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 BISSUCCIO— BOLOGNA. 27 BISSUCCIO, Leonabdo di, fifteenth centmy. Milanese School. The only remaining known work of this painter displays much affinity with those of Giotto i " but the form and expression of the heads are sweeter, especially of the angels, which recall Fiesole. The portraits are individual in character, the arrangement of the whole simple and grand." {Kugler.) Works, Naples, Monumental chapel of Gian Carracciolo, in San Giovanni a' Carbonari, built 1433, Christ crown- ing the Virgin ; the body of Carracciolo as found after his murder ; several mem- bers of his family; and some subjects from the life of the Virgin : inscribed with the name and country of the painter. BOCCACCINO, Boccaccio, h, at Cremona. Painted 1496-1618. Mi- lanese School. His pictures resemble those of Pietro Perugino, and are even superior in some respects, in the opi- nion of Lanzi. He was the master of Garofolo before he visited Rome. Works, Cremona, San Vincenzo, the Virgin with San Vincenzo and Sant' Antonio; the Marriage of the Virgin; Frieze in the dome; subjects from the life of the Virgin (1515): and in many other churches of Cre- mona. (Pannu) BOCCACCINO, Camillo, h, at Cre- mona about 1508, d. 1546. Lombard School. This painter displays in his works a good knowledge of perspective and foreshortening. Vasari terms him a good practical painter ; Lomazzo men- tions him with Correggio, Titian, and Gandenzio Ferrari, as one of the greatest colourists; and Lanzi terms him the greatest genius of the Cre- monese School. Works, Cremona, cupola of San Si- gismondo, the four Evangelists; also the raising of Lazarus, and the Woman taken in Adultery ( 1 537 ). Many other works are described by Panni, Berlin Gallery, Holy Family. BOCCACCINO, Francesco, h, at Cremona, about 1670, d. 1750. Mi- lanese School. He studied under Brandi and Maratta, at Home, and painted chiefly mythological subjects, in the manner of Albani, for private collections. {Lanzi.) BOCCHI, Faustino, h, at Bresda, 1659, d. about 1742. Venetian SchooL A pupil of Fiamminghino : he painted Bambocciate, genre^ or low subjects. BOCCIARDO, Clements, called Clementone, h. at Genoa, 1620, d, 1658. Genoese School. A pupil of Bernardo Strozzi; he studied also in Bome with Benedetto Castiglione, and attained a good style. Works, Florence Gallery, his own portrait Pisa, the Cathedral ; and at the Carthusians, Martyrdom of St Sebas- tian. {Soprani,) BOLOGNA, Franco da, or Franco Bolognese, painted in 1313. He was the pupil of Oderigi of Gubbio, and was the first Bolognese who shook off the conventional Byzantine type, and attained to some freedom of treatment directly from nature. Dante mentions him in his Purgatorio. " Pill ridon lo carte Che penneU^ggia Franco Bolognese." Cant. zi. Franco was invited to Bome by Boni- face VIII. to decorate some MSS. in the Vatican. Vitale, Cristoforo, Lo- renzo, Simone dai Crocifissi, and Ja- copo d'Avanzi, are said to have been his scholars. They were all engaged in the church of the Madonna di Mez- zaratta. Works, Bologna, Ercolani Palace, a Madonna (1313). BOLOGNA, GuTDO, Ventuha, and Ursone da, the three earliest names mentioned in the history of painting in Bologna. There are said to be re- mains of their respective works in Bo- logna of 1221; 1197-1217; and 1226. {MaXvasia,)