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 Stockholm Academy, and in 1867 inspector of the Gallery and director of the Academy. Painted, at first, scenes from the Thirty Years' War; then turned to historical genre. Much credit is due to him for the organization of the Museums in Stockholm and Lund. Works: Gustavus Adolphus and Axel Oxenstierna; Charles X. and Erik Dahlberg; Faust in his Study; Convent-Yard in Tyrol; Meran Riflemen, Stockholm Museum; Portrait of Queen Louise.—Müller, 63.

BOKS, EVERT JAN, born at Beekbergen, Belgium, April 18, 1838. Genre painter; pupil of Antwerp Academy under De Keyser; studied then in Paris and settled in Antwerp. His specialty is servant's life, which he depicts in the most amusing manner. Corpus Delicti (1878) is one of his best works.—Müller, 63.

BOL, FERDINAND, born at Dordrecht, in 1611, died in Amsterdam; buried, July 24, 1680. Dutch school; pupil of Rembrandt, whose studio he entered about 1630, and one of his most successful imitators. Lived chiefly at Amsterdam, where in 1653 he married Elizabeth Dell. Painted many historical pictures, excelled in portraits, and was an excellent etcher. Among his numerous works in European galleries the best are: Female portrait (1642), Berlin Museum; Saskia, wife of Rembrandt, Brussels Gallery; David's Charge to Solomon (1643), Dublin National Gallery; Repose in Egypt (1644); Jacob's Dream, Joseph presenting Jacob to Pharaoh, and his own portrait, Dresden Gallery; Pastor Fido, and half-length figures of a man and his wife, Baring Collection, London; Portrait of a Boy, Castle Howard, England; Allegory of Peace (1644), Town Hall, Leyden; The Regents (1649), Lepro-*senhuys, Amsterdam; do., Huysittenhuys; The Astronomer (1652), National Gallery, London; Philosopher, Dutch Prince in a Car drawn by Goats (1654), Male portrait (1659), Louvre, Paris; two portraits (1669), Hague Museum.—C. Vosmaer, Rembrandt (Hague, 1877), 138; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 376; De Stuers, 16; Ch. Blanc, École hollandaise; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 257.

BOL, HANS, born at Mechlin, Dec. 16, 1534, died in Amsterdam, Nov. 20, 1593. Flemish school; painted landscapes and miniatures, also genre and biblical subjects. Worked for two years for the Elector of the Palatinate in Heidelberg, then until 1572 in Mechlin, next until 1584 in Antwerp, and, after short stays in Bergen, Dordrecht, and Delft, settled in Amsterdam. He excelled in representing subjects reflected in the water, and rocks overgrown with moss and shrubbery; his figures, animals, fruits, and flowers are notable for their truth, good drawing, and finished execution. Works: Prayer-Book, illuminated MS., National Library, Paris; small landscapes, Cabinet of Miniatures, Munich Gallery; do., Berlin Museum.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, ii. 626.

BOLANACHI, CONSTANTINOS, born at Heraclium in Candia, March 17, 1837. Marine painter; pupil of Munich Academy, under Piloty; paints effective sea-battles