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 *ited pictures of his own in the Salon. Legion of Honour, 1873. Works: Saint Cecilia, Christ Calming the Tempest (1849), bought by State; Apotheosis of St. Louis (1855), bought by State.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 661.

BALZE, (JEAN ÉTIENNE) PAUL, born in Rome, Aug. 25, 1815, died in Paris, March 26, 1884. History painter, pupil of Ingres, for whom he and his brother Raymond copied in Italy the most important works of Raphael. In 1861 he invented a new process of painting on glazed tiles. Medal, 1863; Legion of Honour, 1873. A copyist, with little originality. Among his own works are: Stoning of St. Stephen (1861); Coronation of the Virgin, St. Symphorien, Versailles; Vision of Ezekiel (1864); fresco paintings in court of École des Beaux Arts, Paris; Combat between Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu; paintings in the churches of St. Roch and La Trinité.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 660.

BAMBERGER, FRITZ, born in Würzburg, Oct. 17, 1814, died in Neuenhain, near Frankfort, Aug. 13, 1873. Landscape painter, pupil in 1828 of Berlin Academy, then of the marine painter Krause, and in Cassel under Primavesi. Went to Munich in 1831; visited Normandy in 1845, England, France, and Spain in 1851, and Spain in 1858 and 1868. Works: Battlefield of Hastings, Views of Gibraltar, Algesiras, and Granada. A series of his paintings in Schack Gallery, Munich.—Allgem. d. Biogr., ii. 38; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 665; Kunst-Chronik, ix. 41.

BAMBINI, NICOLÒ, Cavaliere, born in Venice in 1651, died there in 1736. Venetian school; pupil of Mazzoni, and in Rome of Maratti. After his return to Venice principally imitated Liberi, who was then the fashion. Works: Fulvia's Revenge, Cassel Gallery; Achilles, Royal Palace, Potsdam.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 666; Zanetti, Pitt. Venez., 431.

BAMBOCCIATE. See Cerquozzi.

BAMBOCCIO. See Laar.

BANNISTER, E. M., born at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, in 1833. Landscape painter; studied at the Lowell Institute and under Dr. Rimmer in Boston, painting many years in that city. His Under the Oaks received a medal at Philadelphia, 1876. Studio in Providence. Works: Storm (1879).

BANQUET OF THE CIVIC GUARD, B. van der Helst, National Museum, Amsterdam; represents a company of trained bands, twenty-five figures, life-size, full-length. The Spanish Ambassador is shaking hands with one of the principal figures. Sir J. Reynolds says: "This is, perhaps, the first picture of portraits in the world."—Beechey, Reynolds' Works, ii. 197.

BARABÁS, NICOLAUS, born at Márkosfalva, Transylvania, Feb. 22, 1810. Portrait painter, pupil of Vienna Academy, and of Markó; travelled then in Moldau and Wallachia and visited Rome. In 1837 he became member of the Pesth Academy, and since 1842 has travelled all over Europe. Is noted for his ideal female figures; has painted more recently several historical and genre scenes. Works: Portraits of Palatines Joseph and Stephen, Baron Vesselényi, Bishop Pyrker, Gen. Görgei, Gen. Klapka.—Brockhaus, ii. 464; Wurzbach, i. 147.

BARABINO, NICCOLÒ, born at Pier d'Arena, near Genoa, Italy, in 1833. History painter; studied in Florence, where he won reputation with his first picture, Consolatrix Afflictorum, painted, 1859, for the hospital at Savona. His principal work is the Death of Pope Boniface VIII.—Müller, 25.

BARBALONGA, JUAN DE. See Vermeyen.

BARBARA, ST., Palma Vecchio, S. M. Formosa, Venice; altarpiece in six panels. St. Barbara standing with her palm and crown on a pedestal flanked by two pieces of cannon, on central panel; SS. Anthony, Sebastian, Dominic, and John Baptist on sides; the Virgin bending over the dead body of Christ, on the pinnacle. Painted for altar