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 (Royal Academy, 1875), the Queen; Fishing-Boats in the Bay of Fundy; Shipwreck off Nantucket; Light-house in St. John Harbour; Fishing-Boats getting under Way; July Afternoon off Round Hill Light, Fishing Craft among the Bergs (1882); Fishing Craft at Sunset—Coast of Labrador (1883); Quiet Afternoon in Straits of Belle Isle, Return of Labrador Fishing Boats (1884).—Art Journal (1873), 225.

BRAEKELEER, FERDINANDUS DE, born in Antwerp, Feb. 19, 1792, died there, May 16, 1883. History and genre painter; pupil of the Antwerp Academy, and of M. I. van Brée; obtained the great prize in 1819, and studied three years in Rome, where he painted historical subjects in the style of David; after his return devoted himself to genre subjects, especially family scenes. He has educated many pupils who have attained fame. Order of Leopold; Member of Antwerp Academy, and director of Antwerp Museum. Works: Healing of Tobias, Esau and Isaac, Citadel of Antwerp, Day after Surrender, Countess of Lalaing at Defence of Dornick, Happy Domestics, Golden Wedding (Brussels Museum), Domestic Quarrel, Matrimonial Peace, Jan Steen on the Ice, Love Declaration, St. Thomas' Day, Village School; Defence of Antwerp in 1576 (1837), Death of Count Frédéric de Mérode, Antwerp Museum; Defence of Antwerp against Duc d'Alençon in 1583; Quarrel after Dinner, The Husband's Toilet (1852), National Gallery, Berlin; Happy Family, Unhappy Family (1852), Corcoran Gallery, Washington.—Larousse, ii. 1186; Müller, 73.

BRAEKELEER, HENRI DE, born in Antwerp, contemporary. Genre painter; son and pupil of Ferdinandus de B. Medals at Brussels (1872), Vienna (1873); honourable mention, Paris (1880); Order of Leopold. Studio in Antwerp. Works: Interior of Chapel in St. James' Church, Antwerp; Interior of St. Hubert's Chapel in same church; The Tailor; Manufacturer of Matches.—Larousse.

BRAEMAR, Sir Edwin Landseer, C. F. H. Bolckow, Marton Hall, Middlesborough, England. Scene in Braemar, Highlands, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A magnificent stag, with a group of does around him, stands in the mist on the brow of a hill, bellowing defiance to the hunter, or to other males of his own kind; a rabbit appears in the grass. Royal Academy, 1857. Bought for £5000.

BRAITH, ANTON, born at Biberach, Würtemberg, in 1836. Animal painter; pupil of Art School, Stuttgart, and from 1860 of Munich Academy. Gold medal, Munich, 1869. Works: Cows in the Woods (1865); Cows in Cabbage-Field (1868); Yoke of Oxen (1870), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Cattle returning Home (1871); Sheep Resting (1871); Flock of Sheep in the Woods (1872); Herd at the Brook (1873); Herd overtaken by Storm (1874); Flock of Sheep by a Dead Hare (1875); Goatherd on Mountain Lake (1879); Cattle, W. Mason, Taunton, Mass.; Cattle, E. D. Morgan, N. Y.—Müller, 73; Illustr. Zeitg. (1870), ii. 50; (1877), i. 201.

BRAKENBURGH, RICHARD, born in Haarlem, baptized May 22, 1650, died there, Dec. 28, 1702. Dutch school; genre painter; pupil of Hendrik Mommers; joined the guild of Haarlem in 1687. Influence of Adrian van Ostade apparent in his pictures. Works: Tavern Interior (1692), Bordeaux Museum; Children's Festival (1698), Brussels Museum; Interior with Peasants drinking and smoking, Amsterdam Museum; Sick-room, Rotterdam Museum; Company in Peasant's Room (1689), Brunswick Museum; two pictures (1698), Hanover Gallery; Young Peasant with Bottle, Dresden Gallery; Party of Jovial Peasants, Festival of the Beans (1690), Vienna Museum; Two Artist's Studios, Windsor Castle, Eng