Chapter XV: The Victory Over Pseudo-Idealism

The Historical Picture of Manners as opposed to Historical
Painting, an advance in the direction of intimacy of feeling.--The
Antique Picture of Manners: Charles Gleyre, Louis Hamon, Gérôme,
Gustave Boulanger.--The Picture of Costume from the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries.--France: Charles Comte, Alexander Hesse,
Camille Roqueplan.--Belgium: Alexander Markelbach, Florent
Willems.--Germany: L. v. Hagn, Gustav Spangenberg, Carl
Becker.--The importance of Hendrik Leys, Ernest Meissonier, and
Adolf Menzel as mediators between the past and ordinary life,
between the heroic art of the first half of the nineteenth century
and the intimate art of the second half 363

BIBLIOGRAPHY 391

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES IN COLOUR

PAGE
ANTON GRAFF: Portrait of Himself _Frontispiece_
REYNOLDS: Mrs. Siddons 20
GAINSBOROUGH: The Sisters 38
GREUZE: The Milkmaid 58
CHARDIN: The House of Cards 64
WATTEAU: Fête Champêtre 74
ANGELICA KAUFFMANN: Portrait of a Lady as a Vestal 86
ELIZABETH VIGÉE-LEBRUN: Portrait of the Painter with her
Daughter 100
CORNELIUS: "Let there be Light" 144
SCHWIND: The Wedding Journey 182
REGNAULT: General Prim 300
MEISSONIER: A Cavalier 378

IN BLACK AND WHITE

BAUDRY, PAUL.
Portrait of Baudry 286
Charlotte Corday 287
Truth 288
The Pearl and the Wave 289
Cybele 290
Leda 291
Edmond About 292

BENDEMANN, EDUARD.
The Lament of the Jews 165

BIÈFVE, EDOUARD.
Portrait of Bièfve 314
The League of the Nobles of the Netherlands 315

BOUGUEREAU, WILLIAM ADOLPHE.
Brotherly Love 281

CABANEL, ALEXANDRE.
Portrait of Cabanel 279
The Shulamite 280

CARSTENS, ASMUS JACOB.
Portrait of Himself 88
Scylla and Charybdis 90
Argo Leaving the Triton's Mere 91
Children of the Night 92
Priam and Achilles 93

CHARDIN, JEAN SIMÉON.
Portrait of Himself 63
Grace before Meat 65

CHASSÉRIAU, THÉODORE.
Apollo and Daphne 259

CHODOWIECKI, DANIEL.
Portrait of Chodowiecki 66
The Family Picture 67
All Sorts and Conditions of Women 68, 69
The Morning Compliment 70
The Artist's Nursery 71

COGNIET, LÉON.
Tintoretto Painting his Dead Daughter 261
The Massacre of the Innocents 263

CORNELIUS, PETER.
Portrait of Cornelius 143
From the Frescoes in the Friedhofshalle, Berlin 145
Marguerite in Prison 146
The Apocalyptic Host 147
The Fall of Troy 149

COUTURE, THOMAS.
Portrait of Couture 271
The Love of Gold 273
The Romans of the Decadence 275
The Troubadour 277

DAVID, JACQUES LOUIS.
Portrait of David 102
Madame Récamier 103
The Oath of the Horatii 105
The Rape of the Sabines 107
Helen and Paris 109
Belisarius asking Alms 111
The Death of Marat 113

DELACROIX, EUGÈNE.
Portrait of Delacroix 226
Dante's Bark 227
Hamlet and the Grave-diggers 230
Tasso in the Mad-house 231
Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople 233
Jesus on Lake Gennesaret 235
Horses Fighting in a Stable 237
Medea 238
The Expulsion of Heliodorus 239

DELAROCHE, PAUL.
Portrait of Delaroche 264
The Assassination of the Duke of Guise 265
The Princes in the Tower 267
Strafford on his Way to Execution 269

DELAUNAY, ÉLIE.
Diana 293
Boys Singing 294
Madame Toulmouche 295

FEUERBACH, ANSELM.
Portrait of Himself 318
Hafiz at the Well 319
Pieta 321
Iphigenia 322
Portrait of a Roman Lady 323
Mother's Joy 325
Medea 327
Dante Walking with High--born Ladies of Ravenna 329

