he
became a pupil of Raphael Mengs, studied
especially after Domenichino and Pietro da
Cortona, assisted his master in the decoration
of the library in the Vatican, and became
one of the most celebrated artists in
Rome; employed by Pope Clement XIV.
and Prince Borghese. Works: Madonna