and coast-scenes, most of which are bought in England and America. Works: Battle of Lissa (1866); Neapolitan Fishermen; Company on Shipboard; Ship on Fire in Mid-Ocean.—Müller, 64.
BOLDINI, G., born at Ferrara, Italy.
Genre and portrait painter; studio in Paris.
His style somewhat resembles Fortuny's.
Works: A Summer Stroll; The Connoisseur;
The Despatch (1879); At the Piano,
Wm. Astor, New York; Ladies of First
Empire, Les Parisiennes, W. H. Vanderbilt,
New York; Spring Flowers, After the
Orgie, A. E. Borie Collection, Philadelphia;
Gossips, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New York;
Café Pigalle, J. A. Scudder, St. Louis;
Morning Visit, C. Crocker, San Francisco;
Song of the Bird, W. B. Bement, Philadelphia;
Delivering the Despatch, J. M. Fiske,
New York; Dolce far niente, J. C. Runkle,
New York; Day Dreams, A. J. Drexel, Philadelphia;
Kitchen Garden, D. O. Mills,
New York; Rocking-Chair, F. Harper,
New York; Expected Visitor, C. S. Smith,
New York; Parrot, Fishing on the Seine,
R. L. Cutting, New York.—Am. Art Rev.
(1880), 296.
BOLGHARINI. See Bulgarini.
BOLOGHINI. See Bulgarini.
BOLOGNESE, IL. See Grimaldi.
BOLSENA, MIRACLE OF. See Mass of
Bolsena.
BOLTON ABBEY IN OLDEN TIME,
Sir Edwin Landseer, Duke of Devonshire,
Chatsworth. The Abbot of Bolton, standing
at the entrance of the monastery, is intently
reading a letter, which a monk, who stands
behind him with a tray of bottles and
glasses, is also trying to read over his shoulder;
in foreground, a man sitting on the
steps with a dead stag and wild fowl and
two dogs beside him, a girl with a tray of
fish, and a boy with herons on his back,
perhaps a tenant's tribute or a present from
some neighbouring lord. Royal Academy,
1834. Engraved by Samuel Cousins; W.
T. Davey.—Landseer Gallery.
BOLTRAFFIO. See Beltraffio.
BOMMEL, ELIAS VAN, born in Amsterdam,
in 1824. Marine and architecture
painter; pupil of the Amsterdam Academy;
visited Paris, Belgium, Germany, Hungary,
and North Italy, and settled in Vienna.
Works: Harbour of Dordrecht, Street in
Amsterdam (1866); View on the Rhine, Harbour
of Vlissingen (1867); Still Water at Amsterdam
(1868); Rotterdam (1869); Storm
near Coast, Montalbaan's Tower in Amsterdam
(1872).—Müller, 64.
BONAPARTE. See Napoleon.
BONAVENTURE, ST., Murillo, Francis
Cook, Richmond Hill, Surrey; canvas, H. 6
ft. 2 in. × 3 ft. 8 in. The Saint, in grey robe
and doctor's cap, sitting in a red chair beside
a table, on which are writing materials and
a crucifix, holds in his left hand a book in
which he is writing. One of Murillo's earliest
works. Formerly in convent of S. Francisco,
Seville; Louis Philippe sale (1853),
£135; Lord Dalling and Bulwer sale (1873),
£257. Old copy: Duc de Montpensier, Seville.—Curtis,
220, 225; Ponz, Viage, ix. 99;
G. de Leon, i. 60.
BONDONE. See Giotto.
BONFIGLI (Buonfiglio), BENEDETTO,
born about 1425 (?), died in or after 1496.
Umbrian school. Lived in Perugia, where
he painted in the Palazzo Communale, in
1454-61, a series of frescos illustrating the
legends of St. Louis of Toulouse and St. Ercolano.
These, which are a mixture of Umbrian
and Florentine character, show the
influence of Domenico Veneziano and of
Piero della Francesca. It is possible that
he may have been Domenico's assistant, and
have worked in company with Piero. The
frescos were approved by Fra Filippo Lippi,
and Bonfigli was engaged to continue his
work, but the series was still unfinished in
1496. Though much damaged, these frescos
prove him superior to any of the Umbrians
of his time except Piero della Francesca.
According to Vasari, Bonfigli followed his
friend and assistant Pinturicchio to Rome and
helped him in the decorations of the Vatican,
but there is no positive evidence of it. Other