FÜHRICH, JOSEPH.
Portrait of Führich 126
From the "Legend of St. Gwendolin" 127
Ruth and Boaz 128
The Departure of the Prodigal Son 129
Jacob and Rachel 130

GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS.
Portrait of Gainsborough 34
Mrs. Siddons 35
Wood Scene, Village of Cornard, Suffolk 36
The Market Cart 37
The Duchess of Devonshire 38
The Watering Place 39

GALLAIT, LOUIS.
Portrait of Gallait 312
Egmont's Last Moments 313

GENELLI, BONAVENTURA.
The Embassy to Achilles 94
Thetis lamenting the Fate of Hector 95
Odysseus and the Sirens 96
Portrait of Genelli 97

GÉRARD, FRANÇOIS.
Portrait of Gérard 190
Mlle. Brongniart 191
Madame Visconti 192
Cupid and Psyche 193
Madame Récamier 194

GÉRICAULT, THÉODORE.
Portrait of Géricault 221
The Wounded Cuirassier 222
Chasseur 223
The Raft of the Medusa 224
The Start 225

GÉRÔME, LÉON.
The Cock-fight 367

GESSNER, SALOMON.
Landscape 75
Landscape 76

GOYA, FRANCISCO.
Portrait of Himself 42
The Majas on the Balcony 43
The Maja Clothed 44
The Maja Nude 45
De Que Mal Morira (from "Los Capriccios") 46
Soplones (from "Los Capriccios") 47
Se Repulen (from "Los Capriccios") 48
Que Pico de Oro (from "Los Capriccios") 49
Volaverunt (from "Los Capriccios") 50
Quien lo Creyera (from "Los Capriccios") 51
Linda Maestra (from "Los Capriccios") 52
Devota Profesion (from "Los Capriccios") 53
Otres Leyes por el Pueblo 54

GREUZE, JEAN BAPTISTE.
Portrait of Greuze 58
Head of a Girl 59
Girl carrying a Lamb 60
Girl looking up 61
Girl with an Apple 62

GROS, ANTOINE JEAN (BARON).
Saul 215
Portrait of Gros 216
The Battle of Eylau 217

GUARDI, FRANCESCO.
Venice 77

HAMON, LOUIS.
My Sister's not at Home 365

HENNEBERG, RUDOLF.
The Race for Fortune 330

HENNER, JEAN JACQUES.
Susanna and the Elders 284
The Sleeper 285

HILDEBRANDT, THEODOR.
The Sons of Edward 161

HOGARTH, WILLIAM.
Portrait of Himself 12
The Harlot's Progress (Plate VI.) 13
The Rake's Progress (Plate II.) 14
The Rake's Progress (Plate VII.) 15
The Rake's Progress (Plate VIII.) 16
Marriage à la Mode (Plate V.) 17
The Enraged Musician 18
Gin Lane 19

INGRES, JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE.
Portrait of Ingres 242
The Maid of Orleans at Rheims 243
Portrait of Himself as a Youth 244
Bertin the Elder 245
Study for the Odalisque in the Louvre 247
The Source 248
Oedipus and the Sphinx 249
Paganini 251
Mlle. de Montgolfier 252
The Forestier Family 253

KAUFFMANN, ANGELICA.
Portrait of Herself 86

KAULBACH, WILHELM.
Portrait of Kaulbach 151
The Deluge 152
Prince Arthur and Hubert 153
Marguerite 156

DE KEYZER.
Portrait of de Keyzer 308
The Battle of Woeringen 309

LAURENS, JEAN PAUL.
The Interdict 298

LEFÉBURE, JULES.
Truth 283

LESSING, CARL FRIEDRICH.
The Sorrowing Royal Pair 164
The Hussite Sermon 335

LEYS, HENDRIK.
Portrait of Leys 369
A Family Festival 370
The Armourer 371
Mother and Child 372

LUMINAIS, EVARISTE.
Les Énervés de Jumièges 297

MAKART, HANS.
Portrait of Makart 341
The Espousals of Catterina Cornaro 343
The Feast of Bacchus 345

MAX, GABRIEL.
Portrait of Max 347
A Nun in the Cloister Garden 349
The Lion's Bride 351
Light 353
The Spirit's Greeting 355
Adagio 356
A Winter's Tale 357
Madonna 359

