von Hohenzollern (1864), Sigmaringen Castle; Jos. Joachim (1868, Berlin, and 1870, London), Rob. Reinick (1873), Gen. von Obernitz and Wife (1877), portrait of himself (1879), Antwerp Academy.—Illustr. Zeitg. (1874), i. 66; (1882), i. 91; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 504; Wolfg. Müller, Düsseldf. K., 29; Kugler, Kl. Schriften; Kunst-Chronik, i. 132; Pecht, iii. 261.
BENDEMANN, RUDOLF, born in Dresden,
Nov. 11, 1851, died at Pegli, near
Genoa, in May, 1884. History and genre
painter; pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy
under his father, Eduard; was in Munich in
1877-79, then visited Egypt. Works:
Frithiof and Ingeborg (1874); frieze paintings
(1876), National Gallery, Berlin;
Nymph (1877); Beer-Sale (1878); Burial of
Frauenlob, Festival in 16th Century, Lute-*player
(1879); Tavern Scene in Bavaria
(1880); Procession in Cairo, Well in Egypt
(1881).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 511;
Kunst-Chronik, xix. 516.
BENDZ, VILHELM FERDINAND, born
at Odense, Denmark, March 20, 1804, died
at Vicenza, Nov. 14, 1832. Genre and portrait
painter; pupil of Copenhagen Academy
under C. V. Eckersberg, where he won
several prizes; studied in Munich 1831-32,
visited Tyrol, died on his way to Rome.
Works: Model School at the Academy,
Artist looking at Sketch in Mirror (1826),
Sculptor working from Life Model (1827),
Copenhagen Gallery; Beggar Woman and
Child, Portraits of Frederic VII., Christian
IV. in Battle of Femern (1828).—Weilbach,
52.
BENEDETTO, IL. See Castiglione, Gio.
Benedetto.
BENEDICT, ST., Paolo Veronese, Pitti,
Florence; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 6 in.
St. Benedict, in episcopal robes, standing
between Placidus and Maurus, his disciples;
in front kneel five nuns, one of whom bears
a tiara; another, St. Scolastica, has a dove at
her feet; above, like a glory, the marriage
of St. Catherine. Engraved by G. Bonatti.—Gal.
du Pal. Pitti, iv. Pl. 20.
BENEDICTER, JOSEF, born at Fischingen,
Würtemberg, June 4, 1843. Architecture
painter; pupil, from 1863, of Munich
Academy, lastly under Alex. Wagner, until
he joined in the campaign against France,
in 1870. After the war he went to Holland,
and in 1876 visited Florence, Rome, and
Naples. His paintings and his cabinet pictures
are masterly in technic and effect.
Works: Portal of Town Hall in Rothenburg
(1869); View in Heidelberg Castle (1872);
Young Green-Grocer, Roman Portal, Gothic
Cloister (1873); Peasant's Room in Sunlight
(1879); Kitchen in Castle Neuenstein,
Tinker (1881); Alone at Home (Wm. Astor,
New York); Cradle (J. T. Martin, Brooklyn);
Rural Interior (D. O. Mills, New
York).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 526.
BENEFIAL, MARCO, Cavaliere, born in
Rome in 1684, died there, April 2, 1764.
Roman school; pupil of B. Lambert; began
to exhibit in 1703. After his marriage in
1707 met with a series of privations, and
was obliged to associate himself with one
Germisoni, a mediocre but busy painter,
and, for a share of the profits, do the greater
part of the work. In 1718 he received an
order from Pope Clement XI., followed by
others from different churches, which bettered
his situation. In competition with
Domenico Muratori he painted, in 1731, his
most important work, the Flagellation of
Christ. For a short time he was professor at
the Accademia di S. Luca. Having become
blind, he depended, during his last years, on
the charity of his patron, Count Soderini.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 531; Lanzi (Roscoe),
i. 511.
BENFATTO, LUIGI (Alvise), called Dal
Friso, born at Verona in 1559, died at Venice
in 1611. Venetian school; history
painter; nephew, and for many years in the
studio of Paolo Veronese, whom, in the outset,
he copied even to servility; afterwards
gave himself up to an easy and rapid style
of composition. Works: Constantine's
Dream before the Battle with Maxentius,
God the Father with Angels and Evangelists,
