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 BRAEKELEER (Royal Academy, 1875), the Queen ; Fishing- Boats in the Bay of Fundy ; Shipwreck off Nantucket ; Light-house in St. John Har- bour ; Fishing-Boats getting under Way ; July Afternoon off Round Hill Light, Fish- ing Craft among the Bergs (1882); Fishing Craft at Sunset Coast of Labrador (1883); Quiet Afternoon in Straits of Belle Isle, Return of Labrador Fishing Boats (1884). Art Journal (1873), 225. BRAEKELEER, FERDINANDUS DE, born in Antwerp, Feb. 19, 1792, died there, May 16, 1883. History and genre painter ; pupil of the Antwerp Academy, and of M. I. van Bree ; obtained the great prize in 1819, and studied three years in Rome, where he painted historical subjects in the style of David ; after his return de- voted himself to genre subjects, especially family scenes. He has educated many pu- pils who have attained fame. Order of Leopold ; Member of Antwerp Academy, and director of Antwerp Museum. Works : Healing of Tobias, Esau and Isaac, Citadel of Antwerp, Day after Surrender, Countess of Lalaing at Defence of Domick, Happy Domestics, Golden Wedding (Brussels Mu- seum), Domestic Quarrel, Matrimonial Peace, Jan Steen on the Ice, Love Declara- tion, St. Thomas' Day, Village School ; De- fence of Antwerp in 1576 (1837), Death of Count Frederic de Merode, Antwerp Muse- um ; Defence of Antwerp against Due d'Alenyon in 1583 ; Quarrel after Dinner, The Husband's Toilet (1852), National Gal- lery, Berlin ; Happy Family, Unhappy Fam- ily (1852), Corcoran Gallery, Washington. Larousse, ii. 1186 ; Muller, 73. BRAEKELEER, HENRI DE, born in Antwerp, contemporary. Genre painter ; son and pupil of Ferdinandus de B. Medals at Brussels (1872), Vienna (1873); honour- able mention, Paris (1880) ; Order of Leo- pold. Studio in Antwerp. Works : Interior j of Chapel in St. James' Church, Antwerp ; Interior of St. Hubert's Chapel in same church ; The Tailor ; Manufacturer of, Matches. Larousse. BRAEMAR, Sir Edwin iandseer, C. F. H. Bolckow, Marton Hall, Middlesborough, England. Scene in Braeinar, Highlands, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A magnificent stag, with a group of does around him, stands in the mist on the brow of a hill, bellowing defiance to the hunter, or to other I males of his own kind ; a rabbit appears in the grass. Royal Academy, 1857. Bought for 5000. BRAITH, ANTON, born at Biberach, Wflrtemberg, in 1836. Animal painter ; pupil of Art School, Stuttgart, and from 1860 of Munich Academy. Gold medal, Munich, 1869. Works : Cows in the Woods (1865); Cows in Cabbage-Field (1868); Yoke of Oxen (1870), Kunsthalle, Hamburg ; Cat- tle returning Home (1871) ; Sheep Resting (1871); Flock of Sheep in the Woods (1872); Herd at the Brook (1873); Herd overtaken by Storm (1874); Flock of Sheep by a Dead Hare (1875); Goatherd on Mountain Lake (1879); Cattle, W. Mason, Taunton, Mass.; Cattle, E. D. Morgan, N. . Muller, 73 ; niustr. Zeitg. (1870), ii. 50 ; (1877), i. 201. BRAKENBURGH, RICHARD, born in Haarlem, baptized May 22, 1650, died there, Dec. 28, 1702. Dutch school ; genre painter ; pupil of Heudrik Mommers ; joined the guild of Haarlem in 1687. Influence of Adrian van Ostade apparent in his pict- ures. Works: Tavern Interior (1692), Bor- deaux Museum ; Children's Festival (1698), Brussels Museum ; Interior with Peasants drinking and smoking, Amsterdam Muse- um ; Sick-room, Rotterdam Museum ; Com- pany in Peasant's Room (1689), Brunswick Museum ; two pictures (1698), Hanover Gallei-y ; Young Peasant with Bottle, Dres- den Gallery ; Party of Jovial Peasants, Fes- tival of the Beano (1690), Vienna Museum ; Two Artist's Studios, Windsor Castle, Eng-