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 *scape painter; pupil of Copenhagen Academy; visited Portugal in 1839, Rome in 1847-50 and 1857-61. Member of Copenhagen Academy, and Order of Danebrog in 1874. Works: View on Ise Fjord (1835); Views near Frederiksvaerk and Roskilde, do. on Coast of Oresund; Landscapes on Duero River; do. on the Rhine; Views in Switzerland; Temple of Vesta at Tivoli (1851); Villa Poniatowsky outside Porta del Popolo; Italian Landscapes; Views in Denmark.—Sigurd Müller, 53; Weilbach, 81.

BRENNER, ADAM, born in Vienna, Dec. 21, 1800. German school; history painter; pupil of Vienna Academy; painted at first still-life and genre; studied in Munich about 1844, after the great modern masters of Germany. Works: Tinker frightening Child, Dead Game (1833), Burial of St. Stephen (1835), Vienna Museum; Rescue of Ferdinand II. by the Dampierre Cuirassiers; Raising of Siege of Belgrade.—Würzbach, ii. 132.

BRESCIA, ALTARPIECE OF, Titian, SS. Nazaro e Celso, Brescia; wood, five panels, figures life-size; signed and dated 1522. Middle panel, the Resurrection; at sides, St. Sebastian, Averoldo with patron saints, and the Annunciation in two panels. The St. Sebastian is best preserved; other panels injured by repainting. Painted for the Papal Legate Altobello Averoldo, and placed on the high altar of SS. Nazaro e Celso, but now between two windows of the choir.—C. & C., Titian, i. 236, 247; Burckhardt, 717; Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne.

BRESSANO, VINCENZO. See Civerchio, Vincenzo.

BREST, GERMAIN FABIUS, born in Marseilles, July 31, 1823. Landscape and architecture painter; pupil of Loubon and of Troyon; has travelled extensively in Turkey and Asia. Works: Turkish Coffee-House in Constantinople (1857); Walls of Constantinople (1857); Banks of the Bosporus (1861), Luxembourg Museum; Caravansary in Trapezunt (1864); Ceremony of Kissing the Hand in Constantinople, Grand Canal in Venice (1866); Ponte Rialto in Venice, Interior of Pastry-Bakery (1867); Fisheries on the Bosporus (1868); Mosque in Trapezunt (1870); Khan of the Sultana Valide at Constantinople (1872); Bridge of Sighs (1874);	St. John's Church at Beauvais (1877); Entrance to the Bosporus, The Platane of Godfrey de Bouillon (1878).—Müller, 76; Vapereau (1880), 299.

BRÉTON, ÉMILE ADELARD, born at Courrières; contemporary. Landscape painter; brother and pupil of Jules Bréton. Medals: 1866, 1867, 1868; 1st class (1878); Philadelphia (1876); Vienna (1873); L. of Honour (1878); Order of Leopold. Studio at Courrières. Works: Morning Light, Sunset, Autumn (1861); Twilight in Autumn, Gust of Wind (1863); Summer Evening, Twilight (1865); A Pond (1866); Spring, Snow (1868); Sunset, Entrance of a Village (1869); Night, Brook of Orchiman (1870); Winter Morning, Winter Evening (1872); Sunset after Storm, Sunday Morning in Winter (1873); Autumn, Twilight, Winter's Night (1874); Courrières Canal, Artois Village in Winter, Shepherd's Star (1875);	Winter, Marine View (1876); Summer Morning (1877); Winter, A Church (1879); Sunset at Sea before Storm, Snow in Artois (1880);	The old Willows, Frost in Artois (1881);	Summer Evening, Winter Evening (1882);	Moonlight in Winter, Sunset in Autumn (1883); Mill—Artois (1884); Fall of the Leaves, Evening after the Tempest (1885). Works in the United States: Village of Artois in Winter, Snow Scene in Holland, C. Crocker, San Francisco; Moonlight after Rain, J. G. Fell, Philadelphia; Stream between the Hills, H. R. Bishop, New York.—Vapereau (1880), 300.