Duke Francesco, then deceased, and his widow in S. Agostino, Cremona. His style was formed after that of Vittore Pisano, and Gentile da Fabriano.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 438; Vasari, ed. Mil., vi. 492; Calvi, Professori in Milano, 84, 95; Ch. Blanc, École lombarde.
BEMBO, GIAN FRANCESCO, called Il
Vetrajo (the Glazier), died about 1526.
Lombard school; younger brother and pupil
of Bonifazio Bembo; probably studied later
in Venice and in Rome. His Epiphany and
Presentation in the Temple, painted about
1516, in the Cremona Cathedral, were long
ascribed to Bonifazio. Lanzi praises his
Madonna and Saints, dated 1524, in S. Pietro,
Cremona.—Lanzi, ii. 427; Vasari, ed.
Mil., v. 147; Ch. Blanc, École lombarde;
C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 454.
BEMBO, PIETRO, portrait, Titian, Palazzo
Barberini, Rome; canvas, life-size, seen
to elbows. In the red hat and dress of a
cardinal. Painted in 1540.—Vasari, ed.
Mil., vii. 455; C. & C., Titian, ii. 28; Burckhardt,
718.
BEMBO, PIETRO, portrait, Titian, Nardi
Collection, Venice; canvas, half length.
Profile, bearded. Painted about 1537; replica
of an earlier one, now missing?—Vasari,
ed. Mil., vii. 455; C. & C., Titian, i.
418.
BEMMEL, PETER VON, born in Nuremberg,
Aug. 18, 1685, died there in 1754.
Landscape painter; German school; son and
pupil, though not an imitator, of Wilhelm
von Bemmel (1630-1708). He travelled
much, and was held in repute, especially at
Würzburg and Bamberg. Works: Sunrise,
Sunset (Bamberg); three battle pieces, seventeen
landscapes (Nuremberg); twenty
landscapes (Würzburg). His brother
Johann Georg (1669-1723), also his sons,
grandsons, and nephews, were all artists of
more or less distinction.—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., iii. 493; Fiorillo, iii. 369.
BÉNARD, AUGUSTE SEBASTIEN,
born in Paris in 1810. Horse painter; pupil
of Granger and of Lafond. Works: Interior
of Stable, Road in Normandy (1859);
Stable Interior (1863); Military Funeral,
Team Laden with Square Stones (1864);
The Carrabas, Wagon of Fishmongers
(1865); Military Funeral under Louis XII.
(1867).
BÉNARD, HUBERT EUGÈNE, born at
Bologne-sur-Mer, April 29, 1834. Genre
and marine painter; pupil of Claudius
Jacquand. Bronze medal, Rouen 1860.
Works: Return from Fishing, Around Boulogne-sur-Mer
(1857), Close of Oyster Fishing,
Environs of Ambleteuse, Morning
(Boulogne Museum); After Shipwreck, Ebb-Tide,
Unloading of Fishermen's Boats
(1859); View of Houses of Parliament, London
(1863); Return from Fishing on Coast
of Normandy (1864); Burial of Shipwrecked
(1865); Saving on the Sea, Mouth of Thames
(1866); Steamship arriving at Boulogne
During a Storm (1868); Before the Departure,
In the Harbour of Boulogne (1867).—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 497.
BENASCHI (Beinaschi), GIOVANNI
BATTISTA, Cavaliere, born in Turin in
1636, died there, Sept. 28, 1688. Pupil of
the portrait painter Spirito, in Turin, and of
Pietro del Pò, in Rome, where he made drawings
after the frescos of the Carracci. He
is said to have visited Modena to study the
works of Correggio. His best pictures
show graceful action, but the colouring is
dull and heavy. The fresco style of Lanfranco
had the most lasting influence upon
his manner.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 497.
BENASSAI, GIUSEPPE, born at Reggio,
Calabria, July 29, 1835, died in Florence,
Dec. 5, 1878. Landscape painter;
pupil, in Reggio, of Cavaliere Lavagna, then
in Naples of Fergola, but soon returned to
Reggio, and in 1857 went to Rome, where
he continued his studies independently.
After his return home he executed many
works, and in 1863 settled in Florence.
Visited Egypt in 1869. Works: Torrente
di Melito, Souvenir of Lago Maggiore,
Feudal Boundaries, Arrogance and Virtue,
The Friendless (1859-63); Among Flowers,
