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 Six Scenes in Life of Christ, S. Niccolò de' Mendicanti, Venice; Christ before Pilate, Last Supper, S. Luca, ib. Several in other churches, ib.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 533.

BENJAMIN-CONSTANT, JEAN JOSEPH, born in Paris, June 10, 1845. Genre painter; pupil of Cabanel and of École des Beaux Arts; usually paints Oriental subjects. Medals: 3d class, 1875; 2d class, 1876; 3d class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1878; Officer, 1884. Works: Hamlet and the King (1869); Too Late (1870); Samson and Delilah (1872); Women of Riff, Moorish Butchers at Tangiers (1873); Street Corner in Tangiers, Square in Tangiers (1874); Morocco Prisoners (Fletcher Harper, New York; sold in 1884 for $1,400); Women of Harem in Morocco (1875); Entrance of Mohammed II. into Constantinople, May 29, 1453 (1876); Thirsty Prisoners in Morocco, Harem in Morocco (1878); Terraces at Evening, Emir's Favourites (1879); Last Rebels (1880), Luxembourg Museum; Caliph's Recreations, Herodias (1881); Christ in the Tomb, Day after Victory at the Alhambra (1882); Tahamy the Caïd (1883); Les Chérifas (1884); Justice of the Chérif—Moorish Spain in 15th century (1885). Portraits of Emmanuel Arago and others.

BENJAMIN, SAMUEL GREEN WHEELER, born at Argos, Greece, in 1837, son of an American missionary to the Levant. Landscape and marine painter; studied drawing and water-colour painting with Carlo Brindisi of the Spanish and Italian school; came to America and became a pupil of S. L. Gerry and W. E. Norton. Professional life spent in Boston and New York. Mr. Benjamin has illustrated many works of which he is author, and at one time contributed to the Illustrated London News. Is at present (1885) United States Minister to Persia. Works: Porta da Cruz—Madeira (1876), Philadelphia; Gibraltar, Pico Azores, White Island, Marine Gallery, London; Daybreak off the Corbieu, After the Storm, On the Breakers, Twilight on the Grand Banks (1879); Shark's Nose—Maine (1880); Among the Breakers (1881); Stormy Sunrise—Manchester by the Sea (1882).

BENKERT, EMERICH MARIA, born in Vienna, March 27, 1825, died there, Jan. 21, 1855. Genre, landscape, and portrait painter; pupil of Academy of Design, Pesth, then in Vienna of Schrödl and Waldmüller. Works: Poachers on the Track (1850); Temptation, Alpine Herdswomen find a Dead Huntsman, Sermon (1851); Chamois Hunt, Rest, Mother's Love, Love's Sacrifice (1852); Adventure in the Mountains, Mist, View in Styria, Expectation, Ideal Landscape (1853); A Puszta (1854); numerous portraits; Artist's Portrait, National Gallery, Pesth.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 538; Wurzbach, i. 276.

BENNER, EMMANUEL, born at Mulhouse, Alsace, in March, 1836. Genre, portrait, and still-life painter; pupil of Eck. Medal, 3d class, 1881. Works: Game and Fruits (1868); Guitar Player (1873); Reverie, Rubinello (1874); Abandoned (1875); Madeline, The Captives (1876); Venus and Adonis, Family of the Stone Age (1877); Lacustral Family (1878); Bathers, Swans (1880); Repose (1881); Three Graces (1883); Innocence (1884); Nymphs (1885).

BENNER, JEAN, born at Mulhouse, Alsace, in March, 1836. Genre, portrait, and still-life painter; twin brother of Emmanuel B.; pupil of Eck and of Pils. Medal, 2d class, 1872. Works: Petite Falle de Capri, Flowers and Fruits (1868); Margherita, Luisella (1870); After a Storm at Capri (1872); After Baptism, New Year's Serenade (1874); Trappist in Prayer (1875); Athenian Women surprised by the Pelasgi of