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 Los Borrachos (The Topers), Velasquez, Madrid Museum.

his life to its embellishment, covering the walls of its chapels, chapter-house, cloisters, and refectories with pictures. Many of his works in the Museum at Valencia, among them a Last Supper, Christ bearing his Cross, Dead Saviour in Arms of the Father, and Archangel Michael driving Souls to Purgatory. Bermudez gives a list of his works.—Stirling, i. 379; Cean Bermudez.

BORRÁS Y MOMPÓ, Don VICENTE, born in Spain; contemporary. Historical genre painter. Medal, 2d class, Madrid, 1878. Works: Seizure of Riego (1878); Doña María Pacheco de Padilla (1881); Antonio Perez after Torture receiving his Family (1884).—La Ilustracion (1881), ii. 299; (1884), ii. 41.

BORSOS, JOSEF, born at Veszprim, Hungary, Dec. 20, 1821. Genre and still-life painter; pupil of Vienna Academy. Works: Still-life (1850), Vienna Museum; Morning after Masked Ball (1850), Portrait of Prince Eszterházy, National Museum, Pesth; Surprise (1850), Wounded Soldier (1853), After the Battle (1853), Austrian Art Union.—Würzbach, ii. 78.

BORZONE, LUCIANO, born in Genoa in 1590, died there in 1645. Genoese school; pupil of his uncle Filippo Bertolotto and of Cesare Corte. Painted some historical pictures, but excelled in portraits. Killed by a fall from a scaffolding in l'Annunziata, Genoa, where he was occupied in painting a Nativity. His three sons, Gio. Battista (died 1657), Carlo (died 1657), and Francesco Maria (born 1626, died 1679), were all painters. Francesco M. went to France at invitation of Louis XIV. and painted frescos in the Louvre and at Vincennes. Returned to Genoa the year of his death.—Lanzi, iii. 271; Ch. Blanc, École génoise; Soprani, 179.

BOSBOOM, JAN, born at The Hague, Feb. 18, 1817. Architecture painter; pupil of Van Bree; Knight of the Order of the Lion, of the Crown of Oak, and of Leopold; medals in Paris (1855) and Philadelphia (1876). Works: Franciscan Monks singing Te Deum (1855); Holy Communion in Protestant Church; Hall of the Consistory at Nymwegen: Interior of Church at Alkmaar; Interior of Rotterdam Cathedral; Protestant Church at Amsterdam, Munich Gallery; Tomb of Engelbert II., Le Buffet d'Orgues (1873).

BOSCH, ERNST, born at Crefeld, Germany, in 1834. Genre painter; pupil in Wesel, of Schex, then in 1851-56 at the Düsseldorf Academy, under Sohn, Hildebrandt, and Schadow. Works: The Smuggler (1854), Ferry in the Ice, Flying Dutch-*man, Defence of Log-House against Indians, Soldier's Serenade, Gipsy Gang, Faithful Watchman, Grandfather and Grandson, The Sick Cow, Rogues' School, Autumn Evening (1867), Far-Sighted and Near