BALDI— BAMBINL 15 Works^ Borne, Academy of St. Luke, the Martyrdom of San Lazzaro. Pis- toja, San Francesco, the Annunciation : Madonna dell' Umilta, the Bepose in Egypt. {Orlandij Lanzi.) BALDINI, Fra Tibubzio, of Bo- logna, painted, 1611. Bolognese School. He is said to display magnificence in his architecture, and great copiousness in his composition, but his colouring in the figure is rather cold. Works. Brescia, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Marriage of the Virgin ; and the Murder of the Innocents. {Lanzu) BALDINI, Pebteo Paolo, an his- torical painter of the middle of the seyenteenth century: the scholar of Pietro da Gortona. There are several of his works still extant in the churches of Rome. (Titi.) BALDOVINETTI, Alessio, 6. at Florence, 1422, d. Aug. 29, 1499. Tus- can School. The scholar of Paolo Uccello, and master of Domenico Ghir- land^jo. Though he painted in the old dry manner, he seems to have been influenced in some degree by the Fle- mish mode of treating the landscapes and other accessories, which, like the works of his master Uccello, give evi- dence of the study of nature. He worked also in mosaic. There is a picture by Baldovinetti in the gallery of the Uffizj, at Florence. ( Vasari.) BALDRIGHI, Guiseppe, h. at Stra- della, 1723, d. at Parma, 1802. Lom- bard School. He was the pupil of Yincenzio Meucci at Florence, and of Boucher at Paris. JFbrto. Parma, gallery of the Aca- demy,Prometheus released by Hercules. {Lans:i^ BALDUCCI, Giovanni, called Cosci, ft. at Florence, about 1540, d. at Naples, about 1600. Tuscan School. Pupil and assistant of Battista Naldini. He painted many works in fresco and in oil, at Florence, at Home, and at Naples. Works. Florence, cathedral, the Last Supper ; church of the Crocetta ; Sta. Maria Novella; and at Sta. Pras- sede, at Bome, Christ praying in the Garden ; and others. {Bagliane,) BALESTRA, Antonio, b. at Verona, 1666, rf. there, Apr. 21, 1740. Venetian School; he studied at Venice under An- tonio Bellucci, and painted at Bologna and at Rome, where he became the pupil of .Carlo Maratta. His works somewhat resemble those* of Maratta, and partake less of the Venetian than of the Roman or Eclectic Schools : he preserved the Venetian colour, and drew with vigour and correctness. Balestra engraved a few plates. Works, Venice, for the Scuola della Carita, a Nativity, and a Deposition &om the Cross ; a Santa Chiara, in Sant' An- tonio, at Padua ; at the Dominicans in Verona, a San Vincenzio ; Bologna, Church of Sant. Ignazio, the Virgin and Child, with Saints ; and several in the churches and palaces of Rome. {Zanetti.) BALESTRIERI, Domenico, of the Piceno, painted in 1463. Umbrian School. Works. At Urbino, in the church of San Rocco. {Lanzi.) BALLI, SiMONE, of Florence, settled ' in Genoa about 1600. Genoese School. He was the pupil of Aurelio Lomi, but painted something in the style of Andrea del Sarto, both large and small pictures on copper. Works. At the Spinola Palace, Cor- negliano. (Soprani.) BALLINI, Camillo, living 1570. Venetian SchooL Painted in the Ducal Palace. He is accounted among the mannerists and followers of Palma Giovane. (Zanettl.) BAMBINI, Cav. NiccoLO, b. at Venice, 1651, d. 1736. Venetian School. Pupil of Mazzoni, and also the scholar of Carlo Maratta, at Rome. Painted somewhat in the style of' liberiy whom he equalled, says Lanzi,
