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 piece in the Cathedral of Siena. It occupied him from the 9th of October, 1308, till the 9th of June, 1310, when it was carried with great pomp — like the Madonna of Cimabue — to the cathedral. For this great work Duccio received only sixteen soldi (or pence) a day, but the materials, which were very costly, owing to the amount of gold and ultramarine used, amounting to upwards of 3000 gold florins, were supplied for hini. As the high altar was open all round, Duccio painted pictures on both sides. The front represented the ' Virgin and Child,' with numerous saints and angels, and four bishops kneeling in front. On the back were twenty-six scenes from the life of our Lord, from the ' Entry into Jerusalem ' to the ' Meeting at Emmaus.' It was removed from the altar, in the early part of the sixteenth century, to make room for a tabernacle, and then, after having been divided, the halves were placed at either end of the transept, where they still remain. A ' Madonna and Child, with saints and angels,' by him is in the National Gallery ; and two pictures of similar subjects by him are in the Academy at Siena. We have no record of Duccio later than 1820.

BUONTALENTI, Beenaedo, called Delle Gi- randole, was a painter, sculptor, and architect who was born at Florence in 1536. When he was eleven years of age his parents were ruined by a sudden inundation of the Arno, and he was taken under the protection of Cosmo I., Grand Duke of Tuscany, who caused him to be educated in the best manner. He is said to have been instructed in painting by Salviati and Bronzino, in sculpture by Buonarroti, in architecture by Giorgio Vasari, and to have learned miniature painting under Giulio Clovio. With such advantages it is not surprising that he became eminent. He executed a number of miniatures for Francesco, the son of Cosmo I. He was more celebrated as an architect than a painter, and was much employed in fortification. He was also a great mechanic, and an excellent mathematician. His own portrait, by himself, is in the UfiBzi at Florence. He died in 1608.

BURANI, Francesco, was an Italian designer and engraver, born at Reggio, by whom we have an etching of ' Bacchus sitting near a Tun, with three Satyrs,' executed in the style of Spagnoletto.

BUBATTI, GiEOLAMO, a painter of Ascoli, lived about 1580. He painted the beautiful picture of the 'Presipio,' at the Cariti, in Ascoli, and some subjects in fresco, which have been highly com- mended.

BDRCH, Aelbebt van den. See Van den BUKCH.

BDRCH, J. H. van der. See Van deb Bubch.

BURCHARD DOERBECK, Franz, who was bom at Fellin in 1799, had a great talent for comic pieces, and commenced by drawing for the 'Ber- liner Witze,' ('Berlin Wit'), — depicting scenes from the life of the lower classes at Berlin. There are some valuable plates by him. He died at Berlin in 1835.

BURCHETT, Richard, was born at Brighton in 1817. He entered the School of Design at Somerset House about 18-11, and was one of the students who headed the movement which led to the establishment of the Department of Practical Art. He was appointed an assistant master in the school in 1845, and head master in 1851. As such, he saw the migration of the school to Marlborough House, and superintended its establishment at South Kensington. Amongst his pictures, which are of a scriptural and historical nature, may be cited, ' Edward IV. withheld by Ecclesiastics from pursuing Lancastrian fugitives into a Church,' scene from 'Measure for Measure,' and ' Expulsion of Peasants by William the Conqueror in laying out the New Forest.' Mention should also be made of the portraits of the Tudor family, executed by himself and his pupils, which decorate the Houses of Parliament, and of his text-books of ' Geometry ' and ' Per- spective.' He died at Dublin in 1875. Amongst his pupils at South Kensington may be named Miss Elizabeth Thompson (Mrs. Butler), S. L. Fildes, A.R.A., and W. W. Ouless, R.A.

BURCKER, Gaetano, of Bologna, laboured in Milan in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. He died in 1828. A Landscape by him is in the Milan Gallery.

BDRCKMAIR, Hans. See Buegkmair.

BURFORD, Robert, a painter of panoramas, was born in 1792. The subjects treated of by him, or imder his direction, many of which were from sketches taken on the spot by himself, included almost every part of the habitable globe, and were often heightened in interest by the representation of battles or other important events. He had the management of the Royal Panorama in Leicester Square from 1827 till his deatli in 1861.

BURFORD, Thomas, an English mezzotint engraver, was bom about the year 1710. He executed a few plates of landscapes and huntings, but was best known as an engraver of portraits. He died in London about 1770. We have by him:

Dr. "Warburton ; after Philips. The Rev. Roger Pickering, F.R.S. 1747. Mr. Charles Churchill ; J. H. Schaack pin. 1765 Vice-Admiral John Norris.

BURG, Adbiaan van der. See Van der BoRa.

BURG, Dirk van den. See Van den Bubo.

BURGAU, P., who flourished at Vienna about 1760, was a painter of birds and flowers. Two pictures of birds by him are in the Belvedere, Vienna. His brother, J. M. Burgau, who resided at Linz about 1743, painted hunting scenes and birds.

BURGESS, John Bagnold, son of W. H. Burgess, landscape painter to William IV., was born at Chelsea in 1829, and in 1851 entered the Schools of the Royal Academy. Of his pictures, which represent scenes from Spanish life, the most important are : — ' Bravo Toro,' 1865 ; ' Stolen by Gipsies,' 1868 ; ' The Barber Prodigy,' 1875 ; 'Licensing the Beggars: Spain, 1877; 'The Letter-writer,' 1882 ; and ' An Artist's Alms- giving,' 1886. Burgess was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1877, and an academician in 1889. He died in London in 1897.

BURGESS, John Cart, a painter in water-colours, exhibited at various intervals flower-pieces and landscapes at the Academy and the Suffolk Street Gallery, and published, in 1811, 'A Practical Treatise on the Art of Flower Painting.' He died at Leamington in 18G3.

BURGESS, Thomas, who learned bis art in the St. Martin's Lane Academy, sent pictures to the exhibitions of the Incorporated Society, of which he was a member, and to the Royal Academy. His works date from 1766 till 1786; they are conversation pieces, historic works, portraits, and landscapes. He kept for some years an Art School in Maiden