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 He was not a scholar of Parmigiano, as has been asserted, but was rather a follower of the style of Correggio. Although Orlandi contents himself with styling this excellent artist Pittor non iyno- bile, his great work of the cupola of La Madonna del Quartiere proves him to have been one of the ablest fresco painters of his time in Lombardy. It represents a ' Multitude of the Blessed,' a grand composition, copious without confusion ; the figures designed in a Correggiesque style, with great relief, and a vigour of colouring which has still preserved its original freshness. There are other considerable works by this master at the Carmel- ites, and in other public places at Parma.

BEENAEKD, Nicaise, a Flemish painter of animals and flowers, was born at Antwerp in 1608, and was a scholar of Frans Snyders. The subjects of liis pictures bear a great resemblance to those of his master, and it is certain that they liave been sold as the genuine productions of Snyders. He went to Italy, and on his return settled in Paris, where his works were much ap- preciated. He was admitted into the Academy in 1663, and died in 1678. There are two paintings by him in the Louvre, where he is called NiCASins. Zani places his birth in 1693, and his death in 1663.

BEBNAERTS, Balthazar, (or Bernard). The name of this ecgraver is affixed to several plates of biblical subjects, engraved from the designs of Bernard Picart, published at Amsterdam in 1720, They are executed in a very indifferent style.

BERNARD, —, a Neapolitan painter, bom in 1680, was a scholar of Solimena, whose manner he studiously followed. He died in 1734.

BERNARD, Jan, a copyist of Paul Potter and Berchem, born in 1765, died in 1833. He was a member of the Institute, and of the Academy of Fine Arts at Amsterdam.

BERNARD, L., a French engraver who flour- ished towards the close of the 17th century, has left us amongst others the following plates :

Portrait of Louis XIV. ; after Poerson. Portrait of Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban ; after De Troy. Shepherd with his flock ; after J. Forest.

BERNARD, Samuel, a miniature painter and engraver, the son of Noel Bernard, a painter, was born in Paris in 1615. He was a scholar of Simon Vouet and of Louis du Guernier, and made some attempts at fresco painting, but not succeeding to his expectation, lie for some time painted miniatures, but finally devoted himself entirely to engraving. He became Professor of the Academy, and died in Paris in 1687. He engraved several plates, both in line and in mezzotint, of which the following are the principal :

Charles Louis, Duke of Bavaria ; after Van Dyck. Louis du Guernier, miniature painter. Philip, Count of Bethune. Anne Tristan de la Beaume de Lnze, Archbishop of Paris ; after l)e Troy. The Apparition of St. Peter and St. Paul to Attila; after Raphael. His best work. The Young Astyanax discovered by Ulysses in the Tomb of Hector ; after Bourdon. The Crucifixion ; after Ph. de Champagne. The Virgin Mary, with the dead Christ ; after tht same. The Ascension ; after the same. An allegorical subject of Concord. The Flight into Egypt ; after Guido.

MEZZOTINTS. The Portrait of Louis XIV. ; oval. Sebastian, le Prestre de Vauban ; after F. de Troy. The Nativity ; after Rembrandt. A Herdsman driTng Cattle. An Ox Market ; after B. Castiglione. The Eepose ; called La Zinyara ; after Corregyio.

BERNARD, The Little. See Salomon.

BERNARD of BRUSSELS. See Ohlet.

BERNARD, Theodore. See Barentsen, Dirk.

BERNARDI, Francesco, called Bigolaro, was a native of Verona, and a disciple of Domenico Foti. He painted historical subjects in the first half of the 17th century.

BERNARDINO da TREVIGLIO. See Zenale.

BERNARDINO di BETTO. See Biagio.

BERNARDINO Dl GIROLAMO w.is a Friulan, who lived at Udine in the 16th century, and decorated the churches at Lestizza and Cormons with frescoes in 1511 and 1618. At the Town- hall of Udine, is a 'Coronation of the Virgin,' by him. No records remain to show the dates of liis birth or death.

BERNARDUS de FLORENTIA. See Floren- TIA, BeRNARDUS de.

BERNASCONI, Laura, or Lucia, a Roman lady, who was a scholar and imitator of Mario Nuzzi, better known as Mario de' Fiori. Her works, like those of her preceptor, have lost much of their original beauty, owing to the use of some seductive, but treacherous, vehicle that gave bril- liancy at first, but in the lapse of years has changed to opacity, giving them a black and squalid ap- pearance. The dates of her birth and death are not exactly stated, but she was living in 1674.

BERNATZ, Martin, who was born at Speyer in 1802, commenced to study art somewhat late in life, in the Academy at Vienna. He journeyed with Dr. Schubert to Palestine, Abyssinia, and elsewhere, and made many valuable views of the scenery, which he afterwards published in litho- graphy. He settled as a landscape painter at Munich, where he died in 1878.

BERNAZZANO, Cesare, a Milanese painter, who flourisiied about the jear 1536. He painted landscapes, animals, and fruit, in which he excelled, particularly as a colourist. The figures in his landscapes are generally painted by Cesare da Sesto, a scholar of Leonardo da Vinci, under whom Bernazzano himself is said to have studied. Won- derful things are related of this artist, parallel with the stories told of Zeuxis, Protogenes, Apelles, and other painters of antiquity.

I'ERNETZ, Christian, who was born at Ham- burg in 1668, and died in 1722, was a painter of still-life subjects. A picture by him is in the Cassfl Gallery.

liERNIERI, Antonio, who was born at Correggio in 1516, was first instructed by Allegri ; on the death of that master he went to Venice, and at- tended Titian's school. He visited Rome, and returning to Venice worked there until 1563. He died at Correggio in 1666. Bernieri was an eminent painter of miniatures. He is sometimes called ' Antonio da Correggio.'

BERNINGROTH, Johann Martin, the son and pupil of Martin Berningroth, was born at Leipsic in 1713. He engraved several plates for the book- sellers, but he is best known as an engraver of jiortraits, neatly executed in the style of his father. He died at Leipsic in 1767. His principal works are :

Frederick Augustus III. King of PolsJid. Frederick Christi.-m, Prirce Keg. Pol.