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 whose adequate treatment demanded higher powers and much greater technical skill than he possessed, prevented Barry from attaining that measure of success to which his talents fairly entitled him. His picture of Venus (Society of Arts), Jupiter and Juno, and the Wounded Philoctetes, illustrate his ambitious weakness; his Death of General Wolfe, who, together with all the dramatis personæ, is represented nude, proves the absurd extent of his faith in the academic style; while his six pictures of the Civilization and Regeneration of Man, two of which are 42 feet in length, painted for the Society of Arts between 1777 and 1783, though remarkable for the inventive qualities displayed, attest his feebleness as a draughtsman and colourist. Among his other works are his own portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, and his Adam and Eve at S. Kensington.—Fryer, Works of J. Barry (London, 1809); F. de Conches, 283; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 45; Sandby, ii. 182; Portfolio (1873), 150.

BARTH, FERDINAND, born at Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Nov. 11, 1842. History and genre painter, pupil in Nuremberg of Kreling, then of the Munich Academy under Piloty and Caspar Braun. He took part in the campaigns of 1866 and 1870, travelled through Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland, and became professor at the Academy and at the Art School of Industry in Munich. Medals in Vienna and Munich. Works: Quarrelling Landsknechts, Dance of Death, Merchant of Venice, Torquato Tasso, Paganini in Prison (1883), Parsifal, Cupid at the Door.—Müller, 27.

BARTHEL, GUSTAV ADOLF, born in Brunswick, in 1819. Portrait painter, son and pupil of the engraver Friedrich Barthel (1785-1846), and pupil of Stieler and Kaulbach at Munich, and of Lessing at Düsseldorf. In 1852 he was appointed painter to the Duke, and in 1857 inspector of the Gallery in Brunswick. Works: Portraits of Dukes Ferdinand, Frederic William, Charles William, and William of Brunswick, Portrait of Princess Alexandrine of Hohenlohe.—Müller, 28.

BARTLETT, WILLIAM HENRY, born in London; contemporary. Landscape painter, pupil in Paris of Bouguereau and of Tony Robert-Fleury. Exhibits at Royal Academy, Grosvenor Gallery, and Paris Salon. Works: Return from Seal-Hunt—Ireland (1881); On the Alert, Loading Corn—West Ireland, Ellestrin Bay—West Ireland (1882); Summer-Time—Lagoon of Chioggia near Venice, Netting Granchios—Chioggia (1883); Bad Wind for Fish (1884).

BARTOLI (di Bartolo), TADDEO, Sienese school, born in Siena in 1363, died there in 1422. Son of Bartolo di Mino, a barber; early began a successful practice; in 1389 was a member of the council on the works in the cathedral of Siena. In 1390 he painted for S. Paolo of Pisa the Virgin and Saints now in the Louvre, and in 1393 for Cattaneo Spinola and for S. Luca, Genoa, two altarpieces. An altarpiece of the Madonna and Saints was executed in 1395 for S. Francesco, Pisa, and this was followed by a series of frescos in the same church, among the best of which is the Apostle's Visit to the Virgin, a work of great spirit. The breadth and motion of drapery, the firm decision in the drawing, and the bold freedom of action in difficult positions are worthy of the 16th century. After completing his labours at Pisa, Taddeo returned to Siena, and painted several years in the cathedral. A few panels by him yet remain, but most of his frescos there are obliterated. He next painted some pictures for the Duomo of S. Gimignano, two of which are preserved in the Palazzo Communale. In 1403 he was at work in Perugia,