MAYER, CONSTANCE.
Portrait of Mayer 201
The Dream of Happiness 202
The Tomb of Prudhon and Constance Mayer at
Père-Lachaise 203

MEISSONIER, ERNEST.
The Man at the Window 373
A Man reading 374
Reading the Manuscript 375
Polcinello 376
A Reading at Diderot's 377
A Halt 378

MENGS, ANTON RAFAEL.
Portrait of Himself 84
Mount Parnassus 85

MENZEL, ADOLF.
Portrait of Menzel, 1837 379
Frederick the Great and his Tutor 380
The Round Table at Sans-Souci 381
Frederick the Great on a Journey 383
Illustration to Kugler's History of Frederick the
Great 384
Portrait of Frederick the Great 385
Reifspiel 387
When will Genius Awake? 388

OVERBECK, FREDERICK.
Portrait of Overbeck 118
The Annunciation 119
The Naming of St. John 120
Christ Healing the Sick 121
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem 122
The Resurrection 123
The Seven Lean Years 124
Portrait of Himself and Cornelius 140

PESNE, ANTOINE.
Portrait of Himself and Daughters 72

PILOTY, CARL.
Portrait of Piloty 336
Girdonists on the Road to the Guillotine 337
Under the Arena 339

PRUDHON, PIERRE PAUL.
Portrait of Himself 195
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife 196
Study directs the Flight of Genius 197
Le Coup de Patte du Chat 198
Cupid and Psyche 199
The Unfortunate Family 204
The Rape of Psyche 205
Le Midi 206
La Nuit 207
L'enjouir 208
Marguerite 209
Les Petits Dévideurs 210
The Vintage 211
The Virgin 212
Christ Crucified 213
Madame Copia 214

REGNAULT, HENRI.
Salome 299
The Moorish Headsman 300

RETHEL, ALFRED.
The Emperor Otto at the Tomb of Charlemagne 169
The Destruction of the Pagan Idols 170
Hannibal's Passage over the Alps 171
Death at the Masked Ball 172
Death the Friend of Man 173

REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA.
Portrait of Himself 20
Dr. Johnson 21
Garrick as Abel Drugger 22
Heads of Angels 23
Samuel Richardson 24
Miss Reynolds 25
Edmund Burke 26
Mrs. Abington 27
Edmund Malone 28
Oliver Goldsmith 29
Lady Cockburn and her Daughters 30
Bishop Percy 31
The Girl with the Mousetrap 32
Dr. Burney 33

RICHTER, GUSTAV.
Portrait of Himself 331
A Gipsy 332

SCHEFFER, ARY.
Portrait of Scheffer 257
Marguerite at the Well 258

SCHNORR VON CAROLSFIELD, JULIUS.
Portrait of Schnorr 125
Adam and Eve after the Fall 125

SCHRADER, JULIUS.
Cromwell at Whitehall 333

SCHWIND, MORITZ.
Portrait of Schwind 175
From the Wartburg Frescoes 176
From the Wartburg Frescoes 177
Wieland the Smith 178
From the Story of the Seven Ravens 179
A Hermit leading Horses to a Pool 181
Nymphs and Stag 184
Rübezahl 185
The Fairies' Song 187

SLINGNEYER, ERNEST.
The Avenger 311

SOHN, CARL.
The two Leonoras 163
The Rape of Hylas 166

STEINBRUCK, EDUARD.
Elves 162

STEINLE, EDUARD.
The Raising of Jarius' Daughter 131
"I have trodden the Winepress alone" 132
Portrait of Steinle 133
Book Illustration 134
The Violin Player 135

SYLVESTRE, JOSEPH NOËL.
Locusta Testing in Nero's Presence the
Poison prepared for Britannicus 296

VEIT, PHILIP.
Portrait of Veit 136
The Arts introduced into Germany by Christianity 137
The two Marys at the Sepulchre 139

WAPPERS, GUSTAV.
Portrait of Wappers 303
The Sacrifice of Burgomaster van der Werff
at the Siege of Leyden 305
The Death of Columbus 307

WATTEAU, ANTOINE.
Portrait of Watteau 56
La Partie Carrée 57
The Music Party 73
The Return from the Chase 74