DOI chapter:
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works
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DADDI — DAMER.
D.
Daddi, Bernardo, born at Arezzo. Flourished about 1355. Pupil
of Spinello Aretino. Some of his works remain in Florence, and
his name is among those who approved the original statutes for the
founding of the Compagni of Florence. The object of this so-
ciety was the meeting together of artists to afford each other assist-
ance, and to thank God for the prospered state of art at that
time. It seems to have been largely a religious institution, and assem-
bled in a chapel of S. Maria Nuova.
Daelliker, John Rudolph (1694-1769). A Prussian portrait
painter who lived at Zurich and Berne several years, and then studied
in Paris, after which he returned to his own country. His drawing
was correct, his color beautiful, and his execution masterly.
Dahl, Michael, born at Stockholm, 1656 ; diedin London, 1743.
After visiting France and Italy he settled in England, where he
made a fine reputation as a portrait painter.
Dahl, John Christian (1788-1857). A Norwegian landscape
painter. He was intended for the Church, but he loved art too well
to devote himself to anything else. In 1811 he went to Copenhagen
and found friends who enabled him to study at the Acad. Before
this he had received but little instruction. He went afterwards to
Dresden, and later, in the suite of Prince Christian of Denmark, he
visited the Tyrol and Italy. He was an acute observer, and an
accurate imitator of nature, and represented her well in various
forms ; but his best works were representations of stormy northern
seas, although his Italian skies and sultry atmospheric effects, and
his Tyrolese passes, are well painted. His works are to be seen in
all parts of Europe; some are in America, but the larger number are
in the galleries of Copenhagen and in Berghen, his native city, and
other places in Norway.
Dalmasio, Lippo di, born at Bologna. Flourished towards the
end of the 14th century. Called “ dalle Madonne,” on account of the
beauty of his Madonnas. It is said that his works were done in oil
colors, which is interesting in connection with the much-discussed
question of the time when these were first used.
Damer, Hon. Anne Seymour (1748-1828). A distinguished
sculptor. Daughter of Field-Marshal Conway. While still young,
in conversation with Hume, Miss Conway criticised some plaster
casts they had seen. Hume told her it was more easy to criticise
than to do better. She immediately obtained some wax and mod-
elled a head which she showed him. It had merit enough to surprise
him, but he suggested that it was much more difficult to chisel than
to model. She then proceeded to execute a bust in stone, which,
though rude, demanded his admiration. From this time she devoted
DADDI — DAMER.
D.
Daddi, Bernardo, born at Arezzo. Flourished about 1355. Pupil
of Spinello Aretino. Some of his works remain in Florence, and
his name is among those who approved the original statutes for the
founding of the Compagni of Florence. The object of this so-
ciety was the meeting together of artists to afford each other assist-
ance, and to thank God for the prospered state of art at that
time. It seems to have been largely a religious institution, and assem-
bled in a chapel of S. Maria Nuova.
Daelliker, John Rudolph (1694-1769). A Prussian portrait
painter who lived at Zurich and Berne several years, and then studied
in Paris, after which he returned to his own country. His drawing
was correct, his color beautiful, and his execution masterly.
Dahl, Michael, born at Stockholm, 1656 ; diedin London, 1743.
After visiting France and Italy he settled in England, where he
made a fine reputation as a portrait painter.
Dahl, John Christian (1788-1857). A Norwegian landscape
painter. He was intended for the Church, but he loved art too well
to devote himself to anything else. In 1811 he went to Copenhagen
and found friends who enabled him to study at the Acad. Before
this he had received but little instruction. He went afterwards to
Dresden, and later, in the suite of Prince Christian of Denmark, he
visited the Tyrol and Italy. He was an acute observer, and an
accurate imitator of nature, and represented her well in various
forms ; but his best works were representations of stormy northern
seas, although his Italian skies and sultry atmospheric effects, and
his Tyrolese passes, are well painted. His works are to be seen in
all parts of Europe; some are in America, but the larger number are
in the galleries of Copenhagen and in Berghen, his native city, and
other places in Norway.
Dalmasio, Lippo di, born at Bologna. Flourished towards the
end of the 14th century. Called “ dalle Madonne,” on account of the
beauty of his Madonnas. It is said that his works were done in oil
colors, which is interesting in connection with the much-discussed
question of the time when these were first used.
Damer, Hon. Anne Seymour (1748-1828). A distinguished
sculptor. Daughter of Field-Marshal Conway. While still young,
in conversation with Hume, Miss Conway criticised some plaster
casts they had seen. Hume told her it was more easy to criticise
than to do better. She immediately obtained some wax and mod-
elled a head which she showed him. It had merit enough to surprise
him, but he suggested that it was much more difficult to chisel than
to model. She then proceeded to execute a bust in stone, which,
though rude, demanded his admiration. From this time she devoted