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 BROMEIS flowers in her robe, and bearing on her arm a cracked pitcher. Bought at sale of Marquis de Verri (1785) for 3000 fr. En- graved by Massard ; A. Leroy. Study in National Gallery, Edinburgh. Broken Pitcher, Jean Baptists Greuze, Louvre. BROMEIS, AUGUST, bom at Wilhelms- hohe, near Cassel, Nov. 28, 1813, died in Cassel, Jan. 12, 1881. Landscape painter, pupil of the Cassel Academy ; studied in 1831-33 in Munich, then until 1848 in Rome, under Jos. Ant. Koch. After his return lived in Cassel and Frankfort, and in 1857 moved to Dtisseldorf, principally for the sake of being near A. Achenbach. In 1867 he be- came professor at the Cassel Academy. Member of Berlin Academy. Works : Twi- light (18G1), View near Olevano, Two Land- scapes from the Habichtswald, View in the Campagna (1862), Cassel Gallery ; Grave of Archimedes, View in Sabine Mountains, Moorish Laundry near Palermo, Wood near Dttsseldorf, Italian Landscape with Calabri- an Shepherd (1869), National Gallery, Ber- lin ; Civitella by Moonlight (1866) ; Capri (1874) ; From the Campagna (1879). Miil- ler, 79 ; Kunst-Chrouik, xvi. 296. BRONCHORST (Bronckhorst), JAN VAN, born at Utrecht in 1603, died at Am- sterdam in April, 1678 (?). Dutch school; genre and landscape painter ; first studied glass painting under Jan Verburgh, then at Arras under Peter Mathys, and in Paris under Chamu ; after his return was induced by his friendship with Poelenburg to take up oil painting, which he studied by him- self. Works : Assembly with Young Man playing Guitar (1644), do. with Young Girl ; Arcadian Concert, Brunswick Museum ; Grotto with bathing Nymphs, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna ; Landscape, Rotterdam Museum. Immerzeel, i. 104 ; Kramm, i. 165 ; Riegel, Beitrage, ii. 185. BRONIKOFF, THEODOR, born at Schadrinsk, Siberia, in 1826. History and genre painter ; pupil of St. Petersburg Academy, where in 1853 he received the great gold medal ; then studied for five years in Germany, France, Italy, and the East. Studio in Rome. Works : Peetus and Arria, Pythagoreans greeting Sunrise, Horace reading his Satires to Augustus, Alcibiades and Aspasia before the Archon, The Outcast, Names' Day, Meeting of the Council of Ten in Venice, Christian Doc- trine, Peasant Girl of Nemi, A Master in Mosaics before the Tribunal of Three in Venice (1867). Miiller, 79. BRONZING, AGNOLO (Angiolo), born at Monticelli, near Florence, in 1502-3, died in Florence, Nov. 23, 1572. Florentine school; real name Agnolo or Angiolo di Cosimo Allori, but commonly called H Bron- zino. Pupil of Raffaelino del Garbo and later of Jacopo da Pontormo, whom he assisted in some of his most considerable works. He was a great admirer of Michel- 808