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 the Devil, Seven Sacraments (ordered by State). Frescos in St. Elizabeth (1849), St. Eustache, and St. Clotilde, Paris.—Vapereau (1880), 212.

BEZZUOLI, GIUSEPPE, born in Florence, in 1784, died there, Sept. 1855. History painter; pupil at the Florence Academy under Piattoli, Petroni, and Desmarais; obtained the gold medal in 1811, studied then in Rome after Raphael, Domenichino, and Guido, became adjunct professor at the Florence Academy in 1814, and professor in 1816. Works: Ajax defending the Body of Patroclus (1811); Francesca da Rimini (1812); Paul surprised by Lancelot (1813); Entry of Charles VIII. into Florence; Baptism of Clovis; Manfred found on Battlefield of Beneventum; Death of Filippo Strozzi; Assassination of Lorenzino di Medici; Folly guiding Chariot of Love; Death of Abel; Episode from Deluge; St. Francis bringing to Life a Drowned Man (1832), Cathedral; Eve the Sinner, Medea planning Leghorn the Death of her Children, Young Girl at Prayer. Frescos: Alexander with Apelles, Temperance, Justice, Prudence and Strength, Exploits of Cæsar in eleven scenes (Palazzo Pitti); Galileo's Experiments on Gravitation, Loves of Angelica and Medoro, Triumph of Bacchus (Borghese Palace, Florence); Scene from Boccaccio, Entombment (Pistoja Cathedral); Ceres Searching for Proserpine, Venus's Toilet, Venus carrying off Ascanius (Palazzo Borghese, Rome).—Larousse, ii. 668; Meyer, Conv. Lex., iii. 380.

BIAGI, BERNARDINO. See Pinturicchio.

BIAGIO, VINCENZO DI. See Catena, Vincenzo.

BIANCHI, FRANCESCO, called Il Frari, born at Ferrara in 1447, died at Modena, Feb. 1510. Lombard school. Vidriani says he was the first instructor of Correggio, but if so it can have been but for a short time, as that painter was only sixteen years old when Bianchi died. Of his many works but few remain, such as a fine Madonna with Saints, in the Louvre, and an Annunciation in the Gallery at Modena.—Ch. Blanc, École lombarde; Burckhardt, 587; Morelli (Richter), 238.

BIARD, (AUGUSTE) FRANÇOIS, born in Lyons, June 27, 1801, died near Fontainebleau, July 8, 1882. Landscape and genre painter; pupil of Révoil in Lyons; travelled in Europe, the East, and Africa, settled in Paris in 1835, and painted scenes from many countries; visited Greenland and Spitzbergen in 1839, Brazil in 1855. His works are distinguished for humour, sentiment, and variety. Many of them have been engraved. Medals: 2d class, 1827 and 1848; 1st class, 1836; L. of Honour, 1838. Works: French Travellers in a Spanish Tavern (1831); Arabs Caught in a Simoom, Nîmes Museum; Santon preaching to Bedouins, Fellah Concert, Wandering Comedians, Fools' Paradise (1833); Baptism in the Tropics (1834); Barber's Apprentice, Sale of Slaves, Good Gendarme (1835); Divided Honours, Bathing at Home, Duquesne Rescuing Captives from Algerians (1837); Sacrifice of Brahmin Woman, Scene in Custom House (1838); County Militia, Family Concert, Consequences of a Masked Ball (1839); Marriageable Young Ladies, The Great Sin, Louis Philippe in a Lapland Hut, Walrus Fishing, Reindeer Hunting, Pastor Læstadius teaching Laplanders, (1840); Du Couëdic's Farewell to his Crew (1841), formerly in Luxembourg Museum; Wreck in Polar Seas, Norwegian Hunters at Spitzbergen, Jane Shore condemned to Death by Hunger (1842); Magdalen Bay, Apartment to Let (1844); Shipwrecked Men attacked by Shark, Classical Painter, Dessert at the Parsonage (1846); Four Hours in the Salon, Henry IV. and Fleurette (1847); Walk to Rock of Hertman doë, Council of Revision (1848); Tenor's Triumph (1853); Water Drinkers, Bombardment of Bomarsund, Seizure of Furniture (1857); Slave Quarters on a Slave Ship, Selling Slaves, Hunting Fugitive Slaves, Travelling in North America, Travelling in South Amer