- ited pictures of his own in the Salon. Legion
of Honour, 1873. Works: Saint Cecilia, Christ Calming the Tempest (1849), bought by State; Apotheosis of St. Louis (1855), bought by State.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 661.
BALZE, (JEAN ÉTIENNE) PAUL, born
in Rome, Aug. 25, 1815, died in Paris,
March 26, 1884. History painter, pupil of
Ingres, for whom he and his brother Raymond
copied in Italy the most important
works of Raphael. In 1861 he invented a
new process of painting on glazed tiles.
Medal, 1863; Legion of Honour, 1873. A
copyist, with little originality. Among his
own works are: Stoning of St. Stephen
(1861); Coronation of the Virgin, St. Symphorien,
Versailles; Vision of Ezekiel (1864);
fresco paintings in court of École des Beaux
Arts, Paris; Combat between Fitz-James
and Roderick Dhu; paintings in the churches
of St. Roch and La Trinité.—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., ii. 660.
BAMBERGER, FRITZ, born in Würzburg,
Oct. 17, 1814, died in Neuenhain,
near Frankfort, Aug. 13, 1873. Landscape
painter, pupil in 1828 of Berlin Academy,
then of the marine painter Krause, and in
Cassel under Primavesi. Went to Munich
in 1831; visited Normandy in 1845, England,
France, and Spain in 1851, and Spain
in 1858 and 1868. Works: Battlefield of
Hastings, Views of Gibraltar, Algesiras, and
Granada. A series of his paintings in
Schack Gallery, Munich.—Allgem. d. Biogr.,
ii. 38; Meyer, Künst. Lex., ii. 665; Kunst-Chronik,
ix. 41.
BAMBINI, NICOLÒ, Cavaliere, born in
Venice in 1651, died there in 1736. Venetian
school; pupil of Mazzoni, and in Rome of
Maratti. After his return to Venice principally
imitated Liberi, who was then the
fashion. Works: Fulvia's Revenge, Cassel
Gallery; Achilles, Royal Palace, Potsdam.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., ii. 666; Zanetti, Pitt.
Venez., 431.
BAMBOCCIATE. See Cerquozzi.
BAMBOCCIO. See Laar.
BANNISTER, E. M., born at St. Andrews,
New Brunswick, in 1833. Landscape
painter; studied at the Lowell Institute
and under Dr. Rimmer in Boston,
painting many years in that city. His
Under the Oaks received a medal at Philadelphia,
1876. Studio in Providence.
Works: Storm (1879).
BANQUET OF THE CIVIC GUARD,
B. van der Helst, National Museum, Amsterdam;
represents a company of trained bands,
twenty-five figures, life-size, full-length.
The Spanish Ambassador is shaking hands
with one of the principal figures. Sir J.
Reynolds says: "This is, perhaps, the first
picture of portraits in the world."—Beechey,
Reynolds' Works, ii. 197.
BARABÁS, NICOLAUS, born at Márkosfalva,
Transylvania, Feb. 22, 1810. Portrait
painter, pupil of Vienna Academy, and of
Markó; travelled then in Moldau and Wallachia
and visited Rome. In 1837 he became
member of the Pesth Academy, and
since 1842 has travelled all over Europe. Is
noted for his ideal female figures; has
painted more recently several historical and
genre scenes. Works: Portraits of Palatines
Joseph and Stephen, Baron Vesselényi,
Bishop Pyrker, Gen. Görgei, Gen. Klapka.—Brockhaus,
ii. 464; Wurzbach, i. 147.
BARABINO, NICCOLÒ, born at Pier
d'Arena, near Genoa, Italy, in 1833. History
painter; studied in Florence, where he
won reputation with his first picture, Consolatrix
Afflictorum, painted, 1859, for the
hospital at Savona. His principal work is
the Death of Pope Boniface VIII.—Müller,
25.
BARBALONGA, JUAN DE. See Vermeyen.
BARBARA, ST., Palma Vecchio, S. M. Formosa,
Venice; altarpiece in six panels. St.
Barbara standing with her palm and crown
on a pedestal flanked by two pieces of cannon,
on central panel; SS. Anthony, Sebastian,
Dominic, and John Baptist on sides;
the Virgin bending over the dead body of
Christ, on the pinnacle. Painted for altar
