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 BKXCI Among Thorns (1863-64); Hay Harvest (1865); Marshes of Ostia (1867); Repose (1868); Aspromonte (1868); Suez Canal, 1 Lion of the Desert, Arrival of Arab Mer-> chants at Ghizeh, Bedouin Tents at Lsmailia, View of the Pyramids, The Nile near Ele- phantine, Sunset in the Desert (1869); Camel Buyers at Cairo, Rest in a Palm j Grove, Rest in the Plain of Sivert, Caravan iii the Desert, Sycamores of Upper Egypt j Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 498. BENCI, GINEVRA. See Monat-a, La. BENCZUR, GYULA (Julius), bom at Nyiregyhaza, Hun- __ gary, Jan. 28, 1844. History painter ; pu- pil, from 1861, of Mu- nich Academy under Hiltensperger a n d Anschutz, then in 1869 of Piloty ; travelled in Ana tria-Hungary, Southern Germany, France, and Upper It- aly ; though invited to Weimar and Prague, preferred to settle at Munich, where he became instructor in 1875 and professor in 1880 in the Academy ; now director of Pesth Academy. Works : Fare- well of Ladislaus Hunyady (1867), Pesth Museum ; Arrest of R:koczy in 1701 (Johns- ton sale, New York, 1876, $3,750) ; Scene from Hamlet (1869) ; Louis XV. in the Boudoir of Dubarry ; Family of Louis XVI. during the Assault on Versailles (1872), D. O. Mills, New York; Baptism of St. Stephen (1875), Pesth Museum; Ladies resting in the Woods, The Almsgiver (1877) ; Bacchante (1881); Deserted, Hungarian Insurance Con- vention in 1857(1883). Meyer, Kiinst Lex., iii. 502 ; Miiller, 40 ; Kunst-Chronik, iv. 86,, vi. 113, is. 437, 492, si. 370, 531, 563, xiL 709 ; Ulustr. Zeitg. (1878), 211 ; (1881), i. 8. BENDEL, HANS SIGMUND, born at Schaffhausen, Oct. 18, 1814, died there, Nov. 28, 1853. History and genre painter ; pupil in Munich of Kaulbach and Schlott- liauer ; visited the Tyrol in 1837 and Italy in 1838, and took part in the Swiss cam- paign of 1847. Best known by his de- signs for illustrated works. Works : Four Scenes from Swiss History (1852-53); Illus- trations to Goethe and Schiller Gallery, to Hebel's Poems and to Pestalozzi's Lienhanl and Oertrud. Mever, Kiiirnt. Lex., iii. 503. BENDEMANN, EDUARD (JULIUS FRIEDRICH), born in Berlin, Dec. 3,1811. History and portrait painter ; pupil of Schadow, whom he followed to Ddssel- dorf in 1827 and to Italy in 1830. After his return he at once established his fame by his Jews in Exile (1832, Reichartz Gal- lery, Cologne); obtained the great gold med- al in Paris, in 1836, and after living for two years in Berlin was appointed professor at the Dresden Academy. Between 1840 and 1855, he decorated the throne and ball- rooms at the royal palace in Dresden with frescos. In 1859-67 he was director of the Dflsseldorf Academy, where (1861-66), as well as at Xaumburg and Berlin, he painted several monumental works. He is member of many German Academies, and of the In- stitut dc France, has had the degree of Doctor conferred upon him by the philo- sophical faculty of the Berlin University, and is decorated with many medals ami orders. Works: Boaz and Ruth (1830); Girls at Well ( 1833) ; Servian Princesses (1834) ; Jeremiah among the Ruins of Jerusalem (1836), Royal Palace, Hanover; Harvest (1836); Shepherd and Shepherdess (1845); Jeremiah at the Fall of Jerusalem (1872), National Gallery, Berlin ; Penelope (1877), Antwerp Academy ; Three Caravan Scenes (1880); Sacrifice of Iphigenia (1882); Emperor Lothair, Romer, Frankfurt ; Por- trait of Artist's Wife (1847), Portraits of Heinrich Brockhaus (1851), W. Schadow (1861), Antwerp Academy; Prince Anton 187