Coronation of the Virgin, dated 1374, is in the possession of Lord Wensleydale, England. Other examples are in S. Francesco, Pisa, and in the Modena Gallery.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 220; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 25; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ii. 93.
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BAROCCI (Baroccio), FEDERIGO, called
also Fiori da Urbino,
born at Urbino
in 1528,
died there, Sept.
31, 1612. Roman
school; son
and pupil of Ambrogio
Barocci;
afterward studied
under Francesco
Menzocchi
and Battista
Franco at Urbino.
In 1548 went to Rome and both studied
and copied works of Raphael four years.
On return to Urbino painted a St. Margaret
and other works which gave him a great reputation.
In 1560 he was invited to Rome by
Pius IV., and painted in the Vatican with
Federigo Zucchero. While thus engaged he
was poisoned by his rivals, and so injured
that he was never after able to work more
than two hours a day. The remainder of
his life was chiefly spent at Urbino. Barocci's
style resembles that of Correggio,
whose works he studied. He was a decided
mannerist, able in design, but inferior
as a colourist. Among his easel pictures
are: Crucifixion, Duomo, Genoa; Descent
from Cross (1569), Duomo, Perugia;
Madonna del Popolo, Christ and Magdalen,
Portrait of Duke of Urbino, Uffizi, Florence;
Madonna di S. Girolamo (copy of
Correggio), Pitti, Florence; Martyrdom of
S. Vitale (1583), Brera, Milan; Annunciation,
Ecstacy of St. Michelina, Vatican;
Noli me tangere, Palazzo Corsini, Rome;
Circumcision (1580), Madonna in Glory,
Louvre; Madonna and Saints, Dresden
Gallery; Madonna della Gatta, National Gallery,
London; two Holy Families and Portrait
of a Man, Hermitage, St. Petersburg.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 27; Vasari, ed.
Mil., vii. 91; Burckhardt, 759; Ch. Blanc,
École ombrienne.
BARON, HENRI (CHARLES ANTOINE),
born at Besançon, in June, 1816. Genre
painter, pupil of Gigoux, made his debut in
the Salon in 1840, then visited Italy. Medals:
3d class, 1847, 1855, 1867; 2d class, 1848;
L. of Honour, 1859. Works: Sculptor's
Studio (1840); Giorgione Painting Gaston
de Foix (1844); Andrea del Sarto Painting
Madonna del Sacco, Summer Evening
(1847); Child Sold by Pirates, Spring in
Tuscany (1848); Touch and Hearing, Vintage
in the Romagna (1855), Luxembourg
Museum; Harlequinade (1857); Painters'
Festival at Italian Tavern (1859); Archery
in Tuscany (1864); St. Luke's Festival
in Venice (1867); The Skaters (1870);
His Eminence at his Nephews', Bowlers
(1874); Street Corner at Catania (1876);
Bébé (1878); Fair Naturalist (Mrs. Paran
Stevens, New York); Archer's Rest (C. H.
Wolff, Philadelphia); Wine and Mirth (C. P.
Huntington, New York); Wild Flowers (J.
Hoey, New York).—Larousse, ii. 249; Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 32; Müller, 26.
BARRET, GEORGE, born in Dublin, Ireland,
in 1732 (1728?), died at Westbourne
Green, near London, May 29, 1784. Landscape
painter, son of a draper and apprenticed
to a stay-maker, but learned to colour
prints and became drawing master at the
West drawing school in Dublin. Went in
1761 to London, where he became a successful
landscape painter, earning, it is said,
£2000 yearly. Became master painter to
Chelsea Hospital, but died bankrupt and
left his family dependent on the Royal
Academy, of which he was one of the foundation
members. His best works are in the
Portland and Buccleugh Collections. His
son George (1774-1842) was a water-colour
painter, and one of the foundation members
of the Water-Colour Society.—F. de Conches,
183; Redgrave; Meyer, Künst. Lex.,
iii. 40; Sandby, i. 100.
