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 152 BOSALBA CABBIEBA— BOSSO. Lazzari, she then stndied under the Cav, Diamantini and Balestra, hut she practised her art at several of the principal Courts of Europe ; she en- joyed extreme popularity, and was elected a memher of the Academies of Bome, Bologna, and Paris. In the last years of her life she was hlind. Dresden contains a vast numher of her crayon or pastel-drawings, which pos- sess almost the force of oil pictures. (Zanetti.) EOSSELLI, CosiMO, h. at Florence, 1439, living in Nov. 1506. Tuscan School. The scholar of Neri di Bicci. He seems in his earliest works to have been influenced by Fra Angelico da Fiesole ; he then inclined more to the style of Masaccio, which too he forsook for one of his own, eventually. He executed some good 'frescoes at an early age in Sant' Ambrogio, in Flo- rence ; and in conjunction with other celebrated painters, he undertook some works in competition in the Sistine Chapel, built by Baccio Pintelli for Sixtus rV., in 1473. These frescoes are still preserved, but they have little interest. Cosimo, unable to rival his competitors in art, determined to make his productions at least rich; and he loaded his figures with gold and ultra- marine, an artifice, says Yasari, which was so successful, that the Pope awarded to Cosimo the promised prize. His best work is the fresco in the chapel in Sant' Ambrogio, at Florence ; it represents the removal of a miracle- working Chalice from the Church to the Bishop's Palace, the Abbess and Nuns follow the procession; but the composition consists chiefly of specta- tors ; among these are some dignified male figures, and pleasing female heads. Bumohr professes to have read 1456 as the date of this picture, 9k yerj early year. Works, Borne, Sistine Chapel, the Sermon on the Mount (the landscape, [ according to Yasari, is by his pnpil Piero di Cosimo) ; the Last Supper ; Pharaoh and his host in the Bed Sea ; Moses receiving the Tables of the Law ; and the Golden Calf. Florence, Sant' Ambrogio, the removal of the Chalice ; also an altar-piece : Santa Maria Maddalena de* Pazzi, the Coro- nation of the Yirgin : Academy, Santa Barbara, and other Saints. Berlin Gallery, the Coronation of the Virgin ; the Yirgin and Child enthroned, with Angels and Saints; and two other sacred subjects. Louvre, the Virgin and Child. {Vasan, Rumohr, Gaye.) BOSSELLI, Matteo, 6. at Florence, Aug. 10, 1578, d. 1650. Tuscan SchooL The scholar of Gregorio Pagani and of Passignano ; he studied also at Borne, the works of the great masters : he was of the same family as Cosimo Bosselli. Matteo was the son of Do- menico Bosselli, and one of twenty- four children ; their mother's name was Elena Coppi. " His Triumph of David, in the Pitti Palace," says Eug- ler, *^ is distinguished by a freshness of life and beauty which entitle it to be classed with the happiest of Dome- nichino's creations." Matteo particu- larly excelled in fresco, and was a good colourist; the style too of his figures is grand. Lanzi states that as an in- structor he had few equals ; he formed a numerous school. At Florence, in the church of Ognissanti, he painted the Crucifixion of St Andrew : in San Gaetano, the Nativity : and in the Nun- ziata, several works. In the Louvre, is a picture of the Bepose in Egypt ; and the Triumph of David over Go- liath. (Baldinucci.) BOSSO, II, or Bosso de' Bossi, known also as Giovambattista. di Jacopo, b, at Florence about 1496 ; d. at Fontainebleau, 1541. Tuscan School. He studied, says Yasari, the Cartoons of Michelangelo, in his youth, but would not attach himself to any master* He