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1 79 1, he was made an Associate of the Academy, though under the age 

 limit required by law. After the death of Reynolds, the following year, 

 he was appointed painter to the King. He was elected a Royal Academi- 

 cian in 1794, was knighted in 1815, and at the death of Benjamin West, in 

 1820, was unanimously elected President of the Academy. He was also 

 a member of many foreign academies, including St. Luke at Rome, and in 

 1825 was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. From 1787 to 1830, 

 he contributed 311 pictiures to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. 



PORTRAIT OF LADY ESSEX AS JULIET. 



On canvas, 57 H., 401^ W. 



LuiNi, Bernardino. 



Born in Luino, on the Lago Maggiore, Italy, about 1460; died, about 

 1535. He was a pupil of Stefano Scotto, but in the middle part of his 

 career became a follower of Leonardo da Vinci. His early works bear no 

 trace of Leonardo's style, and his late productions evince much originality, 

 with Leonardo's manner for a basis. There is the same taste in his com- 

 position and design, the same peculiarity of color and extraordinary relief; 

 and it requires an intimate acquaintance with the works of Leonardo to 

 discriminate between them. He worked in the churches of Milan and the 

 neighboring towns. Milan, Saronno, and Lugano still possess his best 

 pictures, which for sweetness and depth of feeling are unrivalled. Of his 

 fresco paintings, the principal are the Christ crowned with Thorns, in the 

 Collegio del S. Sepolcro, those in the choir of the Monastero Maggiore at 

 Milan, and those at Saronno. 



MADONNA AND CHILD. 



On panel, 56^ H., 49K W. 



Meyer, Klaus. 



Born at Linden, near Hanover, Germany, 1856. Genre painter. Pupil 

 of the Nuremberg Art School, then of the Munich Academy under Alex- 

 ander Wagner and Lofftz, whose influence led him to an intimate study of 

 the Dutch masters of the seventeenth century. He acquired much refine- 

 ment of color and subtle characterization. One of his early efforts. Sew- 

 ing Room in a Bequine Convent, was awarded the great gold medal at the 

 International Exhibition in Munich, 1883. He is represented in several 

 important German galleries and in many private collections. He was a 

 professor at the School of Art in Karlsruhe, 1891-95, and afterwards at the 

 Academy in Dusseldorf. 



INDEPENDENCE. 



On card board, 12 H., 16 W. 



