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 class, 1885. Works: In Lorraine (1881); Study, In Lorraine (1882); In Lorraine (1883); At Gravelotte (1884); 1870-1880 (1885).

BETTO, BERNARDINO DI. See Pinturicchio.

BEVILACQUA. See Salimbeni, Ventura.

BEWER, CLEMENS, born at Aachen, May 30, 1820, died at Bonn, Sept. 2, 1884. History and portrait painter; pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy under Karl Sohn; went in 1841 to Paris, where he studied with Delaroche and Ary Scheffer. Under the latter's guidance he painted for French churches copies after Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Titian, Rubens, and Murillo; returned in 1847 to Düsseldorf thoroughly imbued with French art; afterwards became professor at the Academy. Latterly painted portraits almost exclusively. Works: Romeo and Juliet (1844); Mary Stuart's Flight from Lochleven (1846), Cologne Museum; The Elves (1847), Tasso reading at the Court of Ferrara (1850), Contest of Minstrels at the Wartburg (1851); Education of Mary by Anna and Joachim (1852), Finding of Moses (1862), Loreley (1867), Judith (1872), Cologne Museum; Portraits of Minister Stein, Gen. Blumenthal, Archbishop von Droste-Vischering.—Müller, 47; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldorf K., 158.

BEYEREN, ABRAHAM VAN, born at The Hague in 1620 or 1621, died after 1674. Dutch school; still-life painter; master of the guild at The Hague in 1640, at Delft in 1657; mentioned again as member of The Hague guild in 1663, and of that of Alkmaar in 1674. Works in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Lille, Frankfort, Berlin, Vienna, Pesth Museums, Vienna Academy (1666), Dresden, Hanover, Schwerin Galleries, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 340.

BEYLE, PIERRE MARIE, born at Lyons in 1838. Genre painter; was a house-*painter, but with help from the designer Philippon was able to send his first picture to the Salon in 1867. Medal of 3d class, 1881. Works: A Bohemian Girl (1867): Permission Refused (1868); Toilet of a Savage Woman (1869); Tour of the City (1870); Monkey's Toilet (1872); Dressing in a Studio, Merchant of Knick-Knacks (1873); Chevalier Bayard and Maidens of Brescia (1875); Gossips of Briquebec (1876); Bazaar at Casbah of Algiers (1877); From the Mayor's Office to the Church, Party of Ladies (1879); On the Cliff, Fleurs de Pêchér (1880); Mussel Fishers at Dieppe (1881); Fishing at Dieppe (1882); Farewell Kiss (1883); Seaweed Burners (1884); Bad News (1885).

BEYSCHLAG, JULIUS ROBERT, born at Nördlingen, July 1, 1838. Genre painter; pupil, at the Munich Academy, of Philipp Foltz, studied afterwards in Paris and Italy. His pictures are attractive in subject, and he is noted for his graceful treatment of the female form. Works: Iphigenia, Mowing Woman (1860); Love Scene from Faust, Sunday Morning (1862); Birthday (1864); Girl crowning Youth with Flowers (1870); Psyche (1872); Soap Bubbles (1873); Spring-Day in the Middle Ages (1874); Happy Mother, Wedding Procession, Orpheus and Eurydice (1879); Sunday Afternoon in Middle Ages, Samuel Hawk Collection, New York; Before the Wedding, H. B. Hurlbut Collection, Cleveland; Good Sister, T. Dolan, Philadelphia.—Illustr. Zeitg. (1877), ii. 136.

BÉZARD, JEAN LOUIS, born at Toulouse, Nov. 15, 1799. Pupil of Pierre Guérin, of Picot, and of École des Beaux Arts. Won the prix de Rome in 1829. Medals: 1st class, 1836, 1857, 1859; L. of Honour, 1860. Works: Magdalen in Desert, Magdalen Resting, Interior of Church of Arcis, Incident of Revolution of 1830, In the Louvre, Martyrdom of St. Saturninus (1836); Reign of Evil upon Earth (1837); Martyrdom of St. Eutrope (ordered by State), Mephistopheles, Angel and Child, Neapolitan Sleeper, Seven Works of Pity, Assumption, St. Roch praying for the Plague-Stricken, St. Michael snatching Souls from