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 Lemnos (1876); Briseis and Patroclus (1878); Street at Capri (1880); Carmela, House at Capri (1881); Girls going to the Fountain (1882); Peonies, Alsacian Girl (1883); Belle of Scio, Poppies (1884); Poppies (1885).

BENNET, KARL STEFAN, born in Sweden, May 26, 1800, died in Stockholm, March 27, 1878. Landscape and genre painter; studied in Italy, and became member of Stockholm Academy in 1840. Works: Homage to Charles XIV.; Military Review at Ladugärdsgärdet; Unveiling of Equestrian Statue of Charles John (1854); several of his best works in National Museum, Drottningholm.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 539.

BENNEWITZ VON LÖFEN, KARL, born at Thorn, Nov. 15, 1826. Landscape painter; pupil of Schirmer in Berlin and of Albert Zimmermann in Munich. After travelling in the Tyrol, Upper Italy, Southern France, and Scotland, he settled in Berlin (1856), and painted many pictures now in private collections. Works: Fish Pond before Sunrise, Wood Path, Beech Wood on Rügen, Village in Brandenburg, Wood Interior, Spring in Brandenburg, Autumn Fog, On the Heath, Outlook on Baltic Sea.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 540.

BENOUVILLE, ACHILLE (JEAN), born in Paris, July 15, 1815. Landscape painter; pupil of Picot; won in 1845 the grand prix de Rome (landscape) for his Ulysses and Nausicaa. Long resident at Rome, where he painted many pictures of the Campagna in oil and water-colour, remarkable for their local truth and elegance in design. Medals: 3d class, 1844; 1st class, 1863; L. of Honour, 1863. Since 1867 he has resided in Paris. Works: Etruscan Tombs at Sutri in neighbourhood of Velletri; St. Peter's; Tivoli; Torre de' Schiavi; The Via Nomentana, C. C. Perkins, Boston; Castel Fusano; Coliseum seen from the Palatine (1870); Pic du Midi (1872), Mrs. A. T. Stewart, New York; Château de Lugagnan (1873); After the Bath (1883); Border of l'Aumance, Via Nomentana (1884); Ford of Malavaux, Cascade of l'Ardoisière (1885).—Gaz. des B. Arts, xvi. 285; xvii. 13.

BENOUVILLE, (FRANÇOIS) LÉON, born in Paris, March 30, 1821, died Feb. 19, 1859. History and portrait painter; brother of Achille B.; pupil of Picot; won in 1845 the grand prix de Rome (history) for his Jesus in the Judgment Hall. His portraits are remarkable for truth and simplicity of action. Medals: 2d class in 1852 and 1855, 1st class in 1853; L. of Honour, 1855. Works: Mercury and Argus (1839); Hermit and Slothful Knights (1841); Judith (1844); Esther (1845); Christian Martyrs (1852); Francis of Assisi Dying (1853), Louvre; two Pigeons, Raphael meeting the Fornarina, Poussin on the Tiber (1857); St. Clara receiving the Body of St. Francis, Joan of Arc (1859); Portraits of Queen Hortense, Napoleon, Artist's Wife and two Daughters.—Ch. Blanc, École française; Meyer, Gesch., 399.

BENOZZO. See Gozzoli.

BENSA, ALEXANDER VON, Ritter, born in Vienna, July 15, 1820. Genre and battle painter, self-taught, imitates, to a certain degree, A. von Pettenkofen; painted the figures in Ad. Obermüllner's North Pole cycle. Many of his works were bought by the Emperor of Austria; several are in the Duke of Coburg's collection in Vienna. Works: Retreat from Königgrätz, Skirmish at Schweinschedl, Battle near Tannenberg, Hungarian Market, On the Puszta, Hungarian Election Scene.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 553.

BENSO, GIULIO, born in Pieve del Tecco, about 1601, died in Genoa in 1668. Genoese school; pupil of Gio. Battista Paggi; excelled in architecture painting and in perspective. Several works in fresco in l'Annunziata del Gustato, Genoa, and in S. Antonio, Pieve del Tecco. Was also an architect and an engraver.—Lanzi, iii. 262; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.

BENSON, EUGENE, born at Hyde Park, New York, in 1839. Figure and genre