S. Zaccaria, S. Geminiano, S. Cassiano, S. Eustachio, S. Pantaleone, S. Marziale, and S. M. Mater Domini.—Ch. Blanc, École vénitienne; Seguier, 9; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 644.
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BALFOURIER, ADOLPHE PAUL ÉMILE, born at Montmorency, Aug. 11, 1816. Landscape painter, pupil of Rémond. Medals: 3d class, 1844; 2d class, 1846. Has often engraved for l'Artiste. Works: Lake Lugano, near Tivoli, Valley of the Cevara (1846); Mazeppa, Study of Majorca; Lake Némi; St. Peter's Wells at Hyères (1863); Pine Woods near Sea (1864); Pond of Cotaria (1865); Ruins of a Convent (1866); Mouth of the Gapeau (1867); Fountain in Majorca (1869); Environs of Valencia (1874); Oil Press (1875).
BALLAVOINE, JULES FRÉDÉRIC,
born in Paris, contemporary. History and
genre painter, pupil of Pils. Medal: 3d
class, 1880. Works: Interrupted Séance
(1880); Surprise, Water-colour Painters
(1882); Flower Market, Little Bohemienne
(1883); Paris Bargeman, Before the
Rehearsal (1884); Among the Rocks
(1885).
BALLENBERGER, KARL, born at Anspach,
Germany, July 24, 1801, died in
Frankfort, Sept. 21, 1860. History painter,
pupil of the Munich Academy under Friedr.
Hoffstadt, with whom he went to Frankfort
in 1833, and of the Städel Institute under
Philipp Veit. A mediævalist in spirit, he
painted according to the traditions of the
early German masters. Works: Portraits
of Conrad I., Louis of Bavaria, Günther of
Schwarzburg, and Ruprecht of the Palatinate,
Kaiser Saal, Frankfort; Scenes from
Niebelungen, Scenes from Life of St. Elizabeth,
Scenes from Life of the Virgin, Nuremberg
Merchants before Emperor Maximilian
in Augsburg, Henry the Lion at
Erfurt in 1181; Götz von Berlichingen
among Gipsies, Scenes from Goethe's Faust,
Spindler's Jew, Fouqué's Magic Ring, Funeral
of Frauenlob.—Allgem. d. Biogr., ii.
21; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 651.
BALLING, OLE PETER HANSEN, born
at Christiania, Norway, April 23, 1823.
History and portrait painter, pupil of one
Jacob Wunderlich, and of the Berlin Academy;
visited Copenhagen in 1846, Paris in
1854, and New York in 1856. At the outbreak
of the Civil War, he joined the 1st N.
Y. Volunteer Regiment as captain of a Scandinavian
company, and afterwards commanded
the 145th Regiment as lieutenant-colonel.
In 1863 he resigned and devoted
himself again to art. In America he painted
mostly portraits. Works: Portrait of Gen.
John Sedgwick, West Point Academy; do.
of Admiral Farragut, Annapolis Academy;
do. of Gen. Geo. H. Thomas, and Gen. Reynolds,
Union League, Philadelphia; Group
of 27 Generals on horseback, Agricultural
Building, Washington.—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., ii. 653.
BALMER, JOSEF A., born at Abtwyl,
Switzerland, Nov. 27, 1828. History painter,
pupil in Lucerne of Anton Butler, then, from
1852, of the Düsseldorf Academy, under
Mücke and Schadow, and later in Carlsruhe
under Des Coudres and Canon. Has painted
many cheap altarpieces for Catholic churches
in Baden and Switzerland. Works: Death of
St. Joseph, Cycle for Tell's chapel, Fluellen;
wall paintings and altarpieces, at Küsnacht,
Mühlau, Oos, Baldegg, Nottwill, Appenzell,
and Meierskappel.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii.
654; Müller, 24.
BALSGAARD, CARL VILHELM, born
in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 29, 1812.
Flower painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy,
where he at first studied history and
portrait painting; visited Berlin, Dresden,
Düsseldorf, and Paris in 1855, and Italy in
1872-73. Member of Copenhagen Academy
in 1858; title of professor in 1867. Works:
Two pictures (1858), Copenhagen Gallery,
two in Moltke Collection, ib.; Fruitpiece
(1856), Kunsthalle, Hamburg.—Weilbach, 42.
BALTASAR, CARLOS, Don, eldest son
of Philip IV., Velasquez, Grosvenor House,
