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"I confess I take a long time to paint; but I paint works to last a long time" (Plut. Per., 13, De Amic. Mult., 5). Pliny relates (l. c.) that Zeuxis, having entered into a pictorial contest with Parrhasius, painted some grapes so naturally that the birds were attracted to them. Elated with his success, he haughtily demanded that the curtain should be drawn aside from his opponent's picture in order that he might see it, but was obliged to admit his defeat when he found that the curtain itself was Parrhasius's picture. Zeuxis afterwards painted a boy carrying grapes, when the birds pecked at them as before. This vexed him greatly, and he exclaimed: "I have painted the grapes better than the child, or the birds would have been afraid of him" (Pliny, l. c.). Festus relates (s. v. Pictor) that Zeuxis met his death by choking with laughter at a picture of an old woman he had just painted, but the time of his decease is unknown.
ZEVIO, STEFANO DA. See Stefano da
Zevio.
ZICHY, MICHAEL VON, born at Zala,
Hungary, in 1827.
History and genre
painter, pupil of Vienna
Academy and
of Waldmüller, on
whose suggestion he
was called to St. Petersburg
to instruct
one of the grand
duchesses; left the
Russian court in
1850, but returned there in 1856 and became
court painter in 1859; moved to Paris in
1874. Works: The Prisoner (1847); Wounded
Knight at Communion; Closing the
Coffin; Descent from the Cross; Life-Boat;
Empress Elizabeth beside Deák's Coffin,
Pesth Museum; The Weapons of the Demon
of Devastation (1878).—Kunst-Chronik,
xiv. 180; Müller, 572.
ZICK, JANUARIUS, born in Munich in
1733, died at Ehrenbreitstein in 1812. German
school; history and genre painter, son
of Johann Zick (1702-62), pupil of his father
and of Munich Academy; went in 1757
to Basle, where he
painted pictures in
Rembrandt's manner,
and in 1758 was in
Rome, where he is said
to have studied under
Raphael Mengs; having
visited France, he
settled at Coblentz in
1761, and became
court painter to the
Archbishop of Trêves
in 1764. Works: Old Scholar Reading,
Bamberg Gallery; two Genre Scenes with
Fauns, etc., Artist's Portrait, Gallery, Coblentz;
Four Evangelists, St. Castor's, ib.;
Trinity, Hospital Church, Mannheim; Magdalen
Repentant, Wiesbaden Gallery. In
fresco: Justice, etc., Aurora, etc., Four
Evangelists, Royal Palace, Coblentz; Washing
the Disciples' Feet, Marriage at Cana,
St. Florin's Stift, ib.; Jupiter, etc. (1789),
Royal Palace, Mentz.—Ch. Blanc, École
allemande.
ZIÉGLER, JULES, born at Langres
(Haute-Marne), March 16, 1804, died in Dijon,
Dec. 29, 1856. History and portrait
painter, pupil of Ingres in Paris; visited
Italy and Germany, allied himself to Cornelius
in Munich, and devoted himself especially
to fresco painting. After his return
he painted historical subjects and portraits;
subsequently executed the wall
paintings in the Madeleine, for which he
was made Officer of the Legion of Honour in
1838. Appointed director of the Museum at
Dijon in 1852. His pictures lack expression
and deep feeling, but they are excellent in
drawing and colour. Works: Venice at
Night (1831); Giotto in Cimabue's Studio
(1833), Bordeaux Museum; Death of Foscari
(1833), Henri IV. and Marguerite de
Valois, Arras Museum; Prophet Daniel
(1838); The Dew spreading its Pearls on
the Flowers (1844); Jacob's Dream (1847);
Judith at the Gates of Bethulia (1847),