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 Jacques and the Little Savoyards, The Poor Woman, Bernard de St. Pierre at the Village (all water-colours), Paul Veronese's Childhood, Battle of Ivry, The First Ennuis, Louis XIII., Convalescence, Kings, Triumph of Bacchus (1835-1849); Virgin in Tears, Rouen Museum; Children's Tournament (water-colour), triptych (belongs to State).

BOULLONGNE, BON, born in Paris in 1649, died there, May 16, 1717. French school; history painter; eldest son and pupil of Louis B.; studied in Rome five years under the pension of the king, became a member of the Academy in 1677, adjunct professor in 1684, and professor in 1692. He received the favour of Louis XIV., who employed him to paint the staircase at Versailles, under the direction of Le Brun. He also executed frescos in the Church of the Invalides, in St. Ambroise, and in the Trianon and the chapel at Versailles. Works: Annunciation, St. Benedict restoring a Child, Marriage of St. Catherine, Hercules fighting the Centaurs (1677), Juno and Flora, Venus and Loves, Louvre; Calling of Sons of Zebedee, Dublin Gallery.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

BOULLONGNE, LOUIS, the elder, born in Paris in 1609, died there, June 13, 1674. French school; history painter, pupil of Blanchard; studied afterwards in Rome. On his return to Paris he executed several votive pictures for Notre Dame and decorative paintings for public buildings. In 1656 he was nominated professor at the Academy. His daughters, Geneviève (1645-1708) and Madeleine (1646-1710), were also painters and members of the Academy.

BOULLONGNE, LOUIS DE, the younger, born in Paris in 1654, died there, Nov. 20, 1733. French school; history painter; brother of Bon de B. Obtained the academical prize when eighteen, and went in 1675 to Rome, where he made copies, full-size, of Raphael's Vatican frescos for the Gobelin tapestry manufactory. In 1680, after visiting Lombardy and Venice, he returned to France, and executed many votive and decorative paintings for Notre Dame and other public buildings in Paris. In 1681 he became Academician, 1693 professor, 1717 rector, and 1722 director of the Academy; the same year he was decorated with the order of St. Michael, ennobled in 1724, and appointed painter to the king in 1725.—Ch. Blanc, École française.

BOUQUET, MICHEL, born at Lorient, (Morbihan), Oct. 17, 1807. Landscape and marine painter; pupil of Gudin. Famous as a painter on porcelain. Medals: 3d class, 1839; 2d class, 1847, 1848; L. of Honour, 1881. Works: Sunset; View on the Blavet (1839); Shoemaker's House in Valley of Chevreuse; Halt of Hunters at Fontainebleau; View near Palermo; Danube in Hungary (water-colour, 1847); Evening in Walachia; Landscape near the Chevreuse; Last Leaves of Autumn, Souvenir of Normandy (water-colour, 1848); Cow-Pond in Brittany (on porcelain, 1863); Spring and Autumn (porcelain, 1866); Old Mill by Moonlight (porcelain, 1877); View on the Seine (1879); Isle of Capri (1882).—Larousse.

BOURCE, HENRI (JACQUES), born in Antwerp in 1826. Genre painter; pupil of the Antwerp Academy, under Wappers; travelled in Holland, France, Italy, Germany, Norway, England, and Scotland. Medals: Hague (1857), Brussels and Rotterdam (1863), Amsterdam (1868 and 1876),