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 director of the Breslau Museum. Works: two Views in Primeval Forests of New Granada (1852); Views in the Tropical Woods; do. in Rhodes and in Lycia; Cairo from Road to Boulak, Kata-men Gate at Peking (1873).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 595; Kunst-Chronik, viii. 806.

BERG, ALBERT (JOSEF ALBERT SOULT), born in Stockholm, Sept. 19, 1832. Marine painter; pupil of Stockholm Academy, then of Düsseldorf Academy, under Andreas Achenbach; visited Holland and Belgium, studied in Paris under Ary Scheffer, then visited Italy and Sicily, and in 1865 settled in Stockholm. He is a deaf-mute, and one of the most ardent promoters of the education of deaf-mutes in Sweden. Works: Fight between Swedish Ship and English Men-of-War in 1704 (1870), and two others, Stockholm Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 596.

BERG, JACOBUS EVERARDUS JOSEPHUS VAN DEN, born at Rotterdam, Nov. 8, 1802, died at The Hague, July 20, 1861. History painter; son and pupil, at Rotterdam Academy, of Gysbertus Johannes van den Berg (1769-1817), then pupil of Antwerp Academy, and of Herreyns. After eight years in Italy attained great success in Paris, then became professor, and in 1844 director, of The Hague Academy. Works: Self-Sacrifice of Admiral de Ruyter; Scene from Maid of Perth (1839); Scenes in Lives of Jacoba van Bergeren, Jan van Schaffelaar, and Claudius Civilis; Fall of the Angels; St. Lawrence; Supper at Emmaus.—Immerzeel, i. 44; Kramm, viii. 11.

BERG, SIMON VAN DEN, born at Overschie, near Rotterdam, Nov. 4, 1812. Animal and landscape painter; pupil at Rotterdam Academy of Gillis de Meyer, and at The Hague of Pieter G. van Os, then settled in Amsterdam, in 1841 at Heemstede, near Haarlem, and in 1875 became conservator, and in 1880 director, of the Royal Gallery at The Hague. Gold medal, Amsterdam, 1838; member of Amsterdam (1839) and Ghent (1841) Academies. His pictures represent mostly cows or sheep at pasture.—Immerzeel, i. 45.

BERGAMASCO. See Lotto, Lorenzo.

BERGAMASCO, IL, born at Bergamo about 1500, died in Madrid in 1579. Genoese school. Real name Giambattista Castello, but called Bergamasco to distinguish him from the noted miniature painter of the same name, who died at an advanced age in 1637. Came early with the painter Aurelio Busso to Genoa, where he won reputation as a painter; studied painting, architecture, and sculpture in Rome. In 1567 went to Spain, at invitation of Philip II., and executed works in the Escorial, the Pardo, and other palaces.—Lanzi, iii. 246; Ch. Blanc, École Génoise.

BERGEN (Berghen), DIRK VAN, flourished in Haarlem in 1661-90. Dutch school; landscape and animal painter; pupil of Adriaan van de Velde, whom he imitated successfully. About 1673 he opened a studio in London; afterwards returned home (about 1680?). Sometimes painted figures in the landscapes of Philips de Koninck. Works: Two Landscapes (one dated 1688), Louvre; do., Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna Museums; four, Schwerin Gallery; four (one dated 1682), Dresden Gallery.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii, 599.

BERGER, JULIUS VICTOR, born at Neutitschein, Moravia, July 10, 1850. History, genre, and portrait painter; pupil of Vienna Academy and of Ed. Engerth; won the grand prize for Rome in 1874, and spent three years in Italy. Professor at Industrial Art-School in Vienna since 1881. Works: Baptism of Borivoi; Emperor Rudolph II. and Keppler (1871); Spring's Entry (1878); Portrait of Botanist Fenzl (1879), Vienna Academy; All Soul's Day (1881); Decorative Paintings (1882), Palazzo Zierer, Vienna.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 605; Neue illustr. Zeitg. (1878), ii. 663; (1881), i. 85.

BERGERET, DENIS PIERRE, born at Villeparisis (Seine-et-Marne); contemporary. Still-life painter; pupil of Karl Dau