the Devil, Seven Sacraments (ordered by State). Frescos in St. Elizabeth (1849), St. Eustache, and St. Clotilde, Paris.—Vapereau (1880), 212.
BEZZUOLI, GIUSEPPE, born in Florence,
in 1784, died there, Sept. 1855. History
painter; pupil at the Florence Academy
under Piattoli, Petroni, and Desmarais;
obtained the gold medal in 1811, studied
then in Rome after Raphael, Domenichino,
and Guido, became adjunct professor at the
Florence Academy in 1814, and professor in
1816. Works: Ajax defending the Body
of Patroclus (1811); Francesca da Rimini
(1812); Paul surprised by Lancelot (1813);
Entry of Charles VIII. into Florence; Baptism
of Clovis; Manfred found on Battlefield
of Beneventum; Death of Filippo Strozzi;
Assassination of Lorenzino di Medici; Folly
guiding Chariot of Love; Death of
Abel; Episode from Deluge; St. Francis
bringing to Life a Drowned Man (1832),
Cathedral; Eve the Sinner, Medea planning
Leghorn the Death of her Children, Young
Girl at Prayer. Frescos: Alexander with
Apelles, Temperance, Justice, Prudence
and Strength, Exploits of Cæsar in eleven
scenes (Palazzo Pitti); Galileo's Experiments
on Gravitation, Loves of Angelica
and Medoro, Triumph of Bacchus (Borghese
Palace, Florence); Scene from Boccaccio,
Entombment (Pistoja Cathedral); Ceres
Searching for Proserpine, Venus's Toilet,
Venus carrying off Ascanius (Palazzo Borghese,
Rome).—Larousse, ii. 668; Meyer,
Conv. Lex., iii. 380.
BIAGI, BERNARDINO. See Pinturicchio.
BIAGIO, VINCENZO DI. See Catena,
Vincenzo.
BIANCHI, FRANCESCO, called Il Frari,
born at Ferrara in 1447, died at Modena,
Feb. 1510. Lombard school. Vidriani
says he was the first instructor of Correggio,
but if so it can have been but for a short
time, as that painter was only sixteen years
old when Bianchi died. Of his many works
but few remain, such as a fine Madonna
with Saints, in the Louvre, and an Annunciation
in the Gallery at Modena.—Ch.
Blanc, École lombarde; Burckhardt, 587;
Morelli (Richter), 238.
BIARD, (AUGUSTE) FRANÇOIS, born
in Lyons, June 27, 1801, died near Fontainebleau,
July 8, 1882. Landscape and genre
painter; pupil of Révoil in Lyons; travelled
in Europe, the East, and Africa, settled in
Paris in 1835, and painted scenes from many
countries; visited Greenland and Spitzbergen
in 1839, Brazil in 1855. His works
are distinguished for humour, sentiment,
and variety. Many of them have been engraved.
Medals: 2d class, 1827 and 1848;
1st class, 1836; L. of Honour, 1838. Works:
French Travellers in a Spanish Tavern
(1831); Arabs Caught in a Simoom, Nîmes
Museum; Santon preaching to Bedouins,
Fellah Concert, Wandering Comedians,
Fools' Paradise (1833); Baptism in the
Tropics (1834); Barber's Apprentice, Sale
of Slaves, Good Gendarme (1835); Divided
Honours, Bathing at Home, Duquesne Rescuing
Captives from Algerians (1837); Sacrifice
of Brahmin Woman, Scene in Custom
House (1838); County Militia, Family Concert,
Consequences of a Masked Ball (1839);
Marriageable Young Ladies, The Great Sin,
Louis Philippe in a Lapland Hut, Walrus
Fishing, Reindeer Hunting, Pastor Læstadius
teaching Laplanders, (1840); Du Couëdic's
Farewell to his Crew (1841), formerly
in Luxembourg Museum; Wreck in Polar
Seas, Norwegian Hunters at Spitzbergen,
Jane Shore condemned to Death by Hunger
(1842); Magdalen Bay, Apartment to
Let (1844); Shipwrecked Men attacked
by Shark, Classical Painter, Dessert at the
Parsonage (1846); Four Hours in the Salon,
Henry IV. and Fleurette (1847); Walk
to Rock of Hertman doë, Council of Revision
(1848); Tenor's Triumph (1853);
Water Drinkers, Bombardment of Bomarsund,
Seizure of Furniture (1857); Slave
Quarters on a Slave Ship, Selling Slaves,
Hunting Fugitive Slaves, Travelling in
North America, Travelling in South Amer-